Day trippers

We have soldiered on in our quest to make use of the car. You already heard about last week's beach trip on Wednesday and Sleepy Hollow on Thursday. Friday, Ruth and I went to Costco, sans kids. Ruth took Abbi to day care for the day (note to self: put signing Evelyn up for back-up day care on my to do list), and Charles kindly agreed to watch Evelyn. He even changed a poopie diaper, although I'm guessing he wouldn't want me to advertise that fact. He doesn't seem highly inclined to do it again any time soon. Saturday was our unfortunate trip down to Bryant Park. We had thought about going to Atlantic City (we've never been) or Philadelphia, but I decided I wasn't up to 6 hours in the car with Evelyn.

May 29 - Evelyn getting ready for a day of fun in Sleepy Hollow

May 30 - Charles shows Evelyn how to wear pajama pants in style - as a toga, of course.

May 31 - We're not going to Atlantic City. And you lost my stroller. This is not a good day.

June 1 - In all sincerity, can any toy ever compete with a hanger?

This week, the car has been a double bonus. It has allowed us both to get out of the city and to hang out with Kaedi and Sydney. We miss them so much since they moved to their new hood, but it turns out, as long as traffic isn't bad, it's an easy trip to pick them up in the car. Then, we get onto the freeway up by them, which saves us some waiting in traffic on that end. Monday, we went to the outlets. I find shopping for Evelyn much more exciting than shopping for me. It's easy to buy stuff because she doesn't have to try it on and she looks adorable in everything (of course). Additionally, her outfits are always cheaper than mine. Because of this, I think she's now fully stocked through this summer, next fall/winter, and next summer. Basically, a year's supply. If only I were this on top of my food storage.

June 2 - Excited for a day of bargain hunting at the outlets

Yesterday Kaedi, Syndney, Evelyn, and I returned to Costco. The girls had a fun time not looking at the camera when we tried to take pictures of them in the cart. A few people asked if they were twins, perhaps noticing the twinner sets of sandals we bought them the day before at the outlets? Oh, yeah, and the fact that they're only 2 weeks apart in age.




In addition to freedom in the form of car, Charles's visit has given me freedom in the form of going out at night, a treat I rarely enjoy. I almost feel like a grown-up again, walking around the city when it's dark outside, listening to random and often hilarious snippets of adult conversations, and of course, scoping out the plates of people in local restaurants' sidewalk seating areas (how else am I supposed to know if I want to eat there?). It's going to be hard to say goodbye. We're off to DC for a final road trip this weekend, but we'll be taking the bus back. I think I might go into Charles/car withdrawal next week.