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The main event in June, PhillyMils took a job to Texas and needed to take a trip to the land of the Longhorns and find a place to live, sooo, MiniB and I got to take an all expenses paid trip to Philly to hang out with Li'l Mil and Nano.

MiniB did great on the flight over, she even had her own seat, we really lucked out.

The next morning MiniB was napping and I realized that it was all too quiet. I did some investigating and this is what I found.

So I said the heck with it, and let them go nuts.

Li'l Mil and I built this most awesome train track.

For the short time that a Mil child will be bigger than Hoss offspring, Nano took full advantage and managed to always end up between MiniB and whatever she was playing with. MiniB was a good sport and let Nano have her way, for now.


As the self proclaimed most awesome Aunt, to live up to my title we had a picnic in the living room and watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. I expertly did not give Nano anything to drink and made sure Li'l Mil had a lid on his cup, thus preventing spills. While I was carefully monitoring the children, no one was watching me and I kicked over my chocolate milk. Sippy cups for grownups please.


Another feat to add to my most awesome Aunt title, I gave Li'l Mil, unbeknownst to me, his first entire ice cream cone. And he loved me for it.


But, probably not as much as he loved the ice cream. Who wouldn't love, Zwahlens more than any human being, seriously, forget cheese steaks and go there. Great custard, and to-die-for candy apples. Side note, we had some kind of frozen treat to celebrate every day we were there, including Rita's, the best custard ever! I think I am most sad PhillyMils are leaving Philly because that means no Rita's when I come to visit.

Aside from all the custard, the best part of the trip was the road trip we took to Maryland to visit the Halsey's and my Grandpa. Qualifying this as the best part, does not include the 3 hour drive each way, that was not fun. Except for when Li'l Mil and I sang 500 verses of No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed very loudly to drown out the screaming babies while we waited in a never ending traffic jam in the wake of a construction zone while traversing across Delaware.

Nano loved cousin Joan, but I think Joan was ready to not have a 1 year old attached to her leg by the time we left.

We were all smiling and Grandpa was even looking in the right direction. Don't judge me, it was 100 degrees with 110% humidity.


Despite the weather, Grandpa always feels cold so has a blanket on his lap. Li'l Mil wanted to be just like him.

A musical treat. My grandpa has been very sick of late. He used to play his harmonica for hours, but after about 10 minutes he said he didn't have any wind left. He will be 89 in November.

We enjoyed dinner on the patio in the Halsey's beautiful back yard. It really belongs on a magazine cover. MiniB was sweating like crazy, Nano took a tumble off the picnic bench, and Li'l Mil had a minor major freak out because a fly landed on his hot dog bun. MiniB survived the heat, for that matter, so did I, Nano got away with a knot on the back of her head, and Li'l Mil settled for eating his hot dog inside, sans hot dog bun. Wouldn't change it for the world.


This is the result of about 20 photos in an attempt for the perfect photo-op...on a hammock...with 3 kids, 2 of which needed to be held. As you can see, it was unsuccessful, so I opted for one where I was looking at the camera.


MiniB spent most of her time in a onesie, given the extreme humidity. But she didn't care, we prefer comfort to fashionista any day and we had a blast.

MiniB lucked out with her own seat on the return flight.

Who decided it was a good idea for the changing table to be over the toilet in an airplane? How are the grown ups supposed to pee and hold onto their kid? My method was holding MiniB, dropping my pants, doing my business, turning around and pulling down the changing table to put MiniB down and blocking her with my elbow to keep her from rolling off while I pulled up my pants and washed my hands. It took like 15 minutes to change her and take care of myself, and all I did was pee, honest!