Beaumont

The bad news: the children were horrendous passengers in the car on the way to Beaumont.  The good news:  I did not crash the car, despite the screaming  cacophony of agony blaring at me from the back seats. 

Enough about that.  We made it safely to Beaumont, and I'm grateful for that. 




Sadie and Pop are good, good friends of ours, and I love visiting them.  Though Lucy's been extra clingy the past couple months, she's beginning to warm up to both of them.  She's still saying, "Mommy--hold you!" a LOT, but she let Sadie hold her a few times today, and that was progress.  And actually, when Pop walked in the door at dinner time, she walked up to him and held her arms up.  She even called Sadie, "Mimi" today when she got out of the car.  "Mimi" is the name of Lucy's actual grandma, my mom. 



We visited Evelyn yesterday.  She is a very sweet 92-year-old woman who still lives alone and loves Justin Beiber.  She is a wonderful hostess, always preparing coffee and sweets whenever we come over.  But yesterday we just had tea.



She has this lush little atrium in the middle of her house that is so lovely. 



And she was overjoyed to hold Elliot.  She kept saying, "Oh, it's been so long since I got to hold a little baby!!"  It was really nice to see her so happy, holding him. 



I tried to get Lucy to take a picture on her lap, but what can I say... she was melting down, and life was miserable for all of us during the few minutes I tried to make it work.  I finally wised up and put the camera away, and we headed back to the house for much needed nap time.



I mentioned before that there's this great play room upstairs.  This room was designed and decorated 26 years ago, and it feels like time has stood still when you are in it.  Everything is so well kept, you would never know it's been this way for so long. 




Did I mention Lucy's obsession with pacifiers?

 

She is a sneaky little one, always with her eye on Elliot's... just waiting for her moment to snatch it.

 

And then she looks at me with this huge grin, sort of waiting to see what I'm going to do about it.



And I'm very inconsistent.  Sometimes I make her give it back (or give it to me).  Other times I'm otherwise engaged and leave her to her thievery.  I bet more consistency on my part would help with this issue. 



He is so stinkin' cute.  Love those ears.  And those eyes.
 

Today we went to the park and the library.

 

Can you believe the difference in 6 months?  Crazy.

 

I was impressed with this library.  It was so nice.



We met up with a friend, Sharon, and she and Sadie had a nice chat while Lucy played with the toys.

 

Then home again for naps and play time.



We miss Daniel this week!  But we are doing alright.  We are in good company. 

Tomorrow, the drive home again.  Pray hard for us, please.