Weekend in the City

This weekend Beckett & Claire and I spent more time than usual in D.C.  On Saturday, while Chris was at the yacht club performing his work hours (read raking leaves for 6 hours at our little marina) the babies and I went into the city and met up with my college friend David for some thrift store shopping, brunch, and other wandering around.  The babies behaved very well, Beckett flirted with EVERYONE in the restaurant, and it was so nice to be out in the city on a beautiful day.

On Sunday, we went back into the city to meet my cousin Seth who was down from New York City visiting friends.  It was another beautiful day and the babies once again behaved so nicely.

We do make sure to choose louder restaurants, because both babies have discovered that they can scream quite loudly.  Claire screeches in joy.  But Beckett does so when he is upset, which often includes being upset that Claire is squealing in delight!  They have quite a thing going.  Luckily, neither showed off this skill this weekend (at least while we were in public.)

Apples

Mimi was watching the babies the other day while I was working.  She had finished feeding them and was tidying up so she gave them an apple to play with.  They both seemed to know exactly what to do with it, but without teeth had no success.  I finished up and came in soon enough to get pictures of them both, but by the time I thought to take a video, Beckett was terribly frustrated and had given up.

 

Claire Tries to Eat an Apple

 

Twins and Cherry Blossoms

Several moms that are part of my twins playgroup met in DC today to see the cherry blossoms that are almost at peek.  It was the first time most of us, including myself and B&C, had taken the metro.  So we paired up and met at the Smithsonian metro station.  We walked down to the tidal basin where we had a (somewhat) impromptu picnic and enjoyed the view.  All in all it was a success.  We all made it in and home, saw the blossoms, enjoyed each others' company and avoided any major melt downs from the kids.  What we did not anticipate was the spectacle we would be - six moms pushing double strollers filled with TWELVE babies!  We were an especially big hit with the many Asian tourists!

On the metro.

Yep, six double strollers!

Claire enjoying the sun (safely.)

Babies on The Mall

On the Monday after Easter, Chris had to leave for California, but everyone else was still in town until late afternoon.  We decided to go down to the Mall and visit the Native American History Museum.  Beckett got a little frustrated being in his stroller indoors, but they both behaved beautifully and made me feel like more field trips into the city are in order!

We did not realize it, but Ashley and David were in the background.  See them?

We ended the trip with a stop for coffee and then U. David and A. Ashley headed back to New Haven.  We were sad to see them go. 

Easter Baskets

The Easter Bunny (aka Mimi) brought the babies great Easter baskets this year!  I was really surprised that both Beckett and Claire were really interested in getting into the baskets and had a great time pulling things out.  It was really fun to watch (through the viewfinder!)

Claire agreed to "share" her chocolate this year.

Easter

 On Easter Sunday, the babies had quite a full day and several wardrobe changes (because they had so many adorable options (from wonderful Grandmothers with great taste) not for the other (yucky) reason (amazingly)!)  It was another gorgeous day and we enjoyed celebrating with friends and family.

Adorable antics in adorable Peter Rabbit PJs with adorable bunnies.  Too much adorable!!!

Chris and Beckett at Easter service.

Their (Easter) Sunday best for the cooler weather.
You can't really tell, but Beckett has a bow tie on!

Mimi, Pop, A.Ash and U.Dave helped us put together a wonderful brunch.  We were joined by our cousin Paul and by our dear friends, Katie and Richard and their boys, Henry and Matthew.  (Matthew is only a few months younger than B&C and we hope they will all be great friends!)

We have realized that getting pictures of babies during events is sometimes hard.  But the flip side is that, if we make the effort later to take pictures of them in their outfits, we can capture some pretty amazing portraits of these two!  Here they are in their Easter sailor suits.

Stenrud/Kremser/Stolar Photos

We had a lovely Easter weekend.  Mimi and Pop and Aunt Ashley and Uncle David all came to stay with us.  The babies loved having so many people around to lavish attention on them.

The weekend started on Saturday with a trip to a local part and a photo shoot!  I had contacted my amazing photographer, Wesley, about taking some pictures of Beckett and Claire in their baptism outfits.  It turned out that she was only available on the Saturday before Easter and then she was going to go on maternity leave!  So we decided to seize the opportunity and have her take pictures of the whole lot of us.  It was a beautiful day and she really is an amazing photographer!!!

I can't get over these two!

The whole crew.

This candid of Dad and Beckett is priceless!

 

We will treasure these always!  Thank you, Mom and Dad!!!!!!