The Sanders Seen: Nana to the rescue!

We were so excited to have an entire week with Nana! Now, a bit of history, it seems that often when we get a visit from Nana, Nathan will be incredibly busy at work. This has happened more times than not. (As I'm writing this, I realize how the sentence above may sound! But, truly, his busyness at the office is completely out of his control - something that we are sad about and Nana understands.) Anyhow, last week, Nathan called home on St Patrick's Day around 5. I said, "Can you make it home by 6? We'll wait to have our Irish feast if you can." He said, "Yes." (Amazing dialogue, isn't it?). Twenty minutes later he calls back and says, "You won't believe this but I have to go to London tomorrow and may not be back until this weekend." This was sad on three levels: 1. Our Irish feast would be Nathanless. 2. Our 10 year anniversary would be Nathanless. 3. The start of Nana's visit would be Nathanless. Little did we know that Nana would not see Nathan at all, not one bit. He was gone for 10 days, worked 66 hours straight at one point (I'm not kidding), consumed 8 cups of coffee in one eight hour time period, slept 16 hours in eight days, and finally came home to a happy family.

After we got over the despair of not having Nathan at home, we had a blast with Nana. She was such a help to me, providing an extra pair of hands and a friend to chat with. It was great fun! She got to experience a slice of our life by taking Theo to his music and art class, walking Maddie to school, reading stories, a bit of snow, park time, playing games and helping with the bedtime routine. We also did some other fun activities: bowling at the Windsor Club, shopping expedition to Talbots Outlet, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, coffee at Taste, ice cream at Cabors, dinner at Zocalo, lunch at Barry's Deli and Baker's Best, and some fun movies and shows after the kids were asleep.