labor day visit

nai nai and ah gong hsu came to visit over labor day weekend.   they stayed with my mom's friend miranda (whom you met in the paddleboat episode), and it was a 30+ year reunion.  i thought that was pretty cool.  trying to imagine meeting up with college classmates when i'm a grandmother..! 

nothing like a free phone game to wow a few toddlers ;-)

we decided to head into DC and try the natural history museum, despite the prediction of rain all day.  it was a bit too crowded for my taste, especially with the double stroller, but the kids' insect section and the butterfly house were neat.  the bee exhibit had a clear pipe that opened to the outside, and you could see the bees coming in and out -

chloe begged to buy tickets for the butterfly house, but i was skeptical, given that she's more or less freaked out at other butterfly exhibits we've been to.  i gave in though, and for those of you who know chloe, you'd agree that this is about 2 feet closer than i expected her to get to any butterflies -

it did start raining as we were heading back, so out came the maclaren rain cover.  these girls travel in style ;-)

and back at home -

what are grandparents for, if not chutes and ladders and 'amelia bedelia'?

lunch on tuesday before they left.  excuse the potty training bare bottom ;-)

and unlike her sister, this one is a carnivore ;-)