Nonny Cam

My Mom, aka Nonny, arrived last Friday to help with the kids, and we enjoyed her company for a lovely five days. We ended up having a really busy time, with the usual weekend activities plus several special excursions for Clio. It was fabulous to have an extra set of hands, and especially wonderful to have so much Clio-doting going on (not to mention, Clio was thrilled with all the presents.) Another great thing? Well, for some reason one of the biggest casualties of the 2-kid thing seems to be my camera: among the double diaper bags and double car seats and sippie cups and burp cloths, I can't seem to remember to bring my camera. Luckily, Nonny remembered hers, so I made a little photo essay of a selection of her snapshots.

Right off the bat on Saturday morning, Nonny got to experience Clio's high energy at the Y for her Gym 'n' Swim class.



We also headed to the brand new Brooklyn Ikea to get Clio interested in "Big Girl Beds," but as always, she had her own ideas.



And as usual, there was some focus on food. Above, that's Clio waiting for her lunch in the Ikea cafeteria (she fell in love with this "tiny little mouse," and Nonny wisely suggested she tuck it away so as not to get the white fur dirty. Clio proceeded to snub the mac and cheese she ordered in favor of half my meatball plate.)
There was peanut butter toast at home, and special snacks at the grocery store. She would have eaten the whole bag, and there was no way she was sharing.


Fairway also has a little cafe with great seating right on the water, so we enjoyed some lunch and boats. Oh look, Eleri was with us too, sleeping in the front pack. (She came along for, and slept through, all of these activities.)


On Sunday, we went out to CT to visit Jim and Missy and Patrick and Lauren. Clio did a great job of entertaining us all. Here she is yucking it up in the high chair during dinner. Earlier in the day, the adults had been discussing gandparent names, and Jim said he would never want to me "Grandpa." So needless to say, Clio had us all cracking up when she looked at him and said, "you don't want your food... Grandpa?" (She really did pause like that, I'm not adding it in here for dramatic effect. The girl's got excellent comic timing.) I guess anyone with a little grey hair is "Grandma" or "Grandpa" now.


Clio also enjoyed many, many trips to the various playgrounds in our neighborhood, where she re-discovered the water features. Yesterday, Nonny took Clio on her own while I tried to get a little sleep (Eleri did not cooperate.) When they came home, Clio was completely drenched. This is the first time this summer that she has shown interest in the fountains- usually she thinks water is a great idea until she gets it on herself- so I guess I'll have to start traveling with a bathing suit on top of everything else!


Clio obviously had a fantastic time.
This morning, she came downstairs and said "I want Nonny back."
I feel the same way.