Mimaw and Pipaw Were There Too

Somehow, I don't think I got 1 picture of my parents at Cade's birthday party. But, as always, they made the trip up for the big event.

Dylan was getting over his cold when they arrived and Cade was just starting up on his. I think Dylan was decent company to them but Cade definitely was not. He pretty much wanted to be held by a parent most of their trip here. Kind of stinky.

They managed to squeeze in some good moments with the boys. Their trip coincided with Dylan's preschool's Father's breakfast so my Dad got to go to that. Unfortunately, Dylan being out the prior week and some of that week with illness, he didn't feel well practiced for the performance and, well, didn't perform. At least it looked like he enjoyed having Dad AND Pipaw at the breakfast with him.

I apparently stunk at taking pictures of the grandparents with their grandkids during the week so most of these are borrowed from my Mom's camera. It being the beginning of February in Boston, they stuck mostly to indoor activities.

Pipaw and Cade
(In one of the rare moments Cade would let him hold him. Look how sad and unenergetic his poor, sick eyes look.)

This picture is more reflective of Cade's stat of happiness most of that week.

Pipaw and Dylan

Not a lot of snowfall for our standards, but the Texans were impressed.

Other than the birthday party, the only other event we were able to do with all of us (I was working and doing party prep most of the time) was to visit the newly rehabbed aquarium. The huge center tank had gone under a major under haul and this seemed a good enough time as any to check it out.

Penguins

Good Ol' Myrtle the Turtle

Ginormous Fish

Look - Mimaw was there too!

Watching a Diver

Touch and Feel Tank

It was a nice jaunt down to see the fish. My parents usually come for a week. This time, they decided to make their visit "just 5" days and somehow it seemed much shorter than that amount of time. Of course, when you're fitting in handling sick kids, still settling back from a vacation, working full time and preparing for a birthday party, I suppose any amount of time would have seemed quick.