At least we'll have fun...

We have an exciting weekend coming up. A housemate of mine from college is finally getting married outside of NYC to his longtime girlfriend. (An irrelevant sidebar, but we're reaching the point where all of our friends are either married or have no prospects. So after a spurt of weddings, they are becoming very rare for us. The next round will arise when we're much older, as our kids and their peers get married. Sigh. More evidence of how I'm getting old.) I suppose that we could take the kids, but the wedding invitation didn't offer that option, and we didn't ask. Instead, we're going to dump the kids (and the dog) with the CT grandparents for the weekend. While we'll probably have a grand time at the wedding, it should be an interesting weekend for everyone else.

I've been thinking that it might be fun to solicit a "guest post" from one (or both) of the grandparents documenting the weekend with the kids. Not that I really need the info for my own benefit, but it could liven up what has lately been an otherwise uninspired blog. And I would be a bit curious to hear about how the kids behave with other people. Even if those other people happen to hold the esteemed position of "grandparent," so that the kids' behavior with them is nowhere near representative. If nothing else, this could be a trial run to see how the kids and grandparents hold up to extended time with each other, in preparation for a potential trip by us to Europe (or some other interesting place) sans kids. (I usually envision ditching the kids during a layover in Chicago en route to somewhere more interesting. So don't worry Grandpa P and Grandma N, a longer trip sans kids wouldn't necessarily involve the CT grandparents.)

Now, it could be that the CT grandparents would feel daunted by the prospect of pinch hitting for your faithful blogger. If so, I'll end up writing my thoughts about the weekend, which will probably involve something along the lines of "Wow, it was great to be without the kids for a couple days, but dammit, I still couldn't sleep past 6:00 AM." Alternatively, we may actually get a guest post. Which could, at one extreme, provide a touching insight into the relationship between a grandparent and grandchild. Or, at the other extreme, could involve bitching about the kids as is typical on this blog.

For those of you who are just here for the kid pics, not for the inane blather (which may or may not also apply to a "guest post" by the CT grandparents), here are some recent ones. Including some from our trip to the Udvar-Hazy Annex of the Air and Space Museum (a space shuttle, a Concorde, the Enola Gay - very cool! - it was especially cool because Teddy could run amok without causing any actual damage) out by Dulles Airport. And some of Margaret looking like quite the tart. The latter make me a bit queasy when I think about the inevitable teenage years.