This Friday all of hubby's classes were cancelled, which made it an ideal weekend to leave Ithaca. During the summer months the natural beauty of the area somewhat compensates for the otherwise dilapidated smears of human "civilization," but when everything is bleak and dreary during the winter, the rusty, paint-chipped town is even less appealing. So this weekend we packed up and off we went to visit our family in Philadelphia (T's sister, her husband, and three children). Unfortunately we had to be back in Ithaca for a school fundraising event on Saturday evening, which cut short our weekend; but by leaving Thursday afternoon we had a few hours that night, all of Friday, and Saturday morning to spend with family. It was very refreshing to spend time with them, and my nephews and niece are absolutely adorable. Alistair was not entirely certain of all the noise. He enjoyed looking at his cousins but was too timid to do much interacting (he started screaming whenever anyone raised their voice).
We also had a chance to look around Philly, which is a very beautiful, old city with lots of history. We had a good walking tour that was surprisingly easy, considering we had one child to each adult, all 5 or younger. Hopefully we'll make it back to visit again soon!
In other news, Alistair cut his 5th tooth yesterday. This one is on the bottom, immediately to the right of his two bottom teeth, so it looks less out of place. I can see 3-4 more about ready to pop out, poor guy.
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