Monday, July 12, 2004
Our houseguests are probably just about to board the plane back home after several days of visiting Cheezleton stomping grounds and nearby areas. "Nearby" is a relative term encompassing Northern Virginia, which is a 50-75 mile drive each way across a drawbridge, but nonetheless is where we spent Thursday and Friday. There was much shopping and dining and schlepping of crabby small humans. If anyone knows of an umbrella stroller that doesn't require parents of normal height to have go-go-Gadget arms in order to push the stroller without stooping over it like a geezer shuffling behind a walker, please share that resource.
The sub-theme of the visit was undoubtedly "Manky Waters", parenthetically "Yes, We Want Dysentery!" It started with an innocent decision to let the babies cool off in Old Towne Alexandria's King Street fountain, snowballed into drinking whole buckets of Bay water and culminated in several hours spent at our local Redneck Water Park, where apparently there is discounted admission for persons with five or more tattoos. I'm hoping that any unsavory bacteria we may have picked up are battling it out amongst themselves in violent gang wars that leave no unwanted microbial survivors.
Yesterday we stayed close to home most of the day and rested, to the extent that is possible with a running toddler and a fast crawler. In the evening, we dressed Sophie and Leah in matching outfits (made by my mother) and tried to take pictures. Easier said than done...refer to previous comment about running and fast crawling. Below is my favorite from the evening, the photo that I hereby declare The Official Commemorative Portrait of the 2004 Cousin Visit:
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