Nora on the run…

Nora and baby Isaac (baby cakes) came to visit us for an extended weekend.  She had just returned from a week in Disneyland the week earlier but she was ready for more fun; and so were we! You can only sit around on your couch for so long. For the first full day she was here, we decided to take a visit to the Chesapeake Bay. It took us a few hours to get everybody ready so we didn’t take off until around noon. It was a Friday so Charlie had gone to school in the morning and I figured we would just be back in time to see him return from school. Thankfully Nora had the brilliant thought of dropping by his school and picking him up before we got on the freeway. He was really confused to see me but once I told him he was ditching school to go to the beach he was ecstatic!! I thought it would be too cold to swim but it turned out to be perfect. Sadly Nora and I didn’t pack our suits but the kids loved the water and we enjoyed wading in it. The kids played the whole time in the sand and other than Lucy wandering around trying to join different families (she has no fear of strangers) we didn’t have to worry about them. After over four hours in the sun the kids were upset when we said it was time to leave.

Baby Isaac had no fear of the water! He laughed when waves would come up an hit him just below his face!

On Saturday morning, Nora and I woke up early and headed to the metro (with the babies). We both wanted to see the Holocaust Museum but it’s difficult to get tickets on a Saturday so we wanted to get there early. We got there about 15 minutes before they started handing out tickets and there was already a REALLY long line. We waited patiently and got tickets to go in the museum at 11:30.  It gave us the right amount of time to feed the baby and Isaac got to chase some birds around.

The Museum itself was fascinating and of course very sobering. I didn’t know much about the build up to the war and how Hitler was able to gain so much power so it was interesting learning about that.

Sisters with the Holocaust Museum in the background (Washington DC)

Metro Fun!!

Sunday was wonderful! We went to church where everyone kept mistaking Nora for me (she even had a lengthy conversation with someone who thought they were talking to me)! That evening, Nora made us some delicious lettuce wraps for dinner and some jalapeno poppers for a midnight snack. 

Nora flew out on Monday afternoon so we planned out our morning to include a trip to a fancy thrift store, Trader Joe’s, and the dollar store (souvenirs).  The thrift store delivered a new dress for Addie, and some practically new Keens for our boys. I was able to introduce Nora to Trader Joe’s amazing dark chocolate peanut butter cups..so good. It was sad to see her go but we are looking forward to our extended vacation to Utah in August.