We love Burlington's Southend Art Hop. Every year, John and I get a sitter and we make Friday night Art Hop a part of our date night. There are always food trucks, music, performers, and lots and lots of friends that we haven't seen in a while. This year, we had a dear friend's 50th birthday to attend instead. That was a family event with Red Hot Juba playing and super fun.
The kids had a ball, but at 8:15pm, Hazen informed us that he was ready to go home and go to bed. The band had just started rocking out, Cally was having a ball with old friends from preschool, and we'd just gotten into our groove. We hadn't anticipated this, but it should not have come as a surprise given it was his first week of school and he'd been biking around the party (at Cochran's ski hill) for hours. But when I asked if he'd be okay taking a nap in the minivan, he said, "sure"! And just like that he went to sleep snuggling with a bunch of jackets.
The next night, we decided to take the kids with us to art hop. All the same venders were there, but it was much less hectic and busy. The kids had a ball learning how to make a basket and playing pinball on a cardboard and rubber band arcade.
The following weekend we headed down to North Adams to attend Freshgrass Music Festival again. This time, our dear friends the Davidson's joined us. They just moved East from Bozeman, MT and we were so excited to see them.
It was a hot day, but the kids had so much fun at the "kids tent", listening to music, and seeing art.
We had a great day and spent the night at Williams College Outing Club cabin. We got there in the dark, so it was fortunate we couldn't really see how dirty it was. We had a fun breakfast at a diner where we met up with John's friend Dan Cantor.
