Home alone

I woke up this morning at 9:30am. I repeat, I woke up this morning at 9:30am. The reason? I have the house to myself for 2 days! Lynn took Monday and Tuesday off and I have to go to work today for a Freshman Welcome Mass today so Lynn decided to head to Hampton Beach for a couple of days with the kids. She was going to leave today as we first have a family party at my aunt's house in Wells, Maine but there is an Air Show in Portsmouth, NH this weekend and Lynn was worried about the traffic so she went to the beach last night.

But before they left we had a fun Saturday. I took Kevin to the 58th annual 4-H Fair in Westford. I've always wanted to go to this since we moved to the area but never got around to it. Lynn wasn't really up for it so just Kevin and I went. You can either pay $5 to pay on the grounds or park a little ways away in an office park and take a free shuttle bus to the grounds - we did the shuttle bus. Actually Kevin loved it as one of his first words and obsessions was buses so it was cool to be on a school bus with him. I took him on a bus ride about a year ago in Lowell but he was too antsy for that.

The 4-H Fair was a bunch of animal exhibits, a hayride, jumpy house, exhibits, etc. It was pretty fun and Kevin liked seeing the animals, jumping on the house (although the people were Nazi's about the time limit, yelling at kids to get out after 5 minutes). There was also a train exhibit. I take Kevin to train shows all the time and he loved seeing this one. I found out that there is one coming up in nearby Pepperell so I can't wait to take him to that one. The biggie is the one in West Springfield. We went last year and it was amazing, I can't wait to take him again this winter.

We stayed here for 2 hours or so. After some lunch, an ice cream, and inspection of some horses we headed home. Kevin is so funny - we were looking at a horse and he asked me what his/her name was. I told him to ask the girl who was his handler and he walked over and said, "Excuse me, what is your horses' name?" He said excuse me, I was so proud. We're pretty strict about him saying thank you, please, etc. and he's doing a great job with it. This however amazed me.

Later yesterday afternoon we headed to a Lowell Spinners' game with my parents. My sister Meaghan usually joins us too but she was away this week in Maine. This was the first time we stayed for the whole game (although most of it was spent walking around with Kevin, getting food, etc). After the game the kids were able to run the bases. The line to get on the field snaked around the park and we waited until it was moving until I took Kevin in line. Then he started acting up and I had enough and he said he didn't want to do it. After some tears and noticing that the line was over I asked him one last time if he wanted to do it and he said yes - and he loved it. He ran those bases like a pro and was grinning from ear to ear after it was over. I am so glad he did it, he was in his glory.

As for today, I am going to putz around the house this morning, clean-up, and then head to school early to get some work done. The mass isn't until 4pm so I'll get there around 1 or so to get some stuff done. I feel bad I am missing my aunt's annual cookout. She has a beautiful house and puts on a nice spread - hopefully next year.

OK, off to enjoy the quiet!