Vacation at Ye Ye and Nai Nai's

During the week of April 19th, you spent a week at Ye Ye and Nai Nai's house. As luck would have it, it was not only your school vacation week, but Monday was Patriot's Day, which is also Boston Marathon day. Not to mention that on Saturday, it was our 6th wedding anniversary. And to celebrate, Baba decided that we would go to St. Lucia to Ladera Resort - not exactly a kid friendly place. And quite frankly, I needed some downtime away from the low-grade stress of dealing with a child all the time. Although one would argue I dealt less with you than Baba did.

I had also volunteered to do Elite Security detail again at the marathon - something I usually do when I am not running. And Lauren and Brian were also here to volunteer with me. And Baba was running. So we didn't know what exactly we were going to do with you. But it all worked out. All I have to say is Thank God for Ye Ye and Nai Nai!

Marathon weekend is a crazy weekend for us. We usually have about 13-15 people stay at the house, most of them runners. This was a light year - we had only 2 runners (Mary and Baba) and about 7 other people who were their to just volunteer.

Saturday night, we went to Big City for the Annual Marathon Dinner Encounter. You met a lot of Mama and Baba's friends, and Carrie also came with us. I made it clear to you that on this particular night, Carrie was not working. She was there as Mama's friend and to meet people. So, you happily occupied yourself with Little John (son of our friend John Young) and the two of you played pool together. It was fabulous.

Sunday Morning, Baba took you to Palmer, an hour away, where Ye Ye and Nai Nai met you to take you to The Mountains. And then he came back home.

When we picked you up a week later, Nai Nai handed me a diary of all the things you did while you were visiting them. And the next few entries are from the diary.