Sunday, October 30, 2011

Nonna, Babba Yaya in 60 Pictures

Earlier this month, my (Ariel's) parents (Nonna and Babba), and my sister, Laurel (Yaya), came to visit!  We had a smashing good time.  I'll let the pictures do the talking. 
No Nonna breakfast is complete without "green drink" (and "green goatee")
Nonna came ahead of the others to help with the house. We started right off visiting places we used to go when my family lived here. 
 
A little break for some pogoing in the back
We were all pretty impressed.
 Next trip down memory lane: Cabin John Park for their Halloween train ride
 
 
 
Sometimes I just can't help myself.
Then Babba and Yaya joined Nonna! 
First item of business: the park.
 
 
 
 Next up: Butler Farm for playgrounds and pumpkin-picking!
Me with my pumpkins
 
 
 
My pretty Momma smiling at her grand-boys
Too cool for school
 
Photo Contest Winner, Fall 2011
Abe's favorite part.
Last day of being 16
(The slide wasn't as long as it looks.)
I have a pic of myself in this witch's mouth when I was little!
Making nice with the locals
Perfect Maryland pre-birthday dinner
When Abe was full, he hopped off his seat and we found him at the bar.  He wanted to get a better view of the hockey game.
The next day we went into DC for some of the attractions.
Taken at the Newseum
Merzi . . . yum.  Fast Indian.
Conveniently located next to Pitango Gelato.
 
We hit up the art galleries before checking out some monuments.
 
The new MLK memorial is quite impressive.
 
Mandalay Restaurant.  Another satisfying win.
Birthday Breakfast, followed by another delightful day in DC
Tour of the Capitol
Library of Congress
Supreme Court

 
Sunday we enjoyed a walk to Abe's future school.
 
 
Pretty cool path to school, eh?
10207 Oldfield Dr., the house where I grew up! *sniff*
Kensington Parkwood Elementary, my old school never looked better.
A nice walk in Rock Creek Park
 
 What better way to end than good food, a book and a hot shath?
I DO NOT like them, Sam I am!
 
That actually was not the end.  Babba left early Monday and Nonna, Laurel, the little boys and I went to the Baltimore Aquarium.

Stay tuned . . . sometime in the next few days we'll post about how we transformed this room (formerly known as The Ugly Room):
Now you have a little idea of why we haven't been blogging--we've been busy!

4 comments:

Lark said...

It was lovely spending fall days with you all in that very special spot. Thanks for a new crop of beautiful memories! We love you so dearly.

Nonie said...

Ariel, I'm a little concerned about your new vandalism habit...

Who knew? Merzi's even more exotic than we all thought!

What great pictures. Thank you for sharing. It seems like FALL is the time to come for a visit. :)

Camerzi said...

Lovely! I can't wait to come out and see my favorite East coast Marshalls.

Scottish gal said...

Delightful! Delightful! Thanks for the tour.