Weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's

Last weekend, instead of having me fly home to Boston, we decided to meet in the middle at Grandma Alice and Grandpa Richard's house. And Nicholas got to have a sleepover at their house while we went away! Before we left, though, we met up with Grandma Claire for breakfast (and, by the way, you should hear how well he pronounces "Claire" now!):

From 2011 September

You'll notice in the above picture that Nicholas looks like he's giving a thumbs-up. He's not. We just tricked him into counting to three and then taking his thumb out of his mouth. Caught him mid-movement!

From 2011 September

And apparently he likes toast with jelly. Who knew? Across from us was an elderly man with his two daughters (wearing a Notre Dame jacket, Aunt Stacy!). As they were leaving, he walked over, asked if we had a camera, and then put this on Nicholas's fingers:

From 2011 September

Have you ever worn a Super Bowl championship ring? Because Nicholas has! (Giants, Super Bowl XXV, for the curious.)

Then Sarah and I headed out and Nicholas had a great time with his grandparents, including dinner at Friendly's. Which means it's time to hand over the blog for a brief dinner anecdote from Grandpa Richard:

In Friendly’s on Saturday night, we had finished our meals, Nicholas had looked at the dessert menu to decide that he wanted the Monster ice cream with “brown” ice cream, and we were waiting for our waiter to come back and take our dessert orders. Needless to say this took a while. Eventually, Nicholas turned in his chair toward the kitchen and yelled out in the middle of Friendly’s: “I NEED MY ICE CREAM!”

Not that anyone noticed.

So it seems like a fun time was had by all, and they saved the Monster Head cup for the next time he visits. Which, if he has anything to say about it, will probably be soon.*

* We have more to say about it, and so it will be sometime in November.