Anyway, after our fantastic weekend in Rochester with all the Calnon clan, my parents, Drew, and I headed to Syracuse to visit my friends Rachel and Jim. We had a beautiful day to visit and not long after we arrived Jim was chasing Drew all around the playground just across from their house. Jim's in training, you see, as Rachel is pregnant with their first child and due any day now (hoping it will be soon for your sanity's sake Rach!).
Jim helping Drew across the monkey bars
Drew on the playground
Curvy slides--yeah!!!
Jim's hard at work again
After a light lunch and the playing outside, Grandma and Drew went upstairs for a nap, my dad watched some tv, and Rachel, Jim, and I enjoyed the nice weather with a chat outside. Unfortunately as the dinner hour approached the clouds moved in and poor Jim was grilling dinner under the protection of an umbrella.
Due to the non-playing-outside weather and the fact that Drew was bored of the toys I brought, Rachel saved the day when she pulled out some Playdough!
Here's Grandma and Drew working on their masterpieces before dinner.
We had a delicious meal and Drew was mighty impressed by the ice cream sundae bar that magically appeared on the kitchen counter after he "had a good enough dinner for treats."
Rachel & Drew on Monday morning
Jenn & Rachel
My parents, Drew and me in front of Rachel & Jim's house
After leaving Rachel & Jim's on Monday morning we headed for the Syracuse zoo. It was just the perfect size zoo for the day. We wanted to be on the road to Albany by 1 or so, and arriving at the zoo by 10:30 or so that left plenty of time.
Here's Drew after climbing a faux rock formation.
Drew pretending to be a penguin.
Grandpa & Drew with a pretend tiger
And a very happy Drew with his Grandma & Grandpa
We stopped for lunch at an Italian place my dad used to frequent when he was in grad school and had a delicious meal before hopping back in the car to head toward Albany. Drew and I had a very early morning flight on Tuesday so we were staying at a hotel near the airport the night before. My parents began the second half of their East coast trip by heading up to Plattsburgh that afternoon. The week before Bill's family had determined his sister could come back with us for a couple of weeks, so they arrived by about dinner time that night to drop Elizabeth off. Our return flights were smooth and it was nice to have Elizabeth's assistance on the flights and in the airport. Drew was very ready to see his daddy again by the time we got back. All in all, it was a great trip, but it's always good to get back home.
Posts about our 4th of July and a weekend trip to Phoenix coming soon.
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