See? I told you Id get back around to finishing this trip report!

This day started out pretty dissapointing.. well kind of. We had planned to hit anything we missedin DC and see the Archives and the Library of Congress.. but when we got to the Metro stop it was pretty clear that idea wasnt so hot.. It was the official day of the DC cherry Blossom festival and parade.. and the metro stop furthest from the city was PACKED beyond anything we could cope with.. I could only imagine just how crowded the city was that day! NO WAY! So we had planned to head back to baltimore and rest.. perhaps see a movie or whatever.. (allowing our poor sick host to rest!) As we were heading back to BMore though.. I decided to call Lisa and see what they were up to for the day. I was really happy that they didnt have any set plans and were up for heading out to breakfast together. The last time I was in Baltimore  (with our sweet friend Shanny) Lisa took us to her favorite breakfast place “cookies cafe” and I loved it.. I was excited to take Steven and the babies there too! Steve tried scrapple. And loved it.. we meant to pick some up.. but forgot. NEXT TIME FOR SURE!

The girls posed with the silly statue/doll they have there.. It was so fun! I just realized that because the weather was cool we wore our sweatshirts/jackets the whole time.. it kinda looks like we wore the same clothes the whole trip! oops!

After breakfast Lisa and Pete took us on a driving tour of the city. T2 had studied all about Fort McHenry and was excited to see it. We drove up there and walked around some. The weather was so pretty.. but the wind was WHIPPING. I was certainly glad I had a jacket on. This Carolina girl’s blood has gotten very thin!

I still think Lisa took her life into her hands being out in the wind with that awful cold.. but  after we saw Ft. McHenry and I picked up a little souvinear for the kids , we went to a park on federal hill to see the view of the city and and the inner harbor. It was so pretty up there.

Id think that by now the girls would have been tired of posing for pictures.. but nope! They posed for “ms lisa” for this cutie.

We spent a good bit of time up on Federal Hill. The girls ran around and had a good time. Although T2 kept getting WAY to close to the edge of where the hill broke off to a drop off down to the harbor!

We dont have the “smooch” photo down to a science like Lisa and Pete do.. but I like this one

After spending about an hour at the park Lisa and Pete showed us more of Baltimore. We saw where both Lisa and Pete work and the girls were exposed to some of what a big city looks like. T1 was mezmerized by the graffiti everywhere. She mentioned it constantly. Im not sure why it was so interesting to her.. maybe that the city didnt cover it up right away. Here in Dillon whenever anyone tags something, or paints anything its repainted right away. Of course being food network Junkies we had to have our photos taken in front of Charm City Cakes.. where the show “Ace of Cakes” is filmed. We saw some bakery staff members bringing cakes out to the van.. we tried not to be tooooo obvious in our gawking. But ya gotta be tourists sometimes!

After our amazing tour of the city we headed back to Lisa’s to rest. We al lazed around and relaxed. We played some serious Wii (Disney Think Fast! was a HUGE hit with the girls.) games and napped some.  We had a late lunch and just relaxed together. It was so much fun to just hang out and not have to run here or there.. Lisa and I got so much time to just get to know eachother and chat. I feel pretty special to have gotten that time with her!

After a lovely afternoon T2 mentioned that she wanted some cold stone ice cream after seeing a shop on our tour.. I didnt realize it was so far away! But Lisa indulged her and the three of us ran out for ice cream for desert after dinner. The place was like 20 minutes away! I couldnt believe it! We also stopped at a Krispy Creme to indulge my hunny for breakfast the next morning. DEFINATLY not a low fat trip! We totally backslid on WW!

When we returned from the ice cream store Pete had manned the grill and we had AMAZING marinated steak and baked potatoes for super. I tell you, we were so SPOILED by the amazing dinners Lisa planned. It was crazy. I keep saying it.. but I really hope they can come down so I can spoil them right back! After dinner we all sat around and chatted after the girls went to bed early. AFter the boys went to bed,  Lisa and I stayed up WAY WAY to late talking and looking at wedding photos.

Soo.. the day didnt turn out like I planned it.. but honestly it was my favorite day of the trip. Sometimes an “unplan” is the best plan!