Notable Quotes - Erik

1) As we were leaving Erik's preschool today he pointed to a sign and said, "Look Mom!  Do you see that sign?  It says, "This is a GOOD school!"

2) While Erik was at school this morning Lainey, Carson, and I went to the library.  A little boy hit Lainey on the head pretty hard.  Lainey was telling Erik about the boy that hurt her head.  He thought about it a minute and then asked, "Mom, did Lainey fight back?!"  I said, "No, she cried because it hurt."  Erik responded, " Well, if I were there I could have fought back for Lainey and wrestled that boy to floor!" 

I am not sure I would really want him wrestling anyone to the floor but I did find it cute that he was concerned about his sister.

Girls Night

I am fortunate to have a husband who is very hands on with our kids, not afraid to be a parent.  I, of course spend more time with the kids since I am home all day long but when Victor is home he is fully engaged and usually tries to give me a break. 

This weekend I got the ultimate break!  I went to DC yesterday and went out with my friends Karen, Jenn, and Jeni.  Karen and I started the afternoon with pedicures and gabbing!  We met Jenn at the theater and watched the Help!  It was an excellent movie.  Racial inequality makes me sick and I find this book/movie especially alarming because it takes place in the 1950's/1960's.  If you haven't read the book you should!  It is one of my favorite books I've ever read (2x), and I have read a lot of books! Thanks Leslie for lending it to me last year!

After the movie Jenn, Karen, and I met Jeni for a Southern dinner.  This was especially fun because Jeni is from Alabama so she ordered fried pickles and fried green tomatoes!  I don't like tomatoes or pickles but I liked them both fried!! Ha!

Then to top it off I got to stay in a hotel by myself!  For the first time in a year I slept for 9 hours in a row- didn't even get up to pee!   Thanks Mom and Dad sending for to a hotel for a night and thanks to Victor for watching the kids! 

This morning I strolled around Old Town, ate breakfast at Cosi (yum!), and did a little shopping (bought my first pair of skinny jeans!). 

All 3 kids and Victor survived and had fun! Carson, who hates bottles, did better than expected.  He was very eager to nurse when I got home though.  After nursing for a long time he proceeded to spit up/vomit all over me!  Too full little buddy! 

I hope your labor day weekend was a wonderful as ours was!

Blue Angels

Friends of our gave us VIP tickets to the Blue Angels air show.  It was a really fun experience.  Unfortunately, our friends little boy was sick so they didn't get to see the show.  In order to get to the VIP viewing section our car was escorted down the airfield.  There were probably only 100 people watching the show today and we got to be one of them!  It opens to the public tomorrow which will be a crazy mess!

I have seen the blue angels once or twice before.  It is always fun!  The speed and precision is amazing!  I thought Carson might be bothered by the noise but we all (except Victor) wore earplugs and it didn't bother him at all.

Erik had been quite excited to see the show and has been talking about all the Navy pilots he knows (at least 8).  He seems to think that he will be a pilot (or was in the past "when he was old") someday.

The show was extra exciting because we were so close to the planes!  Really, really close!  Yikes!

See how close we were to the planes!  Poor Erik got cut out except for his hair!

All 5 of us now but the planes were in a higher formation so it's not quite as impressive!

My lovely baby!

Watching the angels park!

E-2 The big dish on top is a huge radar which allows the plane to function like an air traffic controller for the entire fleet of planes while at war.  This plane takes frequent test flights over our house which is interesting to see.

BAM-S...  The BAM-S is an unmanned high altitude surveillance aircraft.  These planes are controlled from PAX-NAS (our base) even when flying in the middle east.

X-47B - The craft in this photo is a model.  There are only 2 real ones in the world - located in California.  They are going to be used to prove that the Navy is capable of launching and landing unmanned aircraft from aircraft carriers.  Wouldn't want to be on the ship when they land that for the first time