Busy busy busy

So there were many things going on last week--first, we had a visit from Maceo's and Kate's aunt Nene. She came down by train and Maceo and I went to pick her up at Union Station. Unfortunately, Maceo doesn't really dig his car seat. So, he tends to do some screaming from the back seat. However, Nene merely reached back to talk to him and he shut right up! We need her around for all the car trips!
Nene served as day time helper for me, since I am now the official Mr. Mom on the block, and she was a great help. And a great babysitter!

Kate took me out for an anniversary dinner to Volt, which was amazing! Not only did we get out of the house without the boy; not only did we get out of town; not only did we eat and drink really good food and wine; but we did it all without making Maceo the center of every conversation! Just a few and then we talked of other things, like the 3 ridiculously drunk, ridiculously rich guys at the table next to us (who were joined by Brian Voltaggio, the chef) as they went through at least 4 bottles of wine, ordered a la carte ("Can we have a plate of foie gras?"), and told us that the reason one of them had his dress shirt ripped to shreds was because he "wears his clothes with attitude" and so his friend had begun destroying his "$600 shirt."
All in all, a memorable evening.



On Sunday, I had my surprise plan for Kate. I had known better than to try to out-romantico her, so I went for innovative.
We drove out to FedEx Field where, in the huge parking lots there, we got to test drive up to 70 cars. Kate loves driving, so I thought it would be fun times, and it was. We drove Camaros, Corvettes

Volts, Acuras, Lexuses (Lexi?), and other cars. We also got a cool demo from a professional driver of how their Stabilitrac suspensions helps control the car when skidding around sharp turns. All in all, a fun afternoon and Mom and Maurice were the terrific babysitters this time!