Abby, Zoë and Enzo

Comments: Dropping Off Nonna

December 31, 2007 03:52:51 PM posted by Nonna
Loved visiting with all of you!! I had a great time coloring and playing games and reading stories and shopping. Miss all of you. XXOO

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December 26^th 2007

Dropping Off Nonna

We drove down route 1 in Mass. today to meet Uncle Matt and Caitlin at Fuddruckers for lunch and to drop Nonna off with them. Before we met them, we stopped at the Salvation Army to see what kind of deals we could find. The store was a little overwhelming, not ordered by size but instead by color (and gender) so it was kind of hard to find anything quickly. Once we were done browsing we headed to lunch, where Matt and Caitlin were already waiting for us.

After getting settled, Caitlin and Matt and Daddy went to order the food. Daddy ordered the girls and I some wedge cut fries, a 1/3 pound burger for Zoë and Abby to share, a huge 1 pound burger for Chris and I to share (should have shared a much smaller one) and a tasty Oreo milkshake. After eating as much as we could we went over to where the arcades were. First Daddy and I and the girls teamed up for car races. Daddy and Zoë were a team and Abby and I were a team... Abby and I came in 8th, I guess slow and steady doesn't always win the race. Next was motorcycle races. This time Zoë teamed up with Uncle Matt and Abby and I were a team again. This time Abby and I came in 1st! It seems we are better bike drivers than car drivers. Daddy won his girls some small bouncy balls in a balance game and Caitlin won them a bigger ball in the claw machine! Then it was time to say good-bye.

We went out to get Nonna's bags out of the car and give hugs. As Zoë was giving Nonna hugs, she began to get very emotional. She had tears streaming and lips pouting, voice trembling... oh goodness she was a mess. I got her in her seat and she was still crying, when Nonna went to give her another hug and dry her tears and Zoë said "I just can't stop crying!" We got out of the parking lot with Zoë being the only one crying, and she continued this way on down the road. She was upset about having no more visitors and Nonna not having any more sleep-overs. She did manage to calm down eventually though. Later that evening the girls spoke to Nonna on the phone and were comparing how many sleep-overs she was going to have at Uncle Matt and Caitlin's as apposed to how many she had here. Thanks Nonna for a great visit, and of course for all of the spoiling!