August 22, 2003
Cousins
Alex's cousin Sean came to visit on Tuesday, and they've been having a good time. Sean is showing what a big boy he is by picking out Alex's clothes, helping to calm him down in the car, and insisting on pushing his carriage as much as possible.
On Wednesday, Sean and Alex both took their first rides on the Metro. 
We took that train to the the Air and Space Museum, where we saw a lot of neat airplanes and rocket ships. We also watched a great IMAX movie about the Space Station, which was in 3-D. Sean expecially loved the scene where the astronauts threw an orange at the camera and it looked like it hit his glasses! Alex slept through the movie. After the museum, we decided to hop on the carousel, where Alex promptly fell asleep.
On Thursday, we went to the Natural History museum, and we saw two IMAX movies there (one about dinosaurs, and one about bugs). 
Alex slept through the dinos, but he was wide awake and watching the screen for the bugs. Too bad they don't have baby-sized 3-D glasses!
We also went to the American History Museum for a little while before heading back to Ballston on the Metro. We had a nice sushi dinner, and s'mores for dessert.
Friday we went to our local community pool, where Alex took his first swim. He was quite the hit! He loved swimming with Sean.
After the pool, we went home to make dinner, and Sean built a fort for him and Alex to play in. Sean did a very good job of entertaining Alex while the two mommies made dinner.