Grandparents and Soccer and Dinosaurs, Oh My!

It seems that lately most weekends are just jammed packed.  Recently we had an extra fun crazy busy weekend when Grammy and Oom-Poppa visited.  Their visit was preceded by several days of "are Grammy and Oom-Poppa coming today?"  Arriving late Friday night, there was no rest for the weary as they joined us for Milo and Calder's soccer games Saturday morning and then had a picnic on the soccer grounds.  In the afternoon the kids and Oom-Poppa headed over to nearby Five Points on bicycles (Zola on a tricyle pushed by me, and the rest joining on foot).  At the Five Points fountain, Milo showed off his new bike trick -- biking down stairs.  He loves it, and didn't fall once, but Yikes!  That evening, we went out to our favorite Chinese restaurant here and the kids chowed down and behaved themselves pretty well.  Was it the soccer, the biking, the presence of grandparents, the Year of the Ox?  Who knows, but I was glad that we were able to forgo the usual restaurant chaos.

On Sunday morning I captured a lizard outside our house (once again).  I handed it over to the boys, from whom it promptly escaped.  I then caught it again, but it wasn't long before that lizard had gotten loose and was back into the garden.

Later, Oom-Poppa went with Milo and Calder to watch Walking With Dinosaurs  (warning: that site has sound).  We were a little worried that Calder might freak out during the show, especially during the appearance of his favorite, T-Rex.  But he did fine, and afterwards said that he was glad he went.  Milo said the show was "awesome."  Yes, he now uses the word "awesome."  A lot.

All in all, a fun visit and a fun weekend.