krewetland: WM Homecoming 2009

It has been way too long since I posted… I wrote one last week but never got it up so tonight I'm doing two when I really should be unpacking! This past weekend Madeleine and I went to Williamsburg for my 10 year Homecoming. It was a little crazy getting there but the trip was a lot of fun. Hadley was supposed to come too but she came down with an ear infection on Wednesday so she had some grandparent/daddy time this weekend. I'm sure Jim will post details of his race weekend soon.

Madeleine and I headed off to the airport on Thursday. Madeleine was really great getting through security (with the help of a M&M bribe). She was loving seeing all the planes. Our flight was delayed an hour so I took her to the end of the terminal where there was a lot of open space. Next thing you know she has tripped and bumped her head on the corner of a metal heater. Lesson Learned: don't let kids run in the airport. So instead of heading to Baltimore, we headed to the ER. A little glue and she was good to go. She told me she wanted to run again.

Friday morning we tried again and made it to Dulles via Chicago. Madeleine was very excited to go on two airplanes. So excited that the flight attendant had to carry my bags off the second plane so I could carry a screaming Madeleine who wanted more airplane. Tara met us at the airport and we headed down to Williamsburg to meet up with everyone else. It was so great to see all my friends from my freshman dorm!

We headed over to William and Mary on Saturday and walked around the tailgates running into some old friends. We made a lunch stop at Paul's Deli, a little different experience with kids in tow. Tara really wanted to hit the delis (W&M doesn't have bars) at night but I think the daytime was all I could handle. WM won the game and we enjoyed walking around campus. Saturday night was the actual reunion. The kiddos all stayed with Tara and Holly's moms. We appreciated having them watch the kids although Madeleine did manage to lock herself in one of the bedrooms!

Sunday we went to the bookstore and had lunch at the Cheese Shop, the best sandwich place ever! Everyone else who came for Homecoming also ate lunch at the Cheese Shop and went to the bookstore so it was a bit of a zoo. It was difficult getting there but I really enjoyed catching up with my friends and visiting William and Mary.

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