a weekend with Grandma Kathy

It's hard to top a weekend with Grandma Kathy. Andrew crossed off the last day on his countdown calendar on Thursday, and headed off to school. We picked her up at the airport after she'd flown all night, and drove straight to Andrew's school for carpool pick-up. It was a weekend packed with fun, and many sweet moments. Here are a few highlights.

Will lovin' his Grandma. One of the major reasons for this visit was to have time with him before they watch the boys during our trip at the end of March.

She's so much fun. They played a bit while the older two got busy in the kitchen.

A visit with Grandma Kathy = making zucchini bread.

Watching it bake.

Andrew got comfy.

On Friday afternoon we worked on their Valentines. They love any excuse to paint, so this was fun.

Andrew had very specific colors he chose to use for each of his friends.

They both liked sitting next to Grandma at meals, which meant scooting as close as possible.

On Saturday, Dave planned a fun trip to the National Cathedral (just 5 minutes from our house). It's one of our favorite spots in this city, and as many times as we've been there, the boys have never been inside. Dave had fun preparing the boys by showing pictures on his computer, and explaining why it was built.

Making our way to the front.

I wish I could have captured Caden's reaction (huge gasp) when he saw his first stain glass window. Pure delight.

The boys brought their camera - here they were posing for Caden.

Off to explore.

So much to take in.

One of my favorite windows. One of the first times that Dave and I spent time together (summer of '98) we attended a concert here, and sat in the balcony directly below this window.

Fascinated by a window which includes a real piece of moon rock.

Grandma was nice to push Will around. He loved the sound of his echo, and his volume was impressive ;).

Caden kept pulling out hymnals (calling them Bibles).

Group shot.

Oh, there we are.

Will, sitting in the President's seat.

Taking in the colors.

We headed upstairs for a quick walk around.

The view is amazing. You can see the monuments, the Capital, and several MD and VA suburb skylines.

This one didn't want to stay still for long.

And he's off.

The fun didn't stop when we got home. The colored in their own stain glass windows....

and built their own cathedral.

One last bedtime story with Grandma. She joined us for church on Sunday morning, and then boarded a plane that night so she could be back for work Monday morning. Whew. But such a treat for us.