Trip to the auto show

Just A Nice Day

We had a just a nice day today. Which to me is perfect! Jacob and I went to temple this morning because its my week for minyan duty. I brought a magnadoodle and a sticker book with me to keep him busy. He was great. Sat quietly next me for the whole service; a short one of about 40 minutes. Then it was off to swim class for Jacob and tumbling for Reuben and Faith. Apparently Reuben was not on his best behaviour during the class and the teacher almost didn't give him a sticker. The class also a little too slow moving for Faith, requiring the kids to wait their turn in line. Faith at 2.5 has a very hard time waiting for more than a few minutes. Anyway, after the classes we had lunch at Einstein bagel and then came back home. All the kids napped over 2 hours!!! After nap we watched the Lion King and then had a nice dinner together. About an hour more of play and then off to bed. I was even able to get some office work done today during nap time.

Here is Reuben's backhoe loader. He asked me to a picture of it and I was glad to. His pictures are now starting to look kind of recognizable.

Jacob the pirate.

From the autoshow, perhaps the best picture ever taking of our kids together. Who new the Chrysler photographer was so talented.

Day At The Auto Show

Long day... We all took the Metro into the DC Convention Center for the auto show and then spent a few hours getting all varieties of pickup trucks and SUVs. I was luck to squeeze in time to try out a Buick and Mercury. Boy do I sound old ;-)

And here is a movie Karen took of the boys taken out their aggression in a controlled manner. Karen made them a crash pad and they loved it.

Monster Truck Jam

Monster Truck Jam – Verizon Center Featuring:
Reuben, Jacob and I went to the Monster Truck Jam this afternoon. Great time had by all. But I'm not sure which the boys liked best the Monster Trucks or the Metro.	The Metro ride there was very easy. Going home it and the stations were jammed. The show was sold out and probably 2/3 of the 20,000 folks were Metro'ing.
Grave Digger winning the freestyle	Ninja Turtle Truck – Are the Ninja Turtles still popular?
They also had freestyle motocross which was my favorite. Those motorcycles were making amazing jumps. I highlighted the kid in the air, otherwise he's hard to see.
There were also some go-cart races. This is where it got like wrestling with the winners and losers trash talking each other and the crowd. The Philly team was bad mouthing the Redskins, which in my opinion was well deserved.
Priceless	Expressions
Monster Truck Jam – The Movie

Prepping For The Show

Last night and this morning the kids were prepping for the big show today. I got the video shown above from the library on my way home last night and we watched it as soon they finished dinner. Since the show is pretty much sold out for all three shows in DC, I was surprised the video was still at the library. So far this morning its been nothing but monster truck talk. Well, we also talked about breakfast because they had their favorite: scrambled eggs and kippers. I needed to open a second can of kippers because they devoured the first one that we were sharing.

It's OK To Play With Your Balls

Today, Karen and the kids made their own play-dough. Each of the kids chose the colors to use on their play dough, though Jacob's brown turned out closer to dark green. But, more exciting today was my purchase of tickets to the Monster Truck Jam!! Saturday afternoon me and the boys are heading into DC's Verizon Center for the show. They are very excited. Its just too bad that I waited until today to buy tickets. I didn't figure it would be a big deal getting tickets. Turned out the show is almost sold out. We'll be sitting way up. Still should be fun. Check back Saturday night for photo highlights.

65 Degrees in December

Remote control cars, playground equipment, 65 degrees, who could ask for more.

Spring in December

65 degrees in mid-December. Can't beat it. After breakfast at IHOP we hit the park at Mantua and tried out our new remote control cars, $2.50 @ Target. They were at least worth $7.50 ;-) Actually they work pretty good. We had at a lot of fun at the playground too... Tonite was night 3 of Hanukkah. The kids opened Nana's firehouse present and Uncle Steven and Aunt Tracy's Little People's Hanukkah set. Its pretty clear they will be well used toys.