George Washington Pooped Here...

This one's for you Molly!  Will enjoyed a visit with "Martha Washington"...

Charlie hanging out after a diaper change on the porch of the house...As I was changing him I thought "Martha and George would be SO offended right now!"  Ooops!

I call this Charlie's "Elvis face"...

William gets up close and personal with this ram...

Mommy and the Boys...

William climbing the granite blocks at the FDR memorial...

Charlie practiced crawling on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial...

We also stopped off at the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, it was great!
This quote really spoke to me...

The carving was huge, and honestly this picture doesn't do it justice...

Hiking...

Yesterday Aunt Julie came to visit, so in the afternoon we went to Great Falls...

Aunt Julie and Pudd making friends...

We found Charlie this natural baby seat...

Mama and Charlie...

Will found a "cave"!

The Great Falls on the Potomac...

Today we decided to hike some more, so we went to Cunningham Falls State Park...

Will wanted to have his picture taken on this stump...

Will loved all the rocks to crawl on...

He went really high, often too high for Mommy's liking...

The falls...

Charlie developing a taste for nature...

Yum!

Halloween 2011...

Iron Man shows his tough muscles!

My Iron Man and my Penguin...

Sweet Little Man!

Crawling across the bridge...

Iron Man is coming to the rescue!

Charlie's pumpkin was a kitty!

Will was more interested in this scarecrow than the candy the house was offering...

I think Will's favorite part of the whole night was scoring these glow in the dark vampire teeth!

We had a great Halloween with lots of sugar, lots of fun, and lots of friends.  It started with more pumpkin carving, a community party, playground, and then trick or treating.  It ended with sticky hands and vampire teeth.  A perfect Halloween!  Charlie was very interested in all the people dressed up, and he didn't seem to mind being dressed up like a penguin.  He seemed to have a great first Halloween.  Now to thin out the candy tonight and hide it so I can limit how much Will can eat in the coming days....

Halloween Train...



We rode the Halloween train today, this area has 2, one is scary and this one is for the younger set, and is an "I Spy" theme...

The "I SPY" train runs at night also, so they have these flashlights hooked onto the seats so your kid can search for the items.  Or, shine the light in Mom's eyes...



William was excited to find the objects!

He was studying the card intently...

If you can't "spy" these items, you shouldn't be allowed to drive home!

Charlie was staying snug in his car seat.  It was only about 45 degrees!

William serenaded us with his "microphone" on the second half of the ride...

Sunbeams...

Charlie noticed the sunbeams this morning and was FASCINATED!

"Mom, have you seen this?"

"I just can't quite get a hold of it!"

"Hey William, come see this!"

"It's crazy!"

Playground Fun!

We are loving the crisp Autumn evenings!  I love this time of year better than any other!