After that cousins Wallis and Eli came to play which was so much fun. In fact we had a full house - my brother, his wife and two kids along with my mom and my friend were all staying over. It was an interesting set-up - my mom, me and charlie in one room, Nathan, Soogy, Wallis and Eli in another, Janine in another and Carlos on the couch! Unfortunately Charlie woke himself up with a big poo and not wanting to wake everyone up with his crying I took him downstairs where he proceeded to play until he finally curled up next to me on the floor at 4am! It was the craziest evening ever.
The next morning Nathan snuck out early to run the Cherry Blossom race, Soogy, the kids and my mom went to see him run and when Janine's car battery had died Charlie and I rushed her over to the Vice President's house to attend a baby shower! We weren't cleared to enter so she had to proceed on foot from the gate. But the report was the the house is beautiful, tasteful and everything was on schedule - with everyone getting kicked out exactly 2 hours later. The dead battery became a family affair as my brother and mom tried the jumper cables to no avail. Hertz sent a repairman which turned out to be a man in a beat-up Chevy with his 6 year old daughter and a chihuahua in the back. His car died when he tried to jump the car so my brother had to jump his car which in turn jumped Janine's car. A 3 way jump! His daughter had to turn on the car because the chihuahua wouldn't let others in the car! too funny.
In the middle of all this aunt Mary came to work on the garden and Charlie and Wallis had a great time digging in the dirt. Everyone got absurdly dirty.
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