The Jewish Mother

5/29/2009 11:54:00 AM by ZenMomma
While in VA Beach we found this restaurant/bar called The Jewish Mother. Of course, we HAD to go!! It was Passover, we're Jewish, I'm a Jewish Mother!! I thought I should get a discount. They didn't.


I am a Jewish Mother. I do not look like this! Ha!


Very cool stained glass window!

The food was okay, but overpriced ($100 for lunch!). But it was fun, and we were on vacation!

We were there during Passover. We thought it was hysterical that "The Jewish Mother" was decorated for Easter!!

This is my favorite picture of the older boys!:

Every time we go out and the kids get a drink that is served in a bottle, they become a bunch of "drunken hooligans". The act cracks us up every time!


Our little "Pebbles"


Either Elijah is getting in on the "drunken" act, or all the excitement just wore him out! Either way, the booth seemed like a good place to nap!
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Our Journey Under the Sea (and through the Marsh . . .and along the Beach).

5/22/2009 12:05:00 PM by ZenMomma
Oh I have been so remiss in posting! I love posting about our Joyous Adventures through Life! (But I like just Living in the Moment of each Adventure MORE!!)


One of the Awesome things about our Hotel/Resort was their mascot. This beautiful tortoise named Tonka:
Meredith liked Tonka too!

While in VA Beach, we found this awesome Aquarium and Marine Science Center. It was 2 building connected by a boardwalk through their marshland. Very Cool Stuff.



The Education Stations:


Petting Rays: they feel like bologna!!



Elijah meets the baby turtles!


There was a neat exhibit where you could use the same type of equipment marine biologists use to gather things off the bottom of the ocean floor.


Here Garrett is trying to pick up a sponge while his brothers cheer him on

Sharks Sharks Sharks
This was a really great presentation about sharks--truth and myth!

The boys petting Horseshoe Crabs:


Meredith gives the aquarium a round of applause:


Along the Marsh Trail to the next building:

Mike and the boys inside a replica of a Native American hut called a Yihakan. They were either long (like this one) or round. The round ones were used as healing huts.



Walking back to the car with Daddy and a treat!


An interesting sign we saw all over VA Beach. There were also signs posted to "explain" this sign. I didn't think it needed any explanation. Apparently we were wrong. I thought they meant that VA Beach didn't allow cartoon characters swearing. Nope.

I was a bit annoyed by the sign. I didn't realize that you could just post a sign and negate the Constitution. Their explanation had to do with trying to create a "family friendly" atmosphere. Apparently "family friendly" and The First Amendment are not able to exist simultaneously. Pretty high handed of Big Brother if you ask me (which they didn't LOL).
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DC Adventures, Part 2

4/15/2009 08:34:00 AM by ZenMomma
Our boys in front of the White House:

Meredith thought the people were more interesting:

Elijah had a great time using this barrier around the Washington Monument as a swing!
The boys in front of the National Archives (see 'em? They are the 3 little dots all the way at the top waving at me!):

There is the close up! One of our bigger disappointments was the wait to get into the National Archives (over 2 hours!!). We are planning another trip back where we stay longer--and add in more sites that we didn't have time for this trip.
The Daddy Camel!:
Walking alongside the Reflection Pool on our way to the Lincoln Memorial. The kids recognized it from pictures--Mike and I were reminded of Forest Gump!! (We managed to stay out of it though!)

Inside the Lincoln Memorial:

Shots taken from inside the Memorial:

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DC Adventures, Part 1

4/11/2009 12:51:00 PM by ZenMomma
Our first trip to DC started with much excitement!





Yes, we all actually do fit into our car!!






We step out of our hotel doors and within three minutes this is what we see . . .


Mike says : "Keep your eyes open, boys! I think we have a motorcade coming!"


Sure enough . .He was right!! I didn't get the secret service guys (there were about 4 SUVs full of them)--I wish I did--they were cool! (In a totally scary sort of way). There were also about 6 other motor cycles cruising all around, blocking off the road from other cars.



In person, it looked like Obama in the car. When we zoom in on the pictures, it looks like Biden (could be someone on staff blocking the view of Obama--we both swore we saw him at the time)







In any case, it was pretty darn exciting for the kids! (and us too!!)
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