Afternoon Delight

We went to the grocery store this morning and saw these pop makers. Rocket pop?!!! Yes please! I told Liam they would be ready after nap time. That boy went to sleep faster than ever! It was the first thing he asked about when he got up! So we munched on rocket pops on the balcony. Poor Ezra had rocket envy, but was satisfied with my pop stick when I finished. :)

See you next time Nana and Papa!

We love you!

Sunday night

It is Nana and Papa's final night and we are making sure it is a good one, as you can see. We got Papa some gourmet pickles from the farmer's market to celebrate him for father's day and in all the hub hub, I  realized I got both grandpa's presents, but nothing for Ben. Oops. He won't mind, but I do. Must fix that soon!! Father's day was great and we are so grateful for the fathers we have! 

Visiting friends down south

The HS grad, Liam's love

The V family is very dear to us. We were so glad we were able to drive down to see them today to celebrate their daughter's High School graduation celebration. It was a long 2.5 hour drive to get down there (traffic was bad! It was supposed to be about 1 hour 15 min!!), but we were glad to be there!

We got to see them a few months ago and Liam fell in love. He was so excited to see B the entire drive there and talked about her nonstop and then when we got there he was so bashful to be around her! It was so cute.

We loved getting to see the H family as well, who drove from Tennessee to be there. All three of the families are retired Marine Corps families and the time spent together united us all for all time. The H family is so dear to us. C was pregnant with her little guy at the same time I was pregnant with Liam and we all felt that their play time was destined and meant to be. They were buds from the start!

It is so happy and heart warming every time we all get together. I'm glad we could make it happen during our time here in Virginia.

Walking to the Farmer's Market with the grans

Pickle tasting 

seasonal goods!

donut drooling with Papa

A picnic breakfast of crepes!

The National Mall

The Lincoln Monument

Korean War Monument

DC War Memorial

WW2 Memorial

Eating Sweet Green salads along the reflection pool- YUM!

The White House

The Capital Building

Awesome ice cream!!

Metro riding back home after a long day!

This is my dad's second time to the DC area. The first time I had just delivered Liam a few weeks prior and we were at home mostly, but this time we had no excuses to not play tour guide. I think I was probably the one who was most into it all, but everyone said they had a good time so I'm taking it at face value. I made sure to take lots of pictures of them in front of monuments because that is what you do when you are a tourist, right? They played along well and hardly complained at all.

I told my dad that after today's walk along the mall he had crossed the line over from regular American to cultured American. More probiotics? Now, being the seasoned local that I am :) I had to do some thought out photos to "revive" the fun of the mall for myself (haha, do you catch the silliness of this, since I was the one who was leading the charge on this outing?!). So here we go...

hanging his hat on the Washington Monument

Look! a penny!

trying to make a snow globe :) with the capital

A Morning Shave

I have great memories of my dad "shaving" my little brother's face in the morning. My little brother even had his own razor that my dad had taken the blades out of so my brother could shave all by himself. I admit was a bit envious.
Liam was on cloud nine this morning wearing shaving cream and having his Papa "shave"(use the back side of the razor) his cheeks. He had me feel how soft and everything! It was absolutely adorable. I was still a little jealous though. ;)