A Looooong Weekend

It's a long weekend here in the H house...well, for ME anyway! Tomorrow is Patriots Day in Massachusetts, so I'm off for the day. Patriots Day celebrates the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles in the American Revolutionary War. Most people, however, only think of Patriots Day as Boston Marathon Day! Anyway, I plan to spend the day packing, as we're on vacation next week.

It's been a beautiful weekend here - in the 70s Friday and the high 60s Saturday and today with lots of bright sunshine. Last night, K and I felt like such grown-ups. We went into Boston to meet up with four other couples for dinner at Maggiano's, and we had so much fun! It was a late night for us...we didn't get home until 12:15. Three weeks ago when the babysitter came, she arrived at 4 and we were back home by 9 PM!

We got to Boston a little early and had time to stroll around the Public Garden and Newbury Street, all packed with tourists in town for the race. Dinner was fabulous...we did family style dining and had calamari, stuffed mushrooms, two kinds of salad, spaghetti with meat sauce, fettucine alfredo, chicken parmesan, and grilled salmon, all followed by chocolate cake and an apple tart for dessert. Delicious...we can't wait to go back! And it was great to catch up with our friends!

Of course, Miss Sophie jumped up in her crib when I went to check on her before going to bed. It took about 20 minutes to get her back to sleep. Then, she was awake from 1:30 to 3 so K brought her downstairs. And she was back awake at 6:20 this morning! Yikes. K slept in an extra hour or two and we both took naps this afternoon.

I'd love to watch some baseball this weekend, but alas, it's TV Turnoff Week at EJ's school. It started on Friday and ends this coming Friday. She voluntarily signed a contract saying she wouldn't watch TV all week (not too tough for her, although the weekend seems to be going slowly for her). She put little post-it notes on the TV to remind us too, as she seems to think that we're bound by the contract as well. I cheated a bit this morning between 6:30 and 7, while I kept Sophie occupied with Elmo on Sesame Street while I attempted to snooze for a few extra minutes.


Finally, I just had to take a few pictures at dinner tonight. We grilled some pork chops and potatoes, and I found some corn that looked pretty good at the grocery store. Sophie couldn't eat corn last year...no teeth! But she jumped right in and chowed down...very cute! "KAHN!!!!" she declared!