Gramma and Grampa come to visit

We had the pleasure of having Pat and Nancy come visit us over President's Day weekend.  It's always fun to have them because they are so helpful, just go with the flow, are happy no matter how bad the cooking turns out, and are awesome with the girls.

This was an especially meaningful trip for them because Pat was once a student at NPS where Ben is now attending.  So he and Nancy have very fond memories of this place (Ben spent the 2nd and 3rd grade here). And Pat's DAD was a language student here when Pat was a boy.  Pretty cool.

Here are a few highlights

Dennis the Menace Park

Em wore these glasses basically the whole weekend.  It's funny because she sports them in public but with the most serious demeanor, like it's totally normal.

Story time.  I think Gramma is a bit more into it than Caroline.

And the glasses reemerge 

Psychedelic 

Point Lobos, one of our favorite spots

Kind of grainy on account of Ben's camera phone, but I love this pic

Sweet wave

Pat in front of his childhood home (for a couple of years anyway).

And for the life of me I can't get this photo situated right, but we had a fun time visiting the tide pools that Pat frequented as a boy.  He showed us the little hermit crabs.  Em was a little leery but impressed nonetheless.

And Pat enjoyed an episode of Super Why with the girls

We also had a b-day party for Nancy, visited the Natural History Museum, took strolls around the neighborhood, and visited the My Museum.