A visit from Nani and Papa

Last week we enjoyed a fabulous visit from my Mom and Dad.  It had been since last summer since we had seen them, and the kids were SO excited for their arrival.  Unfortunately, the night before they flew in Molly had a horrible accident.  She was steaming her stuffy nose to try and open it up before bedtime, and she accidentally knocked over the little steamer and dumped the boiling water on her lap.  She instantly started screaming, and as we quickly peeled her pajamas off her, it was obvious that she had second-degree burns because her skin was starting to peel off.  We threw her in a cool tub and called the advice nurse who, based on the size of the burn, told us to go in to the E.R.  After about an hour of screaming, a trip to the E.R., some good pain medication and some burn ointment... she was much better.  I was SO thankful for my friend Dr. Susan Lin, who I called on the way to the E.R. to see if she was working.  She wasn't, but just showed up to be a support and comfort to Molly (and me).  Now that's what I call a friend.  Anyways, I didn't take any pictures of her burn because quite frankly, I don't want to remember it.  But it covered her entire right hip and groin.

Anywhoo... the next day we picked up my parents from the airport.  The kids picked up with them like they had just seen them last week.  There was a lot of cuddling and book reading, which made everyone involved happy!

On the weekend we were busy with the celebration of Garrett and Paige's birthday (see previous post), so Monday I decided to keep Molly from school so we could all spend the day together at the zoo.  This proved to be a fabulous day together!

One of my kids favorite places in the zoo is the reptile house.  Molly loves the alligator and Garrett loves the snakes.  I love seeing their budding biological curiosity!

The zoo had just re-opened the otter exhibit and it was great to see it.  One of the little otters came right up to the glass to check out the twins' in the stroller and started sniffing Garrett's feet.  Such sweet curious little critters!

All in all, it was a fabulous visit with Nani and Papa.  It was sad to see them go, but I'm sure we'll make a trek up north to see them this summer.  After dropping them off at the airport, we were driving away and Garrett said, "Where are Nani and Papa going?".  I said that they were going home on an airplane.  He said, "Noooooo.... but I'll miss them!"  It's always hard to say goodbye.