In early May Max was in Michigan doing some heavy lifting of
Elise for Brandy, and I was back in Cincinnati using our fabulous new kitchen, cooking amazing dinners of scrambled eggs, microwaved hot dogs, or turkey
sandwiches. I am pretty good at
executing cooking plans. I just am not so good at planning meals so I tend to eat whatever is in the refrigerator. But as Mother’s Day approached I headed to
Michigan to pick up Max so we could drive to Arlington, VA. This year Mother’s day fell on the same day
as Reeder’s first communion. Since
Reeder was Max’s maiden name and Max is her God Mother, it made sense that we
be there. Once the service was
completed, we headed for the National Mall for pictures and a picnic lunch
The reason for the party
The Kappels
A proud Grandma with Reeder
Lunch on the Mall
followed by the
Natural History Museum, Reeder’s favorite Smithsonian museum, but also Weiler's favorite place too I think.
It was a hot day and ice cream on the Mall was enjoyed by
many.
Not a drop wasted
Weiler got the comfy seat.
Hayes went for the cone.
And I guess Reeder was just too fast for me to get a picture of her favorite frozen desert.
On Monday we got a tour of the Pentagon (sorry, no pictures
allowed) and then on Tuesday we went to the National Zoo and were lucky to find
Bao Bao, the Zoo’s newest baby Giant Panda during her first week of viewing. Bao Bao posed for us and then called her mom
(Mei Xiang) out for a family photo shoot.
Bao Bao munching on some bambo.
Bao Bao and Mom
The next weekend was graduation weekend at U. Pennsylvania
in Philly so instead of driving back to Michigan and then back to Philly 3 days
later, we stopped in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and spent a few nights in a
B&B. Rehoboth Beach was nice for a mid-Atlantic
beach, but the weather was wet and windy and the camera never made it out of the
bag.
Philly was where my camera got a workout. First of all we got to meet Sarah’s mother,
Nazek. As you can see, Nazek and Max got
along quite well.
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