Little LBT weekend

Last weekend, we had a fun get-together with Langdon and Eliza (of Baby Babbling, link on the right!) Langdon is my friend from the lab I worked in at MIT, where we worked on the "LBT" project (for Lanthanide Binding Tags). I'm sure it was Langdon who started calling the kids our "little LBTs".

Langdon and Eliza drove in from Madison to spend much of Saturday and part of Sunday with us. Eliza's mom Anna couldn't make it as she was all the way in Malawi visiting her sister, who is in the Peace Corps there.

We started Saturday at the Children's Museum, where Simon spent a lot of time at the train tables:


Both kids had fun coloring:

And it was nice enough out for a trip to the park!

At the playground from Anne Reynolds on Vimeo.

They goofed around in sunglasses inside - Eliza was happy to pose for a photo, but Simon was less willing. (This was the best photo of several attempts):


We also tried to get the kids to say the name of our research project. Eliza did quite well - Simon was more interested in raisins.

Little LBTs from Anne Reynolds on Vimeo.

We had a wonderful time, and can't wait to get together again when Anna can join us too!