Home Sweet Home

After a fantastic day at the National Aquarium (including dolphins! and sharks! and "bumping jellies!"), we had a much shorter drive today, owing to taking the urban not scenic route and not hitting any traffic, even on the NJTP. It was made all the better by the kiddos sleeping through MD, DE, and NJ!--we got to CT around 7 and had dinner at--guess where!--our babysitter's restaurant. Because we knew she was working today. The kids couldn't have been happier. And are, thankfully, asleep again after several temptations to play with their new souvenirs. Mama and I are headed to bed now, in what is the cold night air of CT; we even had to turn our heat on because the house was chilly in the mid-50s. We had watched as the temperature on the dashboard dropped from South to North, also how the greenery of the trees became lighter and thinner, to the point of several bare ones still visible up here. Toto, we aren't in Virginia anymore. It's good to be home.