The Prodigal Grandparents

Other than the occasional video chat on Skype we haven't seen Steph's parents since they retired in October and sailed away to the Mexican Riviera... literally. They were back in the country for a month to take care of some tax return and visa issues, though, and they stayed with us for almost a week of their whirlwind trip around California. OK, now that they're retired they don't really do anything at a whirlwind pace, but they were staying four or five different places and hitting all the major metropolitan areas of the state so it's not such an inappropriate description.

Evan was a little taken aback when Jim, Sheilagh and Megan first arrived (right in the middle of his lunch, no less!), but he quickly decided they weren't really that scary after all. Here he is with Sheilagh, investigating her chunky necklace (Steph doesn't wear necklaces very often, so this was a rare treat):

Most of the time his grandparents were here Evan stuck to his normal routine (pretty much just playing, eating, and sleeping), he just had some new playmates. He also got to host his first potluck BBQ (more about that in another post soon) and go to the Strictly Sail boat show in Oakland (anyone want to guess whose idea that was?) - all told a pretty exciting week, although I dare say it was over too quickly.