Pittsburgh

We have returned from our whirl-wind invasion of the newly-weds nest. I must confess on the front end that we have very few pictures of David, Lynn, or their sweet little place. I have gotten very undisciplined in my picture-taking and most of my shots are of Benjamin in various locations.

On Thursday and Friday, David and Lynn had work/school commitments for parts of each day, so we took the opportunity to have a little family time. On Thursday we took B to the Pittsburgh Children's Museum. It just happened to be the 80th birthday celebration of Mr. Roger's (Mr. Roger's Neighborhood was filmed in Pittsburgh), so the admission was free and they had a big display and free cupcakes for the kids. On Friday, as a birthday present, we took B to the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium. Here's a picture of him from the sting ray tunnel--you can crawl through it as if you're swimming with the sting rays. B pretty much had this expression on his face at every exhibit. He loved it!

We had a birthday party with David and Lynn Friday night. At B's request, Lynn made pasta with broccoli and cheese. She also got me all the ingredients to make a "blue cake with a rocket ship on it" including the #3 birthday candle. David made the rocket ship in the prop shop. It was quite spectacular and B was thrilled.

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Here's another video of him a few minutes later singing an excerpt from his favorite show, The Little Einstein's. He always requests this song during circle time at the Lamars' and also at bedtime.

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A few more random shots. Here, reading a story book before bedtime with Uncle D.

Finally, our key to travel success: Oh, how we used to scoff at those parents whose children would be watching movies or playing games while the parents carried on a normal adult conversation. How could they just plug their children in like that?! Disgusting! Well... now that we have a 3 year old, we've discovered--we are THOSE parents. This technique proves especially useful during long airport layovers, when you've exhausted food, watching the airplanes and playing with all your toys and books and your only alternative is to run screaming in circles while your 8-months pregnant mother tries to keep you from clocking people with your rocket ship. Despise us if you will, but we had an uninterrupted 30 minutes of quiet conversation in the middle of the Washington Dulles airport!