The weekend began for real on Saturday mid afternoon when Lucy and Bridget arrived from Massachusetts.
Immediately, Cassius showed Lucy our most recent book of family photos.
The boys were super excited (I was happy, too!), and they quickly dragged Bridget into the process of making gummy dinosaurs with Cassius's kit he received this summer. Success and candy were achieved! Thanks, Bridget!
The next day, we hosted Grandpa and Grandma Sue for Grandpa's birthday dinner! We made a delicious lasagna (Maceo ate three slices!), brussel sprouts, salad, and a yummy birthday cake (Cassius was so suspicious of it that he wouldn't taste it).
Cassius and Maceo are quite interested in chess lately,
so of course here they are playing checkers.
Happy birthday!!!
Monday, no school for anyone. So, we hosted a gaggle on young men at the house and boy oh boy, were they boys. First, they played football and baseball out in the backyard. Then, we went for a hike on the grounds of the Divinity School across the street. There, we found a deer carcass which was pretty cool.
It's honestly hard to tell we are in the city over here!
From there, we climbed trees, as young boys are wont to do.
This is Parker being saucy.
Monkeys on a branch.
And finally, we whacked things with sticks. Let those among without sin cast the first stick.
Various layers of whackers.
The next day, the boys' school was closed, so I dropped them off with Mamy, Maurice, Lucy, and Bridget and left them to their adventures. And boy, howdy, did they have adventures! I received updates throughout the day--they took the Metro, they went to the Natural History Museum, they played on the Mall, they ate snacks, and they played at Mamy's.
Various monuments of Washington
The biggest termites you've ever seen at the Insect section of the Natural History Museum.
LOOK WHO KNOWS TO STAND TO THE RIGHT! SO PROUD!
Cassius spent some time looking up family members' names in the dictionary.
By the time I got there, the boys were rather tired, a little hungry, and very happy. And that's how you popsico.
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