Weekend Activities...

This weekend we had a post-holiday visit to New Jersey to visit Grandma & Grandpa in NJ ...otherwise known as 'Gan-ma' and 'Pop-pop'. It was nice to have a post-holiday visit as Alexander was able to spend more quality time with them and without chaos.

We got down there in time to have lunch and then play around for a bit. Pop-pop brought up a old-fashioned ride 'em horsey for Alexander to play with - which he loved (and named him Charlie).

After a good & needed nap, there was some piano playing, horsey riding and then dinner. We did a lot more horsey riding which by the end of the weekend he was an expert of getting on & off without any help.

He insisted that Gan-ma read books and help put him to bed (he also insists that she change all of his diapers whenever she's around). So Gan-ma with help from Daddy put him to bed. After waking up at 2am & coming into bed with Mommy and then waking up again at 3:50am wanting to know where he was and then screaming to go home, he managed to fall back asleep (in a very uncomfortable position for Mommy) until about 6am.

Alexander & Gan-ma had a very nice morning together where they had cereal, looked at some pictures, played with playdough. And after Pop pop got him a cowboy hat to ride with the horsey he was allset. We packed up and then tried to time the ride home so he would take a nap. Overall it was a very nice weekend.