Hanging with Nonna and Pappa

At the end of October, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Laura and Mike and meet my nephew, Charles. We pretty much spent our time like this:

And this:
You get the idea.

It was so nice to meet him and see Laura and Mike "parent it up." They are great! Relaxed, loving, enjoying the moments. Charles made out pretty well getting them as parents. He's such a handsome guy. You'll stare at this pic for hours:










Meanwhile, Paul was traveling to various locations for volleyball. (His season finished very well. Ask him about it). And Malcolm, well, he got to "vacation" at Nonna and Pappa's for a few days.



While he was there, he helped Pappa dig up rhizomes and put them in the wheelbarrow. From this experience, he can now pronounce "rhizomes" and "wheelbarrow." His love of all things garden continues.



But he wasn't working the entire time he was there. He also played. And he got to go to a special play place, the Betty Brim Children's Museum in Milwaukee.

Here he played in an auto shop:

And then with trains:

And he stopped to smell the flowers.



Of course, no downtown afternoon is complete without stopping to eat at Beans and Barley.





Not sure who had the best time, but we couldn't wait to see each other again. After weather stranded me in Maine an extra night, Malcolm and Paul greeted me at the airport. Malcolm even patted me on the back in our family hug. Trips are great when you've got a great place to come home to.