Chesapeake Bay

The weekend after Thanksgiving we took a trip Chesapeake Bay, to visit Deborah's college roommate, JennyLynn, that was in town visiting family.

Deborah, Maliah & JennyLynn

Goodbye Belmains

Belmains in front of Washington Monument

After a week of visiting, our friends the Belmains (Pete, Erin, Kelsey, Emma, Noah, Jonah, Natalie) head back to Florida.






It is hard to say good-bye, especially at 5am!

Magnus will REALLY miss the boys, Noah & Jonah!

 

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we had a big 21lb turkey, and lots of people to share it with.  Papa Hummel was in town, and our friends the Belmains (Pete, Erin, Kelsey, Emma, Noah, Jonah, Natalie) were visiting from Florida, and Deborah's cousin Mike Hummel and family (Connie, Joseph, Amadeus, and Issac) came for dinner. 

Pilgrims hat cookies.  Can you tell which ones Magnus made?

Maliah, at 22lbs, outweigh the bird, by one pound.

I'm thankful for my family, and turkey legs.

Maliah learned a new streamlined eating technique where you cut out the middle man (your hands), and just open your mouth and put it on your tray and move it back and forth, and back and forth! 

Natural History Museum

Magnus loves to go to the museums.  Many weekend mornings he will say to us "I want to go to the moozeeumh."  When he knows we are headed out to go to a museum, he is very helpful with getting himself ready to go, and then stands there at the door waiting for the rest of us to finish getting ready.

The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History (http://www.mnh.si.edu/) contains 1.5 million square feet of space overall and 325,000 square feet of exhibition and public space; altogether the Museum is the size of 18 football fields, and houses over 1000 employees.   Here are some pictures from the Natural History Museum when we went with some visiting friends, the Belmains. 

   

Hope Diamond - 45.52 carats

   

Taking a snack break outside!

Air & Space Museum

Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (http://www.nasm.si.edu/) has the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world. It has hundreds of artifacts on display including the original Wright 1903 Flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, the Apollo 11 command module, and a lunar rock sample that visitors can touch.

Magnus and Maliah enjoyed running (crawling in Maliah's case) around and exploring the hands on displays. 

Flying a plane in the wind tunnel

Kids reign down Justice

Pentagon: 16 Sep 2011

The kids are bringing order to their new DC-area neighborhood!

Maliah decreed free milk rations to all military members during her press conference at the pentagon in September.  And she is petitioning for reduced nap times for all who have served a year or less.

Magnus joined up with the Arlington police brigade that was escorting 5-busloads full of the San Fransisco 49ers football team and staff, as they toured Arlington cemetery, the day before they played the Washington Redskins (and beat them... doh!).

Arlington police motorcycle; 11 Nov 2011

Arlington Cemetry

Arlington Cemetery is less than a 1/2 mile mile from our house.  We ride our bikes thru there often, on our way to the DC tidal basin and the Mall. 

Eternal Flame at JFK, Jackie and their infant son & daughter's grave

Tomb of the Unknown Solider

  

Mom & Maliah enjoying the trees at Arlington Cemetery

Magnus borrowing a cops motorcycle at the Arlington Cemetery