"A successful man is someone who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of others and the love of children; who leaves the world better than he found it; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty ; who always looked for the best in others and gave the best he had. "
- a variation of "Success" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Friday, August 21, 2009

Survival 101

Having two boys for so long, we have learned some survival skills. The most important one is to wear them out before they wear you out. Following will show you how we actually did that just during a regular weekend. Actually, it was a regular weekend with grandparents, uncle and cousin Sammie in town!

Early Saturday morning, we had a little warm-up in Black Hill park (not pictured). In the afternoon, we visited National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, VA.

The moment the boys entered into the museum, they both pointed out their fingers to the aircraft. They just got too excited!




Cousin Sammie really knows how to have a movie star pose.



Let's get some souvenir. See how this machine rolls out an airplane coin.


Followed by the museum visit, we attended Aaron's big 5 birthday party. The boys didn't help to blow out candles, but they did help to "trash" the playroom.




One would think the boys would be totally tired by what they did on Saturday. But, on Sunday, Mason woke up at 5:30am to make sure we got to DC earlier enough to have a good parking spot.






After a short nap in the car and a late lunch at McDonald, the boys were all "juiced up" for the 2009 Montgomery County Fair!









You know how hard it was for Mom to carry a 27 pounds Mason around town. As you could predict, the boys survived at the end, not the parents.

1 comment:

Da said...

Mason's 27 lbs already!! wow he can crush Clayton easily! We need to go to the Air and Space Museum in Va and check out all those planes, I am sure the boys will have a great time too. Keep posting!