We had a great week at Jill's house baby sitting Colin and Ryan. Dave was out of town training and Jill went to St. Louis for a Sports Medicine Conference for 5 days. What a treat for us.
Besides having the boys to ourselves and all that comes with a 3 3/4 year old and a 17 month old we had some away from home adventures too.
We took Colin to gymnastics and Ryan to The Little Gym. They both really like the fun and it was fun to see their level of coordination (or lack there of).
You can't be near the beach and not go there, so we all went to Back Bay Wildlife Refuge which is on a barrier island south of Virginia Beach. We had fun on the bay side looking for birds and bugs. The ocean side is great in that there is a great beach with nearly nobody on it. We all enjoyed digging in the sand, checking out the hundreds of little clams and the birds.
Next is was on to the Children's Museum in Portsmouth. This is one place that we go nearly everytime we go to visit. There is lots of hands on things as well as trains to play with and a great model train collection and layouts. After the museum we took a ferry ride from Portsmouth to Norfolk. We passed huge dry docks and a tall master boat. We then had lunch at a park in Old Town. Great fun.
All the fun was not away from home as one afternoon great play with Grandma on the deck with play dough.
This was the first time Jill had been gone for more than one night away from the boys and our first time baby sitting for more than one night. It was great!!! :)
