48 Hours in MD

We decided pretty last minute to head down to Maryland for Memorial Weekend. Traffic was CRAZY though, so we left super late Friday night and came back to the city pretty early Monday morning. We had a few special treats while we were there. 1) Grandma Urbanski was in town and had not met Julian yet.

2) Cousin Becky and her daughter Sophie were visiting as well

3)We got to meet baby Charlotte

 I look rather strange holding pink don't you think?

 Julian is 10 weeks older than Charlotte, but his head looks like an adult compared to her tiny thing!

We were attempting one of all the kids. Here are the out takes-

                                       This is probably the best one-

 Hiking in the woods. Luckily both boys still understand the foreign word-WOODS

 4) We got to see Olivia, Mike and Natalie. This is the only picture I managed to get

 5)Uncle Pat (home from UVA) and Cousin Anna (home from CO) played like crazy with all the kiddos

 6)We got to see some neighbors from our hood! Memorial Day cookouts were happening and we got to swing by!

The MET

After church we decided to brave the rain and head into the MET.  We recently found out that KPMG members and families get in free so why not! It is AMAZING. We probably only saw about 1/10th of it because it is so big, and because we have unruly children. 

Some pyramid pieces that you could walk into 

The knights were really cool. They were also doing Studio Sundays so we got to draw and etch in metal. It was very cool.

 If you look closely you will see all the letters for Ryan's name-in no particular order. I have no idea where that came from!

Some of the best parts of our visit:
 Everytime Andrew saw a painting or sculpture of a lady he would "wootwoo" it
Julian woke up and decided RIGHTTHEN that he was hungry-as we were trying to get lunch in a restaurant in the MET. He proceeded to scream and scream and scream and scream (nothing I could do until we paid and sat…)I could FEEL the stares
Ryan pointed out naked sculptures' hineys to me
Ryan climbed on a sculpture because it is similar to one they have in CP that you CAN climb on
Ryan stepped on a "do not touch" and some sirens started going off

They really made the trip more entertaining. Who said kids shouldn't go to a museum?! Chris and I are going to head back-sans kids!!

School FuN

I get to go most Friday's with Andrew's class to the playground.  This week they got to release some butterflies that one of the kids is doing a project on. He was so excited when they went from caterpillars to cocoons and then to butterflies. Sadly, only two of the four made it until the end.

 Andrew's school had their street "Fest with Zest" on Saturday. Lots to buy, eat and bounce houses galore. After the make your own cupcakes all they wanted to do was bounce and…spray color their hair. Lovely.

Happy Birthday Chris!

We had a BEAUTIFUL day to celebrate Chris' birthday. Ryan was at Child's Play and Andrew was at school so Julian and I met Chris for a birthday lunch at Bocca. 

 After work we had a yummy dinner and cupcakes from one of our favorite bakeries, Two Little Red Hens

 This was a trick candle that would not die. The boys-minus Julian- thought it was hilarious

                           Happy Birthday Chris! Hope you had a wonderful day!

Happy Mother's Day!

 Happy Mother's Day! I am so thankful for my mom, mother-in-law, sister, and many, many mom friends. Thank you all for everything!

                                      All my goodies from the boys

                      No picture with Mommy after church, but one at the playground

                                                     COOL guy

                                                   New necklace from my mom