Mt. Vernon

We took advantage of the beautiful weather today and went to Mt. Vernon with Aidan's friend Will and his mom and sister. It was so nice and we got their early enough to be ahead of most of the crowds - tourist season is here!! Here are a few pictures of the boys running around.

Motorcycle Police Visit

Today two motorcycle police officers came to Aidan's school - a little in house "fieldtrip". Here are some pictures - the kids were entranced for just under an hour. It was cold but I didn't hear one complaint!Aidan and his classmatesAidan and Siena

Just Call Me Britney

I am now apparently vying with Britney for the worst mother of the year award. Aidan has been complaining that his ear hurts for about 3 days - but only in the middle of the night. I thought that he was waking up because he had to go to the bathroom and was just upset that he was awake - we all know how much he LOVES to sleep! He was pretty lethargic yesterday and woke up again last night so we decided that Brendan would take him to the ER in the morning around 10 - we figured the rush would have cleared out by then. Poor kid has strep throat - again! I guess he thought his sore throat was his ear - I feel terrible. I should have taken him to the doctor on Friday and I made him suffer needlessly for two days :( It will be so nice when he can communicate pain better...
On the up side - Aidan's face is healing although the doctor at the ER did tell Brendan to get our cat declawed - good advice if we had a cat...

Movin' on Up!

Emmy pulled up by herself the other day - here are some pictures of the big event - plus a few I took of her later on that were just too cute not to post!

Good job Em!

Throwing Dirt and Getting Teeth

We had a rough day today. Aidan and Emmy were both up a few times last night and Brendan had to get up at 4:30 to go on a business trip this morning. Emmy cut a tooth today and everyone was tired and grumpy the entire day. I made a big mistake by trying to go two places this morning. We had to run an errand in Old Town Alexandria (and get a few pictures too): and then we went to the River Farm to see all the flowers. Aidan just wouldn't listen - he is usually really good about paying attention. I told him if he didn't stop throwing dirt we were going to leave. He looked at me like "yeah right, we just got here". So he threw dirt again and we left. He trailed behind me crying all the way to the car "I'll never ever do that again, I promise wahhhhhh". We still left. After dinner we went for a walk by the Potomac because it is just too boring between dinner and bath without Daddy. Aidan rehashed the afternoon's trauma and told me that he was "very disrespectful at the River Farm". Very cute - it's so hard being 3. A new use for the salad spinner - note to self - wash the salad spinner before next use :)

The Boston Museum of Science

On Sunday we went to the Boston Museum of Science with my mom and dad. It was awesome - Aidan is still talking about it and wants to go back! We were there for over 4 hours and we didn't even get close to seeing everything. There was so much stuff for Aidan age and even a baby area for Emmy! I can't wait to go back and see more!

Emmy improving her cognitive abilities

Gramma and Aidan

more water!

Aidan and Daddy Jim squishing a penny

Emmy is a bumblebee

Emmy in a T Rex footprint

Emmy and Addy

Our friends, Jeff and Amy, stayed with us last night on their way out of town to Mexico for a short vacation. Their daughter, Addy, is 3 months younger than Emmy but they are pretty similar in size! They took a short bath together last night - here's a picture to embarrass them with in about 14 years.Emmy (left) and Addy (right)