My brother, Richie, just graduated from Pitt law school. We made one last trip up to Pittsburgh to see them before they left there. I would never want to live in that city, but it's fun to visit.
One of the main reasons for making the trip was to see our new niece, Isla. She is so adorable. Also, Lincoln and Graham are almost exactly one year apart (Lincoln is older). Now that Graham is getting a little bit older and can play better, the two had so much fun playing together. It's so nice for them to have a buddy, and it's so nice for us parents to not have to entertain as much!
Two of the main things that we did while we were there were go to the Pitt zoo (such a good zoo....has all the popular animals and an aquarium, but is still small enough to see everything and not get overwhelmed with kids) and go to the Carnegie Science Center. I have posted pictures of this place before....it's awesome. They have a whole area just for little kids with all kinds of fun things to do. They boys (big and little) were entertained for a long time.
At the zoo.
Checking out the sting rays in the aquarium.
Krystal and Graham.
The sting ray tank had a little tunnel for kids to crawl through.
Lincoln loved watching the scuba diver (cleaning another tank).
It's really hard to see them (because it's really hard to get a pic of them) but here are penguins. They were so fun to watch.
Richie, holding Isla, with her hat that was way too big but kept her happy and sleeping the whole time.
One of our favorite things at the zoo were the elephants. There were several of them. The baby one gave us a little spray show. Also, we got to go into a small building and watch one getting it's "bath."
At the science center, Derick and Richie had fun building towers withe the huge blocks, and then letting Lincoln and Graham knock them over.
They also had lots of fun playing in the water with all of the ping pong balls.
Graham just wanted to eat the balls.
Back at the house, Lincoln and Graham loved chasing each other and driving cars out on the back deck. We let them run around naked pretty much the whole weekend because it was HOT.
I almost ended the post without even putting a picture of Isla. We let her be naked the whole weekend too. She is so adorable....pictures really don't do her justice.
It was a fun time! Thanks, R,K,G and I for letting us invade your house and keeping us entertained!
Now we just need to visit you in NY!
2 comments:
Looks like you guys had a blast. I LOVE going to the zoo with the kids. The other place looks like so much fun! I would like to knock the block tower down myself!
Congrats Richie!! Looks like a fun place. That is cool that you and your bro are close.
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