08.10.12 (Friday afternoon) - Preschool playdate at our house.



08.09.12 (Thursday afternoon) - Spent the whole day at Mt Vernon with all five kids. Then Allie and I drank cube libres with peach rum while the kids played with the hose.



08.08.12 (Wednesday afternoon) - FIONA!! all the way from Denver. "Such a cutie, wootie baby" - P







08.06.12 (Monday afternoon) - M staying with us for two nights, so we arted all afternoon.







08.06.12 (Monday morning) - Jones Point Park in Alexandria. The kids were fussy but the place was beautiful.



08.05.12 (Sunday night) - Friends over for dinner with their adorable baby. No, I do not want another one.









08.05.12 (Sunday afternoon)- Loved this family, they made taking photos easy peasy.



08.02.12 (Thursday night) - Vacation Day 10 - the drive home.

08.01.12 (Thursday) - Vacation Day 9 - Toronto, Canada. Bus tour to the ROM. There's a dinosaur named the Parkosaurus. Very cool.





08.01.12 (Wednesday) - Vacation Day 8 - Toronto, Canada. Center Island. A free puppet show makes the morning.







07.31.12 (Tuesday) - Vacation Day 7 - Toronto, Canada. Double Decker Bus tour, T sees "builders" everywhere.







07.30.12 (Monday evening) - Vacation Day 6 - Toronto, Canada. The kids needed to RUN!!





07.30.12 (Monday morning) - Vacation Day 6 - Niagara Falls, Canada. I love that you can see the crowds (so many crowds) reflected in T's sunglasses.





07.29.12 (Sunday) - Vacation Day 5 - Buffalo zoo.



07.28.12 (Saturday evening) - Vacation Day 4 - Beautiful wedding, beautiful bride. Though i wish all weddings had a board game table, for those of us who can't dance.





07.28.12 (Saturday morning) - Vacation Day 4 - Getting ready for the wedding (Buffalo, NY).

07.27.12 (Friday night) - Vacation Day 3 - In the hotel room (Embassy Suites, Buffalo, NY)







07.27.12 (Friday morning) - Vacation Day 3 - Buffalo Botanic Gardens (Buffalo, NY).







07.26.12 (Thursday night, iphone) - Vacation Day 3 - The Erie Canal (Rochester, NY). Brings back memories of grade school music - "from Albany to Buffalo."







07.26.12 (Thursday morning) - Vacation Day 2 - Visiting Deb and Marc (Rochester, NY)







07.25.12 (Wednesday morning) - Vacation Day 1 - Indian Echo Caverns (Hummelstown, PA).

"But where the dragon mommmy, WHERE?" - T








07.24.12 (Tuesday afternoon) - T's in a box and F's drawing mountains. I think it's time for vacation to commence.

07.22.12 (Sunday afternoon) - F's sculpture from a parent/child class at the Artisphere. She designed it herself, though the execution took some help.







07.22.12 (Sunday morning) - I love when the kids take over the photoshoot. I just sit back and click.



07.20.12 (Friday) - P's art. I love the flying pigtails.



07.18.12 (Wednesday afternoon) - Watermelon mojitos for playgroup.



07.16.12 (Monday) - Hanging with the boys at the National Gallery's Sculpture Garden while the girls attend Stories in Art.