DC

We took a trip this past weekend, to a family reunion/memorial service in Reston Va, near Washington DC. We didn't actually set foot in DC, but we enjoyed its various highways and suburbs.

We left at the crack of dawn in the rain. We were about an hour and half into the ride when all of a sudden, Avery sat upright and puked up a banana we had given her a half hour before. She started crying and puking, and saying "boo-boo, boo-boo." I was ready to turn around and head back, but I was overruled after we got her cleaned up. We stopping in Washington PA, where we had breakfast. Apparently feeling better, Avery ate her weight in pancakes and bacon. The rest of the trip, with A/C on, she enjoyed, playing with some new little people, watching a dvd and taking a nap.

After settling in the hotel, we put pennies in the fountain and took a swim. That was pretty much the theme of the weekend. There are a lot more pennies in the fountain now than before we arrived.

Friday night wasn't really so much for the wee-ones, so we left the family dinner before the food arrived and had a Panera picnic in our hotel room. By then it was well past her bed time, and we figured she wouldn't want to sleep in her portable crib, since we were in the room, so we put her in our king sized bed. She takes up a lot of room for a toddler, and none of use slept all that well.

Saturday we got up and took a look at the art show outside the hotel. Lots of neat stuff, but it wasn't really Avery's scene either, so we went swimming. She was not pleased to get out of the pool, but did well during a visit to Aunt Lily's house. After a drive for a nap, we gathered for a picture, eventually, after a final straggler showed up. She was not pleased to be taken from her fountain and pile of pennies for a picture, and made her displeasure known. She had a good time at the "Buffalo style" pub we went to, and enjoyed a walk after, where we met a couple and their doggies.

The trip home was good too, with her taking a long, two-hour nap, playing with little people, and watching a dvd. Overall, apart from want to swim more and spend more time with the fountain, she did very well.

Snack time at the art show.

Swimming!

Pennies with Claire and Colin.

The Haas clan.

Hangin' with 'enry.

Grandma finds an unending source of pennies.

With Claire on the stairs.

Enjoying cheese dip with grandma.

dog attack with Henry.

grandparents and their grandchildren.

hanging out in Herdon. Avery found the hole in the block of rock fascinating, and this was the only way we could get a group picture- by standing near the rock.