Saturday, June 6, 2009

Videos

Here are some videos I forgot to post before.
The first one is from the Mother's Day festival Carosel. This was Julien's first ride on a carosel without Mama or Papa. He loved it.
The second and third videos are from Xavier's Spring Festival at his kindergarten. He was so cute.
The forth, fifth, and sixth videos are from Nag's Head Beach in North Carolina.
The seventh video is at our hotel with the kids eating American Macaroni and Cheese. They loved it.
The last two videos were taken at Busch Gardens with my cousin Mike and his family. Our kids had a great time playing together and Julien especially loved the bug ride. You can even hear his dirty little laugh in the video. So cute.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Virginia

Here are some pictures of us in Virginia. The first photos are in Colonial Williamsburg. That place was not the best for the kids but it was beautiful to see.





























Here is a great way to keep track of Xavier.














They had actors dressed in period clothing to give the town the full effect.










































Here is the capitol building. It was the capitol of Virginia for a few years until it was replaced by Richmond.




























Here is the Governor's Palace. We tried to take a tour inside but the boys were too loud so we had to leave.














Here we are at Virginia Beach. They had carnival rides right next to the beach that we got to ride on.




























Here we are in the carousel. The view was really pretty at the top.














Xavier made a friend as soon as we arrived at the beach and they played together for a while.




























Here we are at the Childrens Museum of Portsmouth Virginia. It was really fun. The boys had a blast.










































Future rock star.










































They had the front half of a bus for kids to play in so Xavier decided to drive us around.














This was the bubble section. It had a really cool place you could put yourself inside a bubble. Xavier loved it.














Here he is with George inside the bubble. He sure did love playing with George.














A chair that makes even George look small. Considering he is 6 foot 4 inches tall that is quite the achievement.














The only motorcycle he is allowed to play on.














Here is the firetruck.














Here we are at Jumping Joey's. It is a great jumping playground. We liked it so much we went there twice.














This was in the toddler play area.




























Here is one of the many slides.














Xavier and Julien loved this merry-go-round. Xavier would even sneak on the ride if another kid paid to ride it and a horse was still available.
























































Here we are at Mike's house after our big day at Busch Garden's. We had a barbecue and hung out with everyone. It was a lot of fun. Xavier loved playing with Mike's two boys Ethan and Deven.














Ethan sure looks a lot like his Papa.














Here are Mike and Deven, George, Thierry and Julien, and me and Xavier all together.




























This one includes Mike's wife Jen as well as both his boys and George along with us.














Here is Mike's back yard. It was nice to sit back there while the boys played in the water. They got really wet.




























Here is George with Julien. He sure is a natural with kids. My boys loved him.














Jen and Ethan.














Here we are at Busch Gardens amusement park. It was a lot of fun and Julien and Xavier loved all the rides.














Here is one of the famous Anheuser Busch horses. Really pretty.














They had the Seseme Street characters there and they did a little show near the splash zone area for kids. Xavier loved running around in the splash zone. You can see him standing near the stage.





























































He wanted a picture with Elmo but I couldn't get him so Bert and Ernie had to do.








































































Here we are riding the train around the park.










































Julien has no fear and loves going on rides.














Julien was laughing so hard on this ride. It was definitely his favorite. He went on it several times.




























Here are all the boys riding together on the boat ride.














This was a climbing area that was really big. Julien even tried to climb up but only managed to stay at the bottom. Good try though big guy.




























Here we are again at Jumping Joey's. What a fun place.










































Here is Xavier inside one of the bouncy castles. He sure does love to jump.




























Julien is already into video games.




























One more time please.
























































This is at the aquarium in Virginia Beach. They had a large outdoor area as well. Thierry took Xavier alone here and I stayed at the hotel with Julien because I was sick.




























This gives them an idea of what a nest looks like to a bird.




























This tank was full of seahorses. Xavier loves seahorses so this place was great.










































Here he gets to make a dolphin swim. Pretty cool.










































Check out these turtles.




























Xavier almost climbed inside in order to touch the rays.











































Here are Xavier and George hanging out outside our hotel room. It had a nice patio with beautiful grounds. One morning we even saw a deer. There were a lot of geese as well walking along with their babies. It was really cute.