Maggiano's

Some of my dearest friends Abby, Kendra and Lynn whom I met at the American Embassy in Nairobi all came together this week!  We had a wonderful time.  Abby came with her son Clayton.  Abby now lives in Ottawa.  Lynn lives here while learning Russian before their family  moves to Muldova, and Kendra came from Beaufort SC.  It was so nice hanging out again!

Abby's son Clayton is just adorable.  We all met up at in McClean on Thursday.  First, we checked out Filene's Clothing store. There were some deals there-but there were also 6 children under 5 running around the store.  So the shopping part didn't last too long.  We then went to Tyson's Corner and got the kids McDonalds while the ladies found a Chipotle.  Lynn was deflowered at Chipotle as she'd never had it before and LOVES it.  We then shopped a little more....

The next night we all got sitters for the kiddies and the just the ladies went out to Maggiano's Italian Restaurant.  We ate the yummy cuisine until the mushroom stuffed Ravioli was in our esophagus!  Yummmm  We then just stayed and sat and talked.  

The next day we took a spinning class and figured thr 516 calories burned merely burned off a few calamari.  Then Abby let Austin help her make his Treasure chest birthday cake!  He loved helping, decorating and putting candy necklaces and chocolate coins in the chest.  It was truly amazing!