6-18, White House trip

It was such a beautiful day. The heat wave had eased up and it was only in the upper 70s. With the luxury of Sven's current flex schedule, we headed into DC for a little sightseeing. Since we didn't get out of the house until the afternoon, it was only a short outting.

We saw the White House and Nikolas was in awe of the fact that the President lives there. "Does he REALLY live there?!" The comical part of the trip was when we missed a turn on the return trip and it took us twice as long to get home as it had to get there. (OK, all you GPS-pushers, go ahead and have your laugh!!) =).

I think with all that there is to see in this area and having 6 year-old feet among us, we may have to have many of these short excursions to see a fraction of it all.

Orioles 9, Pirates 7, 6-14

What a game!!! We went to see the Baltimore Orioles play the Pittsburgh Pirates at Camden Yards. Wow. It was so much fun. I think it's fair to say that was the best game I've ever seen. It came down to the bottom of the 9th, a full count and the Orioles pulled through (sorry all of you Pittsburgh fans, ie Sven!) with a two run homer to finish the game. I had to cheer for the Orioles since I guess they're our new "hometown team." Awesome. It was the first game that Sven and Nikolas were able to go to together (Nikolas saw the Mariners last summer in Seattle). It was also the first game that Nikolas' new friend, Isaiah, had ever been to. We can't wait to go to more games!