We went to Richmond over the past week/ weekend for Patrick's 15th college reunion and to visit some old friends and our old haunts. While Mariel was happy to tell everyone that she encountered that she used to live here, she did not remember too much so it was a nice rediscovery for her.
They all loved Maymont Park, where we used to spend lots of time. I do remember it being tiring to trek everywhere after my first toddler in the hot sun at Maymont.... it was just as hot and tiring with the latest toddler!
There were several events on campus that we took the kids too. They were very cute and well behaved at all of them, really enjoying the ducks and the new friends that they met. Holden (who turned into a crazed beast whenever we entered our hotel room, attacking parents and siblings, biting, kicking, and throwing things) loved being on campus and, while in the company of others, put on his sweet charm.
We also spent a lot of time with Mariel's "first" friend and her younger sibling, Lauren and Gabe. They live in Richmond, so were old hats on campus.
Both older girls had been worried if they would get along... and from the moment that they saw each other they were inseparable.
