BBQ and Bikes

Saturday was gorgeous! We went to Ambassador Baxter's house for an embassy barbecue -- pretty nice place...almost as nice as ours! (hahaha...) We didn't take any pictures, we not only had our hands full, but kinda felt like it would be weird/rude to take photos of their house. It was built in the 1930s for the then-ambassador, and it's modeled after the White House, apparently. I've never been in the White House, but it looks like what I would expect, the big drawing rooms off to the sides, the wide, sweeping staircases in the center, etc. Very, very elegant!

The backyard was huge, and the grass was just a little bit damp. Okay for the kiddos running around, but of course Nuala and Bran insisted on joining in the fun and got their little pants gloriously muddy! I will always maintain that that's one of the purposes of babies -- to collect mud and dirt and the like. They also loved climbing the two stairways that swept up to the large back porch, over and over and over...We had a fun time! The food was good, mostly American but with some Latin goodies. Normal burgers and hot dogs, various salads, and lots of empanadas (yes, the "n" should have a tilde, I don't know how to put that in right now...) and desserts incorporating dulce de leche. I wasn't a fan of dulce de leche originally, but it has definitely taken hold of me.

Later that afternoon, we took the babies out for our very first family bike ride and they seemed to really enjoy it! We kinda think they'd like the little seats that go on the very back of the bike better, they would have a great view -- we could put one on each of ours, but their trailer is fun, too...Bran got sleepy at the end, just laid his little head to the side, stuck his thumb in his mouth, and spaced out. Nuala kept peeking out and grinning at me when I'd ride up beside them, they're such cuties (not biased at all...)!