Every weekend, we try and get out and about at least one of the days on an "ubbenture" with the kids. Some days our adventures are a little more adventuresome than others. Last Saturday was rainy so we spent the morning at the College Park Aviation Museum (who knew that College Park had such an important place in aviation history?!) and then went to Ikea for lunch and playtime (yes, we take our kids to Ikea to play. Don't judge.) I forgot my phone so excuse the lack of pictures of Maya and Ben pretending to fly a plane and playing with Swedish toys. We spent the rest of that rainy day at home. Maya took care of Sleeping Baby (named that because her eyes close) who apparently suffered from quite the head trauma.
She also helped Larkin put together a new mirror by helpfully reading him the directions.
The next day, we were much more adventuresome. We rented bikes and a trailer and attempted to ride at least part of the way from Old Town Alexandria to Mount Vernon.
Maya enjoyed the helmet.
Ben... not so much. (What does it say about our parenting that we thought his attempts to take it off were hilarious?)
Of course, Ben had a reason to hate the helmet. Poor little man couldn't see a thing (so the helmet got ditched pretty quickly - I pretended not to notice when Larkin took it off.)
The kids did great in the trailer - except Ben didn't like it anytime Larkin went over a bump, hit a stick, went over a crack in the sidewalk, or hit an acorn. By the end of the adventure, Larkin estimated that Ben cried for only 50% of the time so it wasn't a complete disaster!
It was a beautiful day, and so nice to see the new spring growth along the parkway.
Most of the path looked like this (above.) Unfortunately, some of the path looked like this (below).
The large puddles covering the path caused us to have to ride a significant portion of the ride on the muddy grass (Ben didn't care for that part that much - neither did I.)
We found a great place to sit and soak up the sun (you can tell how high the Potomac is as the benches are in the water.)
Maya enjoyed throwing sticks, flowers, and rocks in the Potomac to see if they floated (for the record, rocks don't float.)
Ben just enjoyed being out of the trailer.
However, after a stop at our friend Allison's house, everyone was much happier.
We celebrated by going out for burgers afterward (Maya took this picture - in case you couldn't tell. I wanted to showcase her skills AND prove that I was here!)
She also helped Larkin put together a new mirror by helpfully reading him the directions.
The next day, we were much more adventuresome. We rented bikes and a trailer and attempted to ride at least part of the way from Old Town Alexandria to Mount Vernon.
Maya enjoyed the helmet.
Ben... not so much. (What does it say about our parenting that we thought his attempts to take it off were hilarious?)
Of course, Ben had a reason to hate the helmet. Poor little man couldn't see a thing (so the helmet got ditched pretty quickly - I pretended not to notice when Larkin took it off.)
The kids did great in the trailer - except Ben didn't like it anytime Larkin went over a bump, hit a stick, went over a crack in the sidewalk, or hit an acorn. By the end of the adventure, Larkin estimated that Ben cried for only 50% of the time so it wasn't a complete disaster!
It was a beautiful day, and so nice to see the new spring growth along the parkway.
Most of the path looked like this (above.) Unfortunately, some of the path looked like this (below).
The large puddles covering the path caused us to have to ride a significant portion of the ride on the muddy grass (Ben didn't care for that part that much - neither did I.)
We found a great place to sit and soak up the sun (you can tell how high the Potomac is as the benches are in the water.)
Maya enjoyed throwing sticks, flowers, and rocks in the Potomac to see if they floated (for the record, rocks don't float.)
Ben just enjoyed being out of the trailer.
However, after a stop at our friend Allison's house, everyone was much happier.
We celebrated by going out for burgers afterward (Maya took this picture - in case you couldn't tell. I wanted to showcase her skills AND prove that I was here!)
2 comments:
What a special ubbenture. That's what memories are made of...
Love you,
shu shu
Yay for ubbentures! Love it!
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