Baltimore Aquarium

This week Duane was in town and we maximized our time we all had together and had a ball!




This weekend we went to the Aquarium in Baltimore and really enjoyed it! Although after Austin had already seen Sea World and the Aquarium in Charleston, SC (which is truly the BEST aquarium ever!) we were a bit spoiled. But we had a lot of fun and Austin ran from exhibit to exhibit yelling, "Check this out!" Ashley also was thrilled and loved seeing the sea life! She's such a pipsqueak that we luckily can still fit her in the Baby Bjorn so it was easy to get around the very packed aquarium.
We then went to the Inner Harbor and walked around and got Marble Slab ice cream and of course the boys had to go into ESPN Zone.




Austin had many comical moments this week. Here are just a couple. He tattled on mommy as he threw his old piece of gum out the window and Duane yelled at him about littering and Austin retorted with, "mommy throws apples and banana peels outside her window all the time!" Busted. Also, he said his stomach hurt when we were in the car (you never know what might happen when a child says that) and we had just gotten Dunkin Donuts. You could tell he really wanted to eat the sweet powederd donuts he was staring at and licking his lips for as we were driving. Duane asked him, "Austin, if I give you a donut, are you going to be sick?" And Austin quickly grabbed the donuts and said, 'There's only one way to find out" and dug in. Finally, I told Austin to wash his hands before he eats dinner probably 4 times but he kept tuning me out and talking to himself and playing with his toys. Finally, the 5th or 6th time I said it again this time with a much more obvious crescendo in my voice. Austin looked up at me and said, "You're making me crazy in the head woman when you talk like that!"




Ashley is starting to dance. She taps her little feet-something that resembles the penguins in Happy Feet. She taps around and spins-sort of. She loves to follow Austin around and play with his toys. She is now imitating more and more animal sounds including dogs, cows, fish (we perfected that at the aquarium) and some commands. She is perfecting kisses and loves to give them out freely anytime, anywhere. It just warms our hearts!





I started jogging outside again this week enjoying the warm weather with the double stroller (its getting heavier as the kids are getting older....ugh!) We're getting ready to travel to Florida on Tuesday to spend some time with Pop and Grandma for a few days then go to Chicago with my buddy Kendra and see an Oprah show and enjoy Chicago with her daughter Kari.

I looked out the window this morning and screamed at Duane that his truck had been vandalized! It's horrible! Then I said, "April Fool's!" He didn't take that too lightly. He's never enjoyed any of my April Fool's Day jokes. You would just think that he would remember one of these years!

Happy April Fool's Day!
Angie