What a weekend.

We were visited by some friends from college who we hadn’t seen in a long time. We hadn’t seen them for so long that we’ve had a kid since then and they’ve had two. It was great to finally meet Ayla and Jackson, and Evie had an absolute blast. Obviously she’s played with kids her age before, but the last time someone her age came to our house, she was too young to really appreciate it, or remember.

She was such a good girl sharing all her toys and things without complaint. It was adorable to watch her playing with Ayla and trying to hold her hand. I wasn’t exactly sure how she would react, but she was a perfect angel. I think she’ll probably sleep for a week. I guess it was fun to see Alexis and Gregory too. 😛

Mostly we just stayed around the house, but we did walk over to the garden and the farmer’s market. We took the train downtown to the aquarium, which was Ayla and Jackson’s first time on the train, and we (well everyone but me) hit up the jazz festival. I think we could have confined ourself in a padded cell and Evie would have still had a blast, but seeing the dolphin show was still pretty exciting.

Another highlight was when Jackson peed on my leg. I mean, I’ve been peed on (or worse) before, but it has been awhile (and it’s probably something you never quite get used to). I had seen him pick up a water-squirting bath toy moments before, so when I first felt the stream I didn’t even look over at him. That reminds me though of another one of Evie’s favorite parts, which was taking a bath with everybody. Every day she asked if they could take a bath with her again that night. Ayla and Jackson are much more rambunctious in the bath than Evie, who mostly just sits there and hates to get her face wet. I think Jackson in particular was quite a surprise to her.

The weekend definitely wore me out though. Alexis and Gregory are blessed by kids who sleep late in the morning, so staying up until midnight isn’t quite the hit to them! Evie hasn’t really been sad since they left, but she has mentioned that she wants to, “call Ayla and tell her I miss her”. She also said that when they leave, “I won’t be sad. I’ll just close the door and sit on my yellow chair and be lonely.”

So, all in all, a really great weekend and we all had a blast. We need to do it again soon. I really enjoyed having you guys over and actually hanging out with friends (something we never do!) I just wish you guys lived a little closer!

I think my all time favorite part of the weekend though, was when we got off the train at the stop right next to our house (you can see our place from the platform actually) and the conductor said, “Are you folks from out of town?” I said, “Some of us are, but we live here.” He replied, “Are you sure you want to get off here? This is kind of a rough neighborhood…”

Nothing like getting told your block is too rough for you.