Here is a picture of the kids... just had to post it. It is one of my favorites

With mommy having a bit of Welsh ancestry, we decided to go to the Annual Irish Festival in Gettysburg.

Now these are some big dogs. Irish Wolfhounds. I would say they would rival the Great Dane they are so big.

Oh the Lochiel Emerald Society Pipes and Drums. What better way to kick of an Irish Festival?

Ahhh Father and Son enjoying the festivities

Oh, enough culture, let's go down the slide!

Oh back to the big doggies.... Annika LOVED THEM!!! So I had to take another picture to show there massive size

Our little town of Urbana has this little carnival each year. This year we got to go and Annika got to have her first experience of being on rides.

Here mommy and Annika are getting ready to ride on the Merry-go-round.

She seems to be having fun????

Still not so sure

Next, Nikolas wanted to ride on a horse. He's a natural. What do you think?

As much as Annika wanted to ride on one, she was still too small. So she had to watch Yellow (this is what she calls Nikolas) with daddy!!!!

Time to get off the horse... maybe we will sign him up for lessons. Any sponsors out there?

Back to some more rides

Annika was to small to ride by herself, so mommy jammed herself in to one of this tiny little cars.... ;)

Now Daddy gets to jam himself in

Nikolas the ladies man. He could have sat anywhere, but he sat next to the cute girl!!!

More rides

Back to the Merry-go-round. I guess she liked it after all!!!
Daddy and Annika watching Nikolas on a ride by himself.. Sniff sniff.. he's getting so big!!!!

So fresh off of watching Night at the Museum NUMEROUS times we (mommy really) decided it would be a good idea to go see the Natural History Museum. So we start off on the Metro:

Nikolas... the ham infront of the camera? Where does he get it?

So after braving the MASSIVE amounts of people, mommy was actually able to get a few pictures of the kids.

Here are Nikolas and Annika in the Hall of Mammels

Nikolas with the Easter Island Statue (AKA Dum Dum)

Nikolas with the Brown Bear

Annika taking a break from her stroller

Well when we finally got burned out on the Natural History Museum, we headed to the Air and Space Museum, but got distracted and went to the Hirshhorn Museum.

As you can tell, we were a little loopy after dealing with the masses!!!!

Some of the amazing architecture of Washington DC

Boyd's Bear Country and Lunch with your favorite story book characters. Nikolas had a blast.. Annika was a bit leary. ;) Enjoy

Nikolas being quite the artist... what else but a picture with a crayon.

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Nikolas and mom with Curious George

Can you tell Nikolas is excited?

Annika wasn't to sure about all the action

Nikolas and Annika each got a bear, crayon's and a coloring book

Nikolas LOVES Curious George

Our coloring kids

Nikolas finds his calling... as a CLOWN!!!!