Summer Fun with Nana Banana and Sport

As is the case with most places in the good old US of A, Memorial Day weekend represents the kickoff of summer. What better way to start it off than with a visit from Nana Banana and sport?

We were fortunate to have some really hot weather while they were in town, but that's what inflatable swimming pools and central air conditioning are for. After a brief foray to the Farmer's Market downtown and a little gardening, it was time to break out the swimsuits and the pool.

Callie and Reese were excited to have their Connecticut grandparents in town. The girls were quick to show off their aquatic skills, which consisted of a lot of running and jumping for Callie and a lot of drinking water for Reese.

And once they had gotten good and wet they got to choose whose lap they would sit on. In the above picture, Callie chose Sport as the lucky recipient of her soggy hug.

But Callie doesn't play favorites. She was more than willing to spread the love around, and Nana Banana got her fair share of pool water as well. And of course during the visit Nana Banana was a popular choice to read bedtime stories or make up silly songs. Callie and her grandmother are definitely on the same silly wavelength at this point in time. Callie has developed an appreciation for humor, and the sillier the better. And if you know Nana Banana, you know that silliness is her sweet spot.

Another benefit of having Sport in town is that he gets up early and is happy to take the girls with him on his morning walk. Callie and Reese loved getting to have their breakfast on the go while still in their jammies. Sport enjoyed having the company. And we reveled in the few extra minutes of peace and quiet even though we weren't really sure what to do with it. I guess we need more practice with quiet and relaxing mornings. We might get good at it in another fifteen years or so.

As always the visit wasn't long enough. However, it was a little bit longer for Nana Banana than expected, since her flight out of Lexington was delayed and then cancelled. So while Sport was down at a conference in Nashville we got an extra night with Nana Banana.

Even better, we knew that we would be seeing both of them in just a few weeks when we made our way up north for our family vacation on Cape Cod. But there were still a few things to get done before we got to hit the beach....