Only in Cambridge

On top of the two open houses we held this weekend, we had a community block party on our street. I have to admit, at first I was not all that jazzed up about it. We are close with two of our immediate neighbors, and friendly with two others, but as for the rest of the street, I put the invite to join on the back burner in terms of priorities for the weekend (not that we had a heck of a lot more on the table for plans, but still...). CR and I made a sheet tray of brownies with chocolate chips and marshmallows as our pot-luck item, and our neighbors J and E brought their grill out to the street to cook up round after round of various meat products.

B whipped up multiple batches of mojitos (many said that they sprouted hair on their chests...B notoriously has a heavy hand), and another neighbor kept refilling fish bowls with beer from a keg in his basement. Needless to say, what started off as a fun kid-centric event turned into an open container brouhaha.

It was just fun...no particular reason, other than the fact that our close buds S, T, W and L came, along with SM, and we all just hung out on the street, chatted, ate, drank (present company excluded), and watched the kids play.

(No, this street performer was not hired for the event - apparently one of our neighbors has a hidden talent)

(S and W, and B and CR, marched along to the beat of the one-man gong show)

(CR really got into it)

We camped out at S and T's house a lot while we were ousted from our place (thank you!!), and it was so great to spend so much time with them - the kids had a blast, and B and I were reminded how much we will miss being right down the street from them [if] when we move.

A huge milestone for CR this weekend - HE POOPED ON THE POTTY!!!! Yes, he is already three years old, and yes, he probably should have already accomplished this feat, but at long last he told us when he had to go, and he went. We are finally consistently making him wear undies rather than Pull-ups - it has caused an exponential increase in laundry, but laundry is a heck of a lot cheaper than ripping through disposable undergarments.

As CR progressed, our baby girl did not make any forward moves to greet us. I have had tinges of pain, slight nausea following meals, and some on-and-off-again lower back pain, but no true beginnings of labor...yet...