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Catching Up

Cherry Blossoms

So, yeah - it's been months.  I'm going to blame it on the weather and say that we haven't done anything photo-worthy in a a long, long time.  But, now I have some pictures to share.

He actually got in trouble from the Park Service for trying to pick these...

Every picture of Mia from that day is the back of her head, running away from me...

Air and Space Museum

The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum has an annex in Virginia, by Dulles Airport.  The original hangar is the size of 3 football fields and has another hangar attached, just for the space stuff.  The space shuttle enterprise is there - it looks fake, it's SO big.  So is the Enola Gay - among lots of other examples of flight.  One of the docents was telling me that this is the only museum where you can see the exhibits from all angles - top, bottom, left and right.

The pictures are mostly of the planes and not the kids, but I thought it was pretty cool.

This is Tommy getting to "fly" a Cessna.

The Enola Gay

Mia, at lunch

Happy First Birthday Mia!

We tried to have a party for Mia, but she thought otherwise - and had roseola. So, we just had some cupcakes on the evening of her birthday. She liked them, but got stuff her in her eyes eventually and had a nervous breakdown.

And just because...

Vacation!

We spent a week at the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

On the way there, we stopped in Williamsburg for lunch. It was homecoming. It was very weird to have my kids at the place where I went to college.

Here's Tommy eating bread ends and house (well, he didn't eat the house dressing) from The
Cheese Shoppe.

And Mia showing her school spirit with a crazy clip.

Typical Williamsburg weather:

It was cold for a few days. Tommy rode his trike A LOT.

And not so cold for a few days.

In anticipation of Halloween, we made GREEN GHOST CUPCAKES!!!!!! These do not look like what they looked in the book. Martha Stewart, I am not. Especially with the help of a 3-year-old.

The day of Halloween was really warm. We spent hours playing on the beach.

Neither were very cooperative for costume pictures. Mia still hates the idea of a ballerina and Tommy (excuse me, Thomas the Train) was too excited to stand still. This is the best I could do.

Halloween Sneak Peak

Someone doesn't like being a ballerina...

It got a little better...

But, the other one had a blast...

Poor guy. So much blackmail for the teen years. He's really going as Thomas for Halloween (go figure).

Catching Up - Some Pictures

Those are some pictures from T's 3rd birthday party. He wouldn't stop moving, so we don't have a lot of pictures of him :)

This is Mia sporting one of her new hair bows.

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Over the weekend, we went to a butterfly garden (that T wasn't all that interested in) with his little friend Megan. Isn't this cutest thing ever? Megan's Daddy was none too thrilled :)

Fourth of July

It was HOT, so the kids look a bit wilted...

This is what M thought of the parade :)

Father's Day

M's a food fiend. We went to brunch and she grabbed food (including strawberries) off of Tom's plate This is a piece of toast. Look at how well she's doing in the high chair.

I love how she's looking at him in that last one...

Memorial Day Pictures

We had a very busy weekend - we spent a lot of time outside. On Sunday, we went to the playground on the top of Federal Hill in Baltimore. The weather was absolutely perfect.

This is looking toward the Inner Harbor. You can see the big guitar for the Hard Rock Cafe to the left of T's head. The triangle to his right is the aquarium.

You can barely see T in this one, but I thought it was appropriate for Memorial Day weekend.

See how M is almost sitting up by herself?

We got home and wanted to give them baths. I had been bathing them together, but T wanted a bath "all by myself", so I put M in the ducky tub. He helped me bathe her and then I took her out to dry her and get a diaper on her in the other room. This is what I came back to :)