Back to regular scheduled programming ...

Wednesday nights are (usually) fountain nights here in town. A band plays very loudly, there are places to get food, or we bring our own, and the kids run in the fountain and climb on the turtles.

The girlies got to go to the fountain with Ninoo & Papa while they were here; check it out:

Getting ready to go to the fountain ...



I think they were looking at my feet here; but I don't really remember. Maybe they were looking at the ginormous bag of french fries that Papa brought back from 5 Guys?



You can't exactly tell, but Q2 is sitting on one of the many turtles that are mostly used to climb on and jump off of. How much do you want to bet that when she pulls that shoe off she is going to bonk her head and she'll fall off the turtle?



It is really quite fun. These photos make it look empty and not busy; this was a Friday night, I think. Wednesday nights are packed with kids & parents. And because the music is so loud, you can't talk to your friends, either.

We take a break from our regularly scheduled programming

To bring you the following program: Find the Baby

I went to each of the girls rooms tonight after C3 & Q2 had gone to sleep. I found two very different scenarios.

C3 was easy. Although she wasn't in her bed, she was right out in the open. I haven't figured out why she is sleeping on the floor these days, but really, I don't care as long as she is asleep:



Oh, and notice that pink, virtually see-through blanket covering C3's legs? That is "brown blankie" something I slept with and played "blanket people" with as a child.

Q2, however, I couldn't find at first. Oh, that is because she has taken to sleeping with EVERY SINGLE animal and doll to be found within a 100 foot radius of her bed. With the exception of the dogs that C3 cannot sleep without (see above):

Out without me

I love to take the girls to the building museum. It is a gorgeous building. Big. Good to run around. I love the indoor fountain. The arches on arches on arches march along and I love it. The stairs are like stone waterfalls, all worn and soft. The place is just wow. And the kids love to play in the building zone, where they have big building toys for children.





My favorite photo from the day ... C39 getting clobbered by C3 & Q2 because they won't walk, are tired, won't be carried by Ninoo or Papa.

More fun that I missed!

We love taking the girls to the Building Museum. That place is amazing, huge, beautiful, and just a great place to let them run around. I love the stairs, all worn down and like a waterfall of rock. I love the indoor fountain. The arches on arches on arches are fantastic. I love the Building Zone, where they have tons of building toys for the kids to play with.

Anyway, here are the photos! C39, Ninoo, and C3 & Q2.





Leaving the building you can see that C39 is being clobbered by C3 & Q2 ... He really puts up with a lot. Lately Q2 has been prefering him to me. Which is a bit disconcerting for both of us, but I think I'm reconciled with the fact that I might have a little breathing room again. And C39? He is just happy that she is starting to choose him over me once in a while!

72 hours with us

But I think I saw my in-laws for about 6 of those 72 hours. I was at work all day Friday, all day Saturday, and tonight I'm working at home.

But, this is what I signed up for when I agreed to work full time for 2 months. Two more weeks of this, tops, then things will settle down again and the pressure will be gone, as we'll have turned the thing in.

So, I'll update the weekend in installments.

Apparently the first thing they did after I left was watch TV. Most of the time C3 &Q2 watch TV only as a treat ... in the car on a LONG trip (Maryland to New England) or an after dinner video if they have been gentle all day (no hitting, biting, hair pulling, kicking, pushing, headlocks, or other untoward behavior that could cause physical pain or harm). But apparently they enjoyed the show with Ninoo.

As you can see they can't keep their eyes off it.



Must have been very good.



But, anything with Ninoo is fun!!

New snacks

I often had a bowl of bananas and milk when I was a child. A sprinkle of sugar didn't hurt it, either. I still like it. And so do Q2 & C3. So today they asked for it, and then when that was gone they asked for apples and milk.

C3 ate hers all up. Q2 left most of hers.

So what am I to think? Is it worth trying?

Weekend visit

Wow. Busy. Work. I am decidedly decided against working full time. But, on more interesting fronts, we had weekend visitors, J & C, my aunt & Uncle. We went to the National Arboretum again (I never get tired of that place), we did the monuments with the girls, and we had dinner at the fountain. I didn't bring a camera to the monuments, and between their clinginess (sometimes I was carrying 2 girls) and their crying (that one is self explainatory) I didn't have a chance to take any photos. And then we forgot at the fountain. Of course.

But here are the Arboretum photos!

Me first ... at the National Columns. I worked really hard to climb up. Not that it was super difficult, but I wasn't sure I could do it ... it was high, and I am short! And it was wide, so not much to hang onto.

Anyway, I got up, and I was happy!



C3 was all over C ... uh, a lady never reveals her age! Actually, I don't know her age! But C3 loves her to pieces. And it is easy to see why ... C loves her to pieces, too!



Q2 had her moments this weekend, but one this she consistently loved was the Koi. Feeding. We fed and fed and fed. And fed some more. They fill up the feeders on Saturday, and by Sunday the food is 2/3 gone. By Monday you are out of luck. So we brought a pocketful of quarters and fed the fish. And you can see how much Q2 loved them.




I didn't get good photos of C39 or J54!