A visit from the Detto grandparents

Last weekend Nana and Opa came for a visit. They are Marty's parents. We are really lucky in that we don't have two grandmas, or nana, or grandpas, or papas. All four of the grandparents have different names. It does make things easier, trust me.

Anyhow, I digress. Nana and Opa arrived last Friday evening. We had a great barbq feast, Max opened his birthday presents and there was lots of giggling. You see, Nana has a great knack for getting Max to laugh uncontrollably. I don't know what it is, but he just loves laughing with her. It's really sweet.
Max really likes his new truck. He sits on it saying: "Toot! Toot!" which is the sound it makes when you hit the horn. He gets rather annoyed when you stop pulling him around the living room and kitchen. I can't wait until he can propel it himself!


Saturday was the most beautiful day, but it wasn't raining so we headed out to the Tulip Festival. Since it hadn't been a very sunny week the week before, the tulips weren't at their peak. A few had opened, but most were waiting for a little sun on their petals. Regardless, Major's Hill Park was busy. We arrived for lunch and poked around the international tents to figure out what to eat. There was a huge selection. I ended up eating Argentinian and Marty and the grandparents ate German. The Argentinian food was really nice. I don't remember what I had, but it was made fresh on the spot and was really yummy.Max displayed his German heritage with pride.

After lunch we poked around the site a little more and then went for a little walk through the Byward Market. The sun never really came out and we were feeling a little chilled. So what better to do than go to the French pastry shop. After an overload of chocolate (blueberries for Max) we headed home and ordered Greek on Wheels. The best Greek food in the city by far. Nana and Opa were very gracious and offered to babysit for us, so Marty and I went to see a movie. We saw Baby Mama, which was really good. Marty called it a chick flick that guys would like. I just thought it was really funny.

Sunday turned out to be a really rainy day. So Nana and Opa decided that they would check out a day early and make their way back to Brampton. Not before filling up at Chez Cora's first. The line was long and the service slow, but Max was pretty good considering. The food was good as usual and Max eat his weight in pancakes and ham.

It was a quick visit, but a really nice visit. One thing that I really liked, Opa's nose kisses (Inuit style) with Max. You just know that this is going to be a thing for Opa and Max. I love seeing things like that in the making.