Two Aunts and an Uncle!

This weekend we were "tripley" blessed as Aunt Caitlin, Aunt Ellie and Uncle Donny came to visit us. We picked up Caitlin on Friday afternoon and Ellie and Donny arrived late on Friday night, so by 10am Saturday morning--the house was full of a decently rested, ready for fun family!  After giving Ellie and Donny the house tour (it was their first time seeing it), we headed to the basement.  We all bounded around down there for a long while (except for Dagny who was peacefully napping) before changing out of our PJs and heading out for a leisurely lunch.  We enjoyed some delicious burgers, sandwiches, and fries while the conversation ranged from Manhattan rentals rates to nap schedules (Donny's) to wedding photographers to potty training.  Dagny ate her lunch and then was happily passed around from Aunt to Aunt.

Finley slowly munched his was through his meal and then goofed around until it was time to go.

We did make a pit stop to the bathroom before leaving and Finley caught everyone's attention when we came out as he yelled, "Let's Rock and Roll!" before running for the door.  Love that kid.  Both kids went down for a nap when we got home and then the grown ups had some fun of their own with an intense game of Sorry.

After naps, the kids were up for more fun with their aunts and uncle. Finley tried out a new iphone game with his aunts.

And Dagny and Donny got along like old pals.  He nearly had her waving :)

 We said goodbye to Ellie and Donny later on Saturday so they could go visit some friends in Cambridge.  The kids went to bed not long after and then Caitlin and I headed out for a girls dinner, what a treat!  Sunday morning, after a painful night of "sleep" (thank you, Dagny), Caitlin kindly entertained Finley in the basement while I slept in a bit waiting for Dagny to get up while Dan went to play frisbee. Dagny surprised us all by sleeping until 8:45am and when we finally came downstairs--Finley and Caitlin were deep into some firefighting fun.  She's really a good sport and I couldn't ask for a better aunt/sister combination!  We had breakfast and then hit the supermarket - we ended up pushing not one, but two carts so that Finley could ride in the car-cart and Dagny could sit in the regular shopping cart.  Thank goodness Caitlin was there to push one!  We were just about done when Finley said he needed to use the bathroom, so Aunt Caitlin again to the rescue.  She took him while I finished checking out and I was so proud he went with her without a second thought!

On our way home, I asked Finley if he wanted to go to the Discovery Museum for a little while.  He gave a happy squeal of a yes from the back seat, so we popped in and Finley loved showing Aunt Caitlin his favorite room: the train room.  He donned the engineer costume, loaded up his pockets with tickets, and board the big train...for over an hour :) Caitlin took Dagny to the baby room but reported that Dagny wasn't too interested in any of the toys in the room, just the kids who popped in and out.

 We all explored the rest of the museum before heading home.  Phew, what a morning! The rest of the afternoon was a mix of lunch, short and long naps, and then a sad goodbye to Aunt Caitlin who had to go back to NYC.  She was the perfect guest and we hope she comes back soon!

Love to all our visitors this weekend, thank you for coming!