A day out with friends

Although we have no pictures of them (sorry..) we spent a nice Saturday morning with the Seltzer-Nose clan. Aiko and her family came up from Brooklyn and spent the morning with us at the Children't museum and then stayed for lunch. You would think the twins would be tired of the museum at this point..we have a membership so they go quite often, but no..they love it.

Here Liliana and Lucas are trying to go up the slide...

Liliana playing in the construction dig site.

Afterwards we went to Stew's. Clover the Cow was there...Lucas didn't seem too enthusiastic about it.

Lucas watching the "Dairy Show" that performs every three minutes.

Look who's walking!

Those of you who are on Facebook, this is the same video. But for those not on FB..here it is.

Here is a clip of Felix and the twins swimming together.

Swimming part One

The hotel had a nice indoor pool and since we were one of very few guests, we mostly had it to ourselves. Occasionally, someone would come in to use the hot tub, but we had the pool to ourselves.

Here Liliana is in the float boat, I guess you could call it...great water seat for babies!



And here is Felix trying to endure Lucas' endless splashing...he loved the water..very different from this summer.

Stayed tuned for swimming video next!

The Aquarium..

Another one of our day trips was to the Virginia Aquarium...nice place and one that was NOT under construction in the off season..

Lucas petting a frog

Liliana checking out the seahorses...doesn't it look like she is holding it?

Some big crazy godzilla turtle we saw..

This picture is really blurry, but it was so cool...it was this tunnel with lights and mirrors...the twins loved it.

Checking out the tank where we could actually touch the animals.

Again, blurry, I know, but Liliana was standing up against this huge wall tank, that went floor to ceiling...with a flash it didn't look as good, but without it is blurry...

Lucas and I being devoured by Jaws himself.

Andalo's Clubhouse..

We had planned to go to the Virginia Children's Museum...but like almost everything else, it was under construction on the off season. However, while the construction was going on, they had Andalo's Clubhouse open. There wasn't too much for older kids, but for toddlers it was great...very similar to Stepping Stones in Norwalk. We brought the kids over after breakfast and let them play and get a lot of energy out. They seemed to really like it.

We arrived on Monday morning and upon checking in to the hotel, discovered that BOTH of the indoor pools were closed for maintenance. Unfortunately, our reservation was non-refundable and non-transferable. But, with kids in our arms, we politely pleaded our case and the folks at the hotel transferred us down the boardwalk to another Holiday Inn that had a pool. We went and met Pat and the girls for brunch and then went to the mall to pass some time before the room was ready.

Here the kids are playing on these kiddie rides that move. Since they are still small, we opted not to turn on the rides. They had fun anyway...

And the mall had a carousel...Lucas enjoyed it a lot more this time.

Finally, into our room...

Liliana checking out the ocean from our room...

We sat the kids on the bed and let them watch the Olympics with us as they ate their dinner...

Lucas started grabbing food off Liliana's tray, so we turned them...

But then Liliana was still doing a far reach to grab food off of Lucas' tray, so we had to sit them back to back...

Ok...all ready for bed. This was the twins first experience with pillows. Liliana liked it a lot, Lucas was not interested and would move off of it to sleep, so we just took it out of his crib.

On the Road Again...

Well reminiscent of this summer, we packed the car once again and headed out on the road. We opted not to rent an SUV and to our amazent, we were able to fit all of the following in my little Subaru Hatchback..

two car seats (obviously)

one bag for Felix, one for me and one for the twins

two pack and play cribs

two portable high chair/booster seats

three day bags (one for Felix and I, two for the kids)

two blankets, two quilts, and one pool flotation toy

And we could STILL see out of the back.

Here the twins are after lunch as we leave Norwalk. Our camera is acting weird...close up shots are fine, but the wider shots are a little blurry...you will notice this in a few shots from the trip.

Since we didn't leave until 1 pm we decided to break up the trip and we stayed a night on the road in Salisbury MD. Here the twins are out of the car from the long drive, changed, and enjoying their dinner in their chairs.

We plan to post the trips in parts...so keep checking back..there are sure to be lots.