Firetrucks!

On a (relatively) recent trip to New York, we got to go visit Grandpa Bill's fire station and see his firetrucks.  We're still not sure who was more excited, Emma and Jonathan or Grandpa Bill.

 It was pretty high up in those seats, and someone got a little nervous...

Daddy was even granted permission to drive one by the Junior Chief.

 Emma thought it was great that the tires were as big as her.

 With all the reflective paint on the trucks Casper Jonathan was a little hard to photograph sometimes.

         

Hmmmm... I wonder what this does...

 Click here to see more photos of firetrucks.

Going To See Our Virginia Friends

We recently took a trip to Virginia to see, as Emma puts it, "my Virginia friends".     

We stayed with Matt and Michelle and Emma and Alex picked up right where they left off, starting with an immediate hug.

One of the things I really wanted to do was go see the cherry blossoms again, and we timed our visit perfectly, managing to go into Washington DC on the day of the peak blooms.

     

We started the day with a boat cruise up and down the Potomac.

Then we walked past some of the monuments to the Tidal Basin.

     

We have some pictures of Emma visiting the cherry blossoms from about the same age, so it was nice to get some of Jonathan too.

     

      

I tried to get some pictures of both kids together, but only one was feeling cooperative...

Later, during our trip, we spent some time at the playground

 and visited with Emma's "other Virginia friend, James".

We also had a chance to visit Emma's "Virginia Cousins", who don't actually live in Virginia, but in Maryland.  It seemed easier not to argue over the details on that one...

We had a great trip and can't wait to visit again, if they'll have us back, that is!  Click here to see more pictures from our trip, especially cute ones of Jonathan who was being very photogenic at the Tidal Basin.