Watching our plane taxi in to the gate. They LOVED the airplane ride! G's favorite part was landing and "helping" the pilot with his airbrakes. Abs loved having ginger ale for the first time and they both loved being allowed to chew gum and watch new DVDs.
We were in Mystic for three days total and squeezed in a quick visit at the Children's Museum in Hartford with dear friends Lauren and Paul Friedman (& Halley & Noah) from Boston, MA before driving to Mystic.
We had a lovely post-Christmas celebration with Matt's bro Billy, sis-in-law Missy and nephews Jacob and Nate. Matt's parents were there for a few days as well. We enjoyed a bit of snow and the Mystic Aquarium (G&A's first time to go to an aquarium--they loved the penguins and sea lion show the best!) but mostly hung out with the family at their home. Wonderful food, great hard cider, and even better company!!
DONUTS!!!!
The four Jankowski cousins: George, Nate, Jacob & Abigail
Watching the Balouga whales...
Petting sharks...
It's a Christmas Miracle!! George has finally gotten over his fear of large costumed creatures...he WANTED to take a picture with the penguin. Billy & Missy gave G&A stuffed penguins for Christmas as a reminder of their visit to the Aquarium and they have slept with them every night since....
Then we hopped the Amtrak train and rode 6 hours south to Reston where we visited some of our best friends, Robert & Renee Lee, and one of our precious godchildren, Rebagrace. We saw Washington, DC for half a day--enjoyed the Natural History Museum and Old Post Office Tower where we saw DC from above. Gave us a quick taste to want to come back for more! We took tons of pics, here are the best of the batch.
Pretending to be explorers...
These three are the best of friends...
On top of the tower overlooking the White House
Washington Monument in background
Snuggling under RG's new Christmas Blanket we made for her
"We're Matchin'!"
LeeKowski Crab Fest....we have a tradition of eating crabs for New Years
The whole LeeKowski gang
The vacation ended with me flying home with the twins by myself on a 6am flight. We were home by 1:30pm and all of us were ready to nap. Unfortunately, Boomer ate an adult sock while we were gone and his stomach had other plans for us. But by the grace of God, he skirted death one more time. We celebrated Matt's birthday on January 7 with homemade decorations and the best red velvet cake evah! He loved his new running shirts, camo pants and pheasant hunting trip! Happy 34th bday to the greatest hubby!!
We had a great adventure and are ready to face 2011 with gusto!! And I'm really not ready to travel again for a while....
1 comment:
Wonderful story -- and trip!! The pictures and all those smiles say it all!! Love yas, Granny Wally
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