Nicholas rides a bike and Tobago weekend

We've had a string of holidays--Wednesday and Thursday were Independence Day and Eids respectively in T&T, then we took Friday off work and celebrated Labor Day on Monday. Wednesday we pulled out the German toddler bike we bought Nicholas before we left Berlin, and he loves it! Picked it up really quickly. We spent Thursday-Monday in Tobago, staying in a private villa with friends this time. Time is flying by, we will be back in the U.S. soon and in the meantime we have a few birthdays to celebrate next week!

mmmm spaghetti!

sunset in Tobago

a wave caught us by surprise

our villa

beach time with Daddy

and mommy!

surf's up!

all tuckered out

Nicholas's first waterfall swim!

pool in our villa

come on let's snorkel!

golf outing

Christy's weekend in New York

David and Nicholas got some father-son bonding time while Christy got to head to Rochester, NY for a fun weekend with Denison friends, attending her friend Caroline's wedding.

The following weekend we just relaxed and got stuff done around the house, with the usual trip to the pool, etc.

Nicholas turned 23 months old today--can't believe he'll be 2 next month!


Pictures (in reverse chronological order):


view from Caroline's parents' lake house, where we went the day after the wedding to relax.

the get-away car for the bride and groom

garter time!

It was a big Denison wedding.

Caroline and her bridesmaids

first dance

Christy and Becky

Ilona and Ben

the cake

limo ride between the church and reception

Rochester arts festival

rehearsal dinner--at a fun place called Artisan works that is a museum/gallery/event hall.

Emancipation Day weekend

We had a nice three day weekend as Trinidad and Tobago celebrated their Emancipation Day today. Saturday Christy had her "spa day"--pedicure in the morning and haircut in the afternoon. Saturday night we said goodbye to two colleagues, but not for long--their next post is DC too. Sunday morning David finally took Christy to his new favorite restaurant at Chagauramas golf course for omlettes and pancakes. We had good intentions of taking Nicholas to the pool Sunday afternoon but he decided to take a four hour nap instead. When he finally woke up he played soccer in the backyard with David and blew bubbles. Not with a stick with a ring on the end and a bottle of soap. Oh no, Nicholas has a light-up whale bubble gun and all he has to do is pull the trigger. Thank you Steve and Maddie Halpin. Good times. David made fish for dinner and our neighbor Mike came over. For dessert, Nicholas had his first icecream cone! Monday was also low-key, relaxing at home. David went kayaking with some of the guys in the morning, and in the afternoon we actually made it to the pool this time with Nicholas. For dinner Christy made carrot-ginger soup from her "How to Eat Well While Your Expecting" book. Yummy and healthy too! Just a three day week this week, for Christy at least. Off to Rochester, NY next week for Caroline's wedding. It will be great to see some Denison friends but she'll miss David, Nicholas, and Moe. A few fun pics from the weekend:

restaurant at the golf course

soccer in the back yard

bubble gun

baby bump--week 23 (trying to do a better time of documenting this time around)

first icecream cone

Christy's pedicure

David got a little fishing in while we were at the pool--the camel bak came in handy for kayaking and fishing today

Nicholas's last pair of swim trunks. a little big but I wanted to make sure he got to wear them in Trinidad in case he outgrows them by next summer. He's starting to like his shades a little more too now.