Take Me Out to the Ball Game...

Jacob is obsessed with baseball....well, and hockey, but that is another story. We went to a Pirates game Friday and here he is (or was, hand in hand with grandpa, but I didn't take the picture fast enough) walking with grandpa to PNC park. When we were walking home it was even cuter cause grandpa didn't have his sweatshirt on so they matched and even walked the same...kinda sweet.

Now for hockey...poor little Jacob was in tears when the Pitt. Penguins lost yesterday. Malkin is his idol and he doesn't think he can make it 7 more months until next season...this kid is too stinkin cute and I am mad at all the male figures in his life who have brainwashed him.

Easter 2012...

Kinda creepy for such a pretty little girl!

As kids, we used to like to watch all the dye go down the sink at once (I know, the simple pleasures, right?) It's fun to pass some of those things down.

Easter loot!

Bey blades

He is too sweet!

Fresh Beat Band CD...I think Dad and Cole are the only ones who don't know every word to every song.

Finding his Easter basket at G. Burnett's with Uncle Jeff

Score! A new helmet.

A new fancy umbrella.

The annual egg hunt.

DC Trip...

In February Jacob's class did a unit on DC and G.W and A.L. working up to President's Day. He really got into it so we thought, since we are only 4 hours away now, that it would be fun to take him to see it for real...well, we were wrong. He could have cared less and here we are with two kids who are tired of walking at a place where you have to walk a lot and a baby who is in the "I hate the stroller" stage. Everyone was grumpy. The zoo was cool, but not any cooler than the hogle zoo in Utah except for a few exceptions (the tiger, the orangutans, and the pandas). So kind of a bust...we should probably think it through a bit better next time.

This crazy cat tried to pounce on some ducks in his pond...he is starting to crouch in this pic.

They let the orangutans out and they climb across the whole zoo on these wires.

At the DC temple visitors center

In fear of labling these all wrong...I will just skip that. Some are obvious of course, but we were never sure what war memorials we were looking at.

State capital drive by...we were set up for a tour but it was way too far of a walk and we ran out of time...maybe next time.

White House drive by.

While Momma was Out...

For the 1st time ever after 7+ years of motherhood, I hopped on a plane to Vegas and left all the kids with Dad! I don't really like leaving my kids AT ALL, but it was offer I couldn't refuse, a funfilled weekend with my best friend Darci! (Note...most of the pics are taken with my phone so not so great...sorry)

Daddy's attempt at a ponytail...not bad actually.

Darci at the cheesecake factory...believe it or not she is 8 months prego and I think I got tired faster than she did on this trip...she is amazing!

Me at the cheesecake factory...love that place!

We got to see a couple of famous people...Pete Rose and Dick Butkis.

My favorite part probably was the Phantom of the Opera...I love that show especially the chandelier coming together and then crashing down at the end...so neat!

A random half full bottle of vodka...only on Vegas right?