Uncle Jason Visits

Last weekend Uncle Jason came and visited us. Aurora loves her Uncle and had a lot of fun with him.
On Saturday we went to the DC ZOO. Rory loved the Zoo even more this time. She kept asking to see the monkeys and the lions. I think her favorite animal ended up being the hippopotamus because she keeps saying hippopotamus, swim, ball even a week later. When we saw the hippos she kept telling them to swim and then pointing to the huge red ball. She did enjoy the monkeys and one even got right up to the glass so it seemed like she could touch him and we spent a long time staring at the lion. She would roar at him and say hi. I was really impressed with her and how well she did all day. She walked around 90% of the time and was really good about holding hands and not trying to run off.
Sunday we had a little bit more of a grown up day and went to the Monticello. After the 2 hour drive she was definitley over being still and not being able to wonder around. When we first got there she saw a fountain and wanted to play in it but we had to go and catch our ride to the tour. By the time we got to the fourth room of the house she did not want to be held anymore and was very talkative. As we were discussing one of us taking her outside the lady giving out tour told us she needed to leave because she was to loud. Danny went outside with her and played in the big yard and threw rocks into the pond. After the tour we walked around the yard, Rory threw more rocks into the pond(her fave part of the day), Danny tackled her and we went and saw Thomas Jeffersons grave. After the Monticello we decided to head back home but we stopped at a winery so that Daddy and Uncle Jason could do a wine tasting. While they were wine tasting she was running around and getting into everything. My only saving grace was that there was a very sweet dof that she was fascinated with and kept petting when she could.
Jason watched her on Monday. As far as I know they had a good time and she was in one piece when I got home. She had a lot of fun putting her animals in his suitcase and then taking them out and climbing into it herself. She also learned to call Jason "Uncle Jason" and would not stop saying it for about 5 minutes. She says the Jason part kinda high pitched...it is really cute. I enjoyed seeing them interact and seeing how much fun she was having with him. I was always close to my uncles and want the same for her. We are now being asked daily where is Uncle Jason. Fun times.