Week 7

We got to Grandma and Grandpas and settled in fast. This was a week filled with parks and playdates, trips to work and lot's of Wii!!!

Our week began with a visit from a childhood friend, Debbi (Korb) Maizner!  It was so exciting to see Debbi because in high school, we called ourselves cousins, because people often thought we looked alike. Debbi, her parents and her daughter Ella came for brunch.  Ella and Mia are 11 days apart and got along SO well!!  Debbi even did Mia's hair just like Ellas so they could be twins:)  The highlight of their visit was when the girls did their rendition of "The Wheels on the Bus!" TOO CUTE FOR WORDS!


Later the same night, we got a visit from Uncle Dan, Aunt Mary Lynn, Cousins Ethan, Spencer and Bennett!  Aiden was BEYOND thrilled to get to spend some time with his cousins...they showed him their bayblades--these funky spinning tops that spun and spun and spun and spun and spun...you get the picture!  Mia and Bennett gave us a concert on the piano and Aiden and his cousins got some hang out time in the hammock!

We had two fun-filled trips to Cabin John Park. Aiden got a tip that the train whistle wasn't as loud in the back, so he decided to get brave and ride the train (he refused last summer!)  On our two train trips, we got to see 6 deer (2 baby deer which made Mia very excited as she is obsessed with babies--any kind.)

On Wednesday, Grandma got a visit at work!  One of her co-workers showed us a magic trick, we met lots of Grandma's friends and ate in the cafeteria.  The kids were a hit and got loads of attention as they made their rounds.  The got Dunkin Donuts as a treat at the end--can you believe Grandma has Dunkin Donuts right in her building? Aiden couldn't!

My parents babysat one night so I could run to the mall:) I made good use of my two hours and came home with bathing suits, jeans, bras, a dress and a tank top...I think motherhood has made me VERY efficient when it comes to shopping!

Towards the end of the week we had a trip to Hadley Park, a play date with Ryan and Allison Jacobson (we even ate lunch in the tree house!) and we had a wonderful trip to Rib City!  Aiden and I actually tried Ribs for the first time and LOVED them!

On Saturday, we had a visit from Dara and Logan and we all went down to the Natural History Museum to check out the dinosaurs!  I thought the dinosaurs would really impress Aiden and they did...but, as it turned out, a movie on the earth and water currents was an even bigger hit! He watched it twice...he found it most interesting because the movie was shown on a huge 3-D Globe...way to go NHM (Natural History Museum).

We ended the week with a lot of Wii playing with Uncle Ken, flower planting with grandpa and a trip to First Watch at Rockville Town center and of course playing in the fountains!!

 We can't wait to spend next week at camp Fried (AKA Auntie Sarah, Uncle Andy, Cousin Hailey and Logan's house!)