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summer is flying by. i cannot believe this is the last week in june already. i mean, really?!?!? seems like it was just the end of may. oh well! lp and i went to see a really great play this week. it's called "the animals and children took to the streets" and if you ever see if coming to your town, go see it. it's a mixed media play, so there is animation that the actors actually interact with, along with great acting and music. 

this weekend we headed up to nyc to see baby tj!!! lp's sister had him in may and we've been DYING to go see him. let me tell you, i think he is the cutest and sweetest little thing ever. he barely cried and only when he was hungry or had a dirty diaper. i mean, come on!! he was such a little love and i'm so glad we got to visit everyone. 

tea party at work

                crazy amount of people on the metro                the heat is really getting to weebay

 weebay's favorite place to ride in the car-my lap                     second favorite-out of the window

kathleep and tj!!

prospect park

tucker jennings

weebay had to lay under his stroller to protect him

sarah and tj

weebay was so protective of tj. he would follow sarah around if he was crying and whine until she fed him or changed his diaper. it was really adorable and sweet (and surprising)

needed a coke before we went out for the night

new favorite spot. floorboard of the passenger seat.

loved the backseat until he was ready to be back up front with us!

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i've been having what i call "the best weekends ever." lp laughs at me because pretty much anytime that we have no plans, get to hang out outside and play with weebay, i tell him about 100 times how it's the best weekend ever. now it's our little joke and he asks me at throughout the weekend if i'm having the best weekend ever. i just love him.

anyway, we did have the best weekend ever. it kind of actually started wednesday. lp has bought us season tickets to a small theater in our old neighborhood the past two years and so wed we went to see one. it was called "bachelorette" and we both really liked it. apparently, some other people (um, old-er people) did not like the play. possibly because there were drugs, sex, and a general sense of debauchery about the play. but, it was all in the little write up about the play! and the play write (is that how you spell that? i don't think so but i'm too lazy to check) had written it as part of a series of plays about the seven deadly sins (this one was gluttony). but lp and i liked it a lot.

thursday we both had little work happy hours that we ended up combining (teamwork!). and friday we grilled hot dogs, drank some beers and sat outside and talked for a long time. saturday was pride and then lp made us all fajitas. sunday was lazy sunday. i mean, i took a nap. A NAP! i never do that. it was seriously one of the best weekends!!!!

the kids at the school i work at put on a meeting to discuss funding for charter schools. so amazing to see kids excited and involved about their education. 

my new dress. i love it. of course it has stripes. 

inspection station in dc. there is one. and a crazy line. i was in a line, on a street, not even into the inspection station. for almost 2 hours. 

weebay loves english bulldogs. and french bulldogs. and big huge dogs. 

ha! the dog with the ball kept pecking him on the head with the ball. i was dying laughing. it's the only time he's walked away from a dog fight. 

jealous that i was petting this sweet dog. 

girl scout convention on the mall!!!!!

for lp. 

worn out.

how does this garden grow?

i've been doing a little gardening. and by "a little" i mean that i planted these things and i water them. i did stake my tomatoes, trip back the leaves on some plants and pull a few weeds that had grown. that's it. here's what's been happening with all of the plants in my little backyard garden!!

geraniums- doing pretty good. their little yellow friends- not so much. in fact, it rained so much that they look like they drowned. but! you can see in the bottom of the picture that they are trying to grow back. i should probably trim off all the dead stuff, huh?

tomatoes- the plant actually broke and i staked it with a paint stirrer at first (hello, ghetto) until lp found these awesome stakes and ties to hold this guy up. i haven't seen one tomato growing until last night when i finally saw two little tiny green things starting to sprout. so, they're either tomatoes or tumors. 

 strawberries- oddly, these have been the easiest to grow. what's weird is that i've grown about 10 and only eaten one. some little creature keeps getting into the berries before they're ripe enough to pick and so i've only gotten to try one! but look at these little guys! they're super cute, even if i don't know what they taste like. 

herbs- going crazy. it looks like my hair when i don't dry it. wavy, straight, long, crazy. we've used the chives and rosemary with success. next year i am going to add some basil in there. 

weebay- this has nothing to do with the garden but i was cleaning the floors the other day and when i vacuum, weebay goes nuts chasing the vacuum all over. he always wants to stay in front of it and eventually ends up upstairs, giving it the stink eye. like this.