Butwin Family Adventures

Ready, Set, ADVENTURE!

Posted by Ida , Saturday, May 1, 2010

Madelyn slept until 8AM this morning leaving us plenty of time to get packed and ready for the ride out to Eric and Maureen's in East Aurora. Mommy actually had to wake her. Worked out well for everyone though. The ride down was uneventful. Madelyn played with her toys and William watched the cars and trucks.

We arrived at E & M's and the whole crew was there: Eric, Maureen, Garrett, Chuck, Retal, Derrick, Carolyn, Tegan, Paul, Zach, and Carly. And, of course, Leslie and Baby Abe. After brief hellos and loading the cars with food and the canoes, the gang set off to the Mayer farm in Ellicottville to drop off food and cars. Mommy, Madelyn, William, Maureen, Leslie and Abe stayed behind in East Aurora.

After Abe napped and he and Madelyn ate the Mayer and Butwin cars headed off to Ellicottville. Madelyn fussed for a few minutes and then fell asleep! It was timed perfectly, although not on purpose. She was content the entire drive! William started to doze off with only 15 minutes left to the farm. Mommy turned on a movie for him to watch to keep him awake. Looking back, that wasn't the greatest idea.
The farm arrival time was 11:35AM. Mommy hadn't been to the farm in a few years and it was completely remodeled and beautiful. Mommy was in awe. After a quick tour, Lynn and John Mayer showed up with their dogs: Yeller, Rowdy, and Dori. E & M's dog, Burly and Tegan's dog Lilly were also there. Dogs everywhere! Duke would have been going crazy, which is why he was left with Mimi and Papa for the weekend.








Mommy and Madelyn unloaded some of the car while William played with Leslie and the dogs. Mommy heard William crying from inside the house and ran out to see that he became upset when one of the dogs stole his pretzel and knocked him down. Not happy!

William and Leslie had lunch and then they went in for a nap. And that was all...they went in, but didn't fall asleep. This made for a difficult afternoon. Mommy should have let William fall asleep in the car. Oops.

Madelyn took a nice long nap and Maureen, Mommy, William, Leslie and Abe went over to the tennis court. Leslie and William rode around on the Jeep and tractor. It started off OK, but soon William was upset about something that Mommy couldn't figure out. Distraction...food. Maureen brought out some snacks for Leslie and William to eat. Sharing...so tough for 2 year olds. To keep this post as short as possible (unlike one last week), let's skip all the details. William was crying/complaining about something until he went to bed at 7. He did have a quiet stretch while he was in the stroller, but because Madelyn wasn't cooperating in the baby carrier we had to turn around. Ugh...if its not one, its the other. He wasn't too bad during dinner either.


















Daddy and the crew didn't get back to the farm until after 8PM. Mommy and Maureen (and Madelyn) had a good time talking and catching up. Madelyn stayed up until 9:30. She wanted to be part of the action. Once everyone was home and she made her rounds, she was finally ready for bed.

Congratulations to Retal and Meredith. They are expecting in early November! Yay, more babies!

It was a good day overall! Friends, food, and fun (and maybe some drinks too)!