count down is on

9:30 pm.  It's raining.  Hopefully it will pass quickly because in 23 1/2 hours I will be leaving with 15 fabulous friends to see Breaking Dawn!!  Midnight show tomorrow baby! Yeah!! Can't wait!

I worked yesterday and today. 
Tonight was a pack meeting, also the YW played glow in the dark volleyball.  Yesterday Lu had Daisys.   This afternoon I scrubbed the play doh out of the carpet.  I'd rather have J here with play doh then clean carpet without.

Mount Vernon

 Our last day together was Monday.  The kids had school so it was just Joneaux, Anna and Amadeo and myself.  We made the drive and it was a most beautiful day.  The weather was perfect and it was not crowded so it was perfect.

 I love my sister and am so glad we had this time to be together.  It was such a treat for me to have sweet baby J here and to get to know him.  I really enjoy Amadeo's company as well.  It is really special to spend time together, to enjoy each others children, to talk about life and our families and just anything.

 Cute family.

When we left we stopped at the gift shop for some East Coast souvenirs for J so he can remember us and how much we love him.

Sunday

 We went to church, played at the park, enjoyed some yummy dinner made by Hannah with Anna and Mom as sous chefs, played quirkle and that's it.

DC

 Today was a requisite DC tourist day.  Fortunately the weather was perfect and the crowds were thin.

 We started out at the National Archives were we saw the documents of freedom.  Then we wandered around the monuments and ended with a stroll by the white house.

 Anna and Amadeo's friends the Pollards met them for breakfast and joined us for some DC fun.  They couldn't stay the whole time but we had fun with them while they were there.  Lu liked Abby a lot and the kids were cute together.

 We walked a lot and the kids were real troopers.  They looked at everything, ate $11. hot dogs and ice cream and were great tour guides.

 Little Man was happy to see his Momma and Daddy this morning. 

Me and Anna in front of the white house.

calvert marine museum

We spent our afternoon at the museum.  It's small but cute and we love to watch the otters and the kids always love to get shark teeth and fossils from the exploration room.

parade

 Today is Veterans day and Lu's daisy troop was marching in the parade.  E's pack was not marching but he dressed up anyway thinking he might march with Webb's den. We bundled up and headed over to Ryken to meet with all the other marchers.

 It took forever to get going.  Someone fell off their horse and a helicopter had to come and life flight them out.  So while it was cool to see the helo come and land right in front of us, it was sad that someone got hurt, and it really slowed us down a lot.  Joneaux didn't want to wait and was getting sad, also Robert didn't want to wait so eventually I took the little boys, E and H and left Lu to march with Miss Jen and Julia. 

By the time we got to our car the little boys were happy and wanted to watch the parade, which was finally starting so we found a spot and watched the scouts, bands, horses, floats and parade fun.  We got tons of candy thrown at us and the kids all enjoyed it.

Joneaux got in the groove and started dancing on the side of the road.  It was so funny!   We made it home an hour before Lu and had some lunch and got him down for a nap.

I'm such a good aunt :)

We had the most fun day!  First thing this morning, like 6am which is a lot earlier than J is used to waking up, the kids were up and waiting for J to wake up.  As soon as he did there were squeals and book reading and bubble bath fun.  Eventually the kids had to go to school.  Joneaux waved goodbye to the school bus and then we had the day to ourselves.

First thing we did was go to the playground.  Then we came home and ate snacks and read books and built with blocks.  Then had an early lunch and he was ready for a nap.  J slept for 2 hours and woke up ready to play again.  He wanted to go to the park, so we did.  Then we came home and played legos, read some more books, threw the ball and knocked over some more blocks.

When Hannah came home she brought Allie with her to show off how cute her cousin is!  They played ball with him, took him outside for a walk and read a book.

Then E and Lu got home and we went back to the park....3x to the park in one day, sweet!!

E and Lu had so much fun playing with him!

Sadly it started to rain so we had to rush home. 

On the agenda for tonight: dinner, playdoh, books, balls, prayers and sleep.