Poconos

  

I went to the Poconos for the first time in my life this weekend.  It feels like a giant camp stuck back in the 1980s - frozen in the era of Dirty Dancing.  Literally frozen - hotels with tables set have been abandoned.  I actually think the boys would love it in a few years - zip lines, obstacles courses, tiny ski mountains.  The house where I stayed for the girls weekend/bachelorette party was huge with a beautiful view.  The boys and Carlos stayed in Philly for Friday/Saturday and then we converged on New York for Eli's birthday. 

Grandma brought face paint and, in a classic grandma move, she turned the activity on its head and the kids painted our faces.  Charlie was so focused and had a steady hand as he made this masterpiece tiger on my face.

  

As usual I was late to the birthday party and missed the fun soccer activity but we did stay at the park for some post-party frisbee and soccer.  Charlie had so much fun getting chased by uncle Seth and wouldn't give him a break.  We all piled back in Na and Soogy's apartment and the kids were completely content playing with the new toys.  And then of course we had to play hide-and-go-seek in which Eli, Wallis and Charlie would all hide together somewhere in a two bedroom apartment.  It wasn't that hard to find them especially when the announced where they were going to hide and then giggled while they hid. 

 

Charlie has been continuing his night wandering and comes into our room saying "I want to sleep in a different bed."  I told him to go to the guest bedroom, but apparently that is not the 'different' bed he is looking for.  Diego woke up at 6:30 this morning and I was not ready to get up so I climbed into the crib with him and cuddled up until 7:30 when Charlie got up.  Diego didn't go back to sleep but he was very gracious in snuggling up with me for an hour.  I suppose someday we'll sleep....