tally

We got another "You've got your hands full" today at Ruby Tuesday. The scenario was this: I was putting Owen in the car and Henry decided to go back to the restaurant to eat lunch again, but this time he wanted service To-Go. So he went back to the restaurant and banged on the To-Go door. After I got Owen in, I had to chase Henry down the length of the restaurant before I caught him. This is when we got the "YGYHF." Classic!

I'm out of control...

OK, finally caught up to today after my marathon of posts. Here is Henry escaping the playground:

 

Henry in the cabinet, and Owen on our park picnic this morning:

  

Owen, swinging, grumpily:

Merci, MaMere!

Look what MaMere sent us!!! Magnifique! The boys LOVE their new plates and forks and spoons. They ate off of them last night and didn't throw them on the floor!! Thank you so much!!!! XOXOXO

Not a single strawberry

We went to Great Country Farms on Saturday to check out their Strawberry Festival. We got there late and stood in line. The strawberries were all picked out, and there were a billion people there. Owen had a meltdown, and I was the only one who ate a strawberry. Oh well.

Reunions

Last week, the boys and I headed up to Maryland to visit some childhood friends of mine. More than childhood friends, actually. Childhood "sisters"! It had been too long since we had seen each other. Now that we know at least ONE of the A-clan lives "nearby," I hope we can visit more often. Here's to hoping this is the re-beginning of a good friendship.

Here are some shots of the day - Ricky and Jenna; Sarah, me, and Becky (photo by Ricky!):

Ricky on the swing, Henry in the rocking chair:

Owen mowing the lawn, Jenna snoozing:

Oh, and we are super sorry about the broken glass. Thank goodness it was just a glass and not the kitchen table, or the bird, or Jenna.

"yep, full of love...."

I think I will start keeping track of the number of times I hear "You've got your hands full!" Seriously, people. The number is bound to be staggering. I got one this morning, on my way to the park with the kiddos. I even got one last week when I just had the dogs! I wanted to say "You don't know the half of it, buddy!" OK, tally starts today.

You've got to be kidding me

Story Highlights:
-Aid workers and UN peacekeepers are sexually abusing vulnerable children
-Children as young as 6 have been forced to trade food for sex and raped
-Charity: A grotesque abuse of authority and violation of children's rights

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/27/charity.aidworkers/index.html

Sorry to be a downer, but seriously....can this be real?

Happy Memorial Day

"Give me a museum and I'll fill it." -Picasso

Art Show and Lunch

Daddy and Henry sharing a breadstick at lunch last weekend. We went to the Art Show at Reston Town Center. After some fun running around, we had lunch at Paolo's and then hung out by the fountain.

Henry the Ham continued...

This continued for a good 20 minutes. And continues each day.

Lazy

I've been slacking off.
Back soon.

Anybody know these people??

So, Bethany was the winner of our contest, so I got her a beautiful print of her house. Since she and her family are moving soon, they thought this would be a great way to remember their cute home. She emailed me today to say they had gotten the picture.....but that it was not the picture of the house. It was THIS:

Luckily, we all have good senses of humor and had a good laugh about it. Hilarious!
And Bethany, they will be sending the real picture ASAP!!! :)

Wordless Wednesday - Henry the HAM!

  

Tanka Tuesday

Finally. no rain!
Now just a lot of muddy,
dirty, icky shoes
and dog paws (mostly Calvin).
Rain, rain, please stay gone away!

We got tattoos for Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day to all of our family and friends who are Mommies!

A special Happy Mother's Day to GG. Love you!!!

"Airpluh! Buh buh!"

Today we ventured to the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum. We have taken the boys before, but thought they would enjoy it more now, considering their extreme obsession with airplanes. And birds. We had a pretty good time chasing them around.  They wanted to be carried most of the way, which we fought tooth and nail. Their favorite part, after the McDonald's chicken nuggets, was the McDonald's Happy Meal toy. But then after that, their favorite thing was the observation tower. Owen was screaming his head off every time and airplane flew by. The three of us sat on the floor and just watched planes fly by while Daddy took pictures and looked for landmarks (I'm guessing here....since that's what he usually does...). After we came home we napped and now we are watching the Indiana Jones trilogy on usa. Fun times!

   

I thought the sign saying "keep off" was funny, considering we didn't.

Mom and the boys before we left:

Big Truck Days

The town of Herndon has an event each year called "Big Truck Days." I knew when I saw the ad in the paper that it would be love at first sight. After driving around for nearly 30 minutes looking for a parking place and realizing that I was speaking along with Elmo's World ("Now it's your turn, Hassan....") in my angry voice, I illegally parked in a loading zone. I knew it would rain soon, so we would be able to beat the tow truck if the jerks at the public works building decided to tow a poor mother of twins. I didn't consider that we WERE at the public works building which has an endless supply of tow trucks. Alas, we weren't towed. But we did get rained on. But it was all worth it.

Owen in white/yellow and Henry in stripes/blue:

In the loader of the front loader and the big loader:

Owen saying, "Is Henry done yet? I'll just sit here and wait by this big rock."

Oh, and yesterday. We perfected our skill of climbing onto the chair together to watch - what else? - Elmo's World. La la la la!