Tuesday in California

What a great day! First, I dressed John in his cowboy outfit because I thought my mom would particularly enjoy seeing that. However, since he last was photographed in this outfit on February 13, the sleeves and pants have become distinctly too short!

My sister Beezee and her daughter Maddie came over to meet John.

Grandpa, his two daughters and his two grandbabies all walked to the neighborhood park where Beezee and I grew up playing. Almost-three-year-old Maddie loved it.

Later, Chris and I joined his old college and Capitol buddies for lunch, where we drank tap water and hot tea and discussed child-rearing milestones. How times have changed.

In the afternoon, we visited Grampa Neil and Gramma again.

We finished our evening back at Grandpa's with Italian take-out for dinner and a crazy-fun game of Hungry Hungry Hippo. The same, nearly 30-year-old plastic game I grew up playing.