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In March of 2007, the List Family flew out to New Jersey and Pennsylvania to visit family. We flew a red-eye flight and unfortuntely, Priya did not sleep a wink until we landed!
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The whole family got together at the Gromer household in Langhorne, PA. Here's Uncle Mike!
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Cousin Benjamin shows Priya how to play the keyboard...
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...and Priya picks it up easily. Headed to Carnegie Hall someday?
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Cousin Justin takes his turn tickling the ivories
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Aaron and Justin hanging out by the stairs
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All four cousins pose for a group photo
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It's quite the challenge to get four kids to sit still, look in one direction, and smile... this was our best shot
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Yummy fudgsicles!
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Aunt Wendy gives Aaron a big hug
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Now everyone is hanging out on the stairs! (Peer pressure is a powerful force)
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The List Family version of a cheerleader pyramid
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Now Priya and Benjamin are playing "ride the daddies"
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Priya shows promise as a stunt horse rider
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Priya admires a fish on our foray to the New Jersey State Aquarium in Camden
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A macaw hangs out on a branch over the water
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A very colorful lobster
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Two divers explore the underwater world
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Here comes a sea turtle...
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...swimming past, oblivious to the diver
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Two sea turtles snuggle on some rocks
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Okay, maybe we have too many pics of sea turtles here, but Shefali is a huge fan!
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This is a shot of manta ray that is 12 feet in length!!! (If you look closely, a normal-sized manta ray is right above the huge one)
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Priya rides a sea turtle on land
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Benjamin takes his turn on the turtle
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And then the two cousins share the turtle amicably!
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It's time to feed the penguins....
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Apparently, it's time to feed the kids, too!
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A seal lounges around in the water
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A very cool-looking school of fish
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As we entered this exhibit and stood there for quite a while trying to locate the underwater hippos, we saw this very funny sign...
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...and it took a special underwater window around the corner to find the hippos at last
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A group of iridescent jellyfish
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An octopus attaches itself to the glass of this exhibit
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A shark swims overhead in this underwater tunnel
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Today's field trip is to the Garden State Discovery Museum
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Priya has a go at driving the boat
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Aaron is busy at work in the kitchen
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Wheeee! Down the slide!
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This is much bigger than Cousin Benjamin's piano
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Priya and Justin attempt to create a song together...
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...with Aaron supplying the beat
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Justin enjoys the ball pit
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Priya rides a dolphin
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There's Priya way up there on the second floor, without her hard hat!
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Testing out a career in dog grooming
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Priya, Mommy, and Aaron take a ride
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Priya finally gets to visit Grandma Gandhi
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Making Grandma smile
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Uncle Siddhartha and Priya with her new signature pose for the camera: eyes closed with big grin
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Now, there's a cute photo...where's Uncle Dwijen by the way? At work!
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There's the Priya Pose again with her Uncle Mihir
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A funny story -- when Priya saw both Uncle Siddhartha and Uncle Mihir, she counted them and promptly reported: "Two Dwijens"
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Priya with her grandma and uncles
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The entire Gandhi family...
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...except for Uncle Dwijen. So we drove into NYC and met Uncle Dwijen for dinner at the very yummy Jerusalem Pizza on Broadway
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Priya demonstrates how to do the Priya Pose properly (say THAT three times fast!)
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Shefali and Dwijen
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Daddy and Priya
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"Yummy pizza!!!!"
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It's an Elmo cupcake...
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I think Priya is very intrigued
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Priya makes short work of the cupcake quickly
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Uncle Dwijen takes a moment to hug Priya
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"It was nice to see you again, Uncle Dwijen"
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Walking the streets of New York
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Today's outing is to Ocean 'N Motion, a sea-themed play area for kids
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Priya absolutely loved this trampoline
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Justin drives the Finding Nemo scooter around
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Aaron climbs up into the lighthouse
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Priya rides a little tugboat
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Sliding into the ball pit
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Coming through the tunnel...
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...and then down the slide
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Justin has found a friend in Elmo
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Aaron and Priya share the ball pit
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Priya rides the Tigger Airplane (where's the sea theme in that?)
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Aaron takes a turn on the trampoline
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Justin and Elmo make their way through the play structure
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Oh, look! It's actual fish here at Ocean 'N Motion
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Lounging around on the beach
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Having lunch after all that play
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Priya looking cute as usual
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OH WOW, it's Priya's first time in the snow
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"This is very interesting!"
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The snow caused our flight home to be cancelled...we finally got rebooked for 2 days later, so we got some extra time to spend with family
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"Let's go to lunch - I'm ready!"
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Aaron and Priya running around at Bob Evans
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Priya and Benjamin conspire to do mischief while riding together in the minivan
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Alrighty, we're arrived -- time to get out!
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Uncle Charles
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Aunt Julie
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Cousin Benjamin
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Big sis and little bro (although not in height!)
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Aunt Julie with Benjamin and Priya
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Benjamin declares, "I can't see the camera!"
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Uncle Dan and his nephew
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"Alright, let me go now!"
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"Look what I found!"
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It's Tuxedo, the kitty cat!
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Tuxie likes to ride on Uncle Charles' shoulders...
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...or get a massage on Uncle Charles' belly
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It's a tough life being a kitty cat, but someone's got to do it!
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Priya and Benjamin snuggle together in the Winnie the Pooh bed
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This started out as a hug...but devolved into a wrestling match!
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Aaron, Priya, and Justin all sit down for a yummy lunch of grilled cheese Uncrustables
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Aunt Wendy
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Uncle Mike making a silly face
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Cousin Aaron
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Cousin Justin
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Two brothers posing for a civilized picture
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Priya shoveling down Kix cereal...
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...and looking for a refill...
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...but getting distracted by bubbles!
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Aaron and Priya try to pop the bubbles
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Justin joins in on the bubble-busting fun...
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...but prefers to take in a different perspective
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"Stop blinding us with the excessive photography!"
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It's a team effort to catch and destroy all bubbles!
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Aaron likes riding on Uncle Danny's shoulders
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Goodbye, Uncle Mike!
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One last visit to Grandma Gandhi's home
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The miniature temple that Grandma Gandhi brought from India last year
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The top of the shrine with pictures of all the deities
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Grandma, Granddaughter, and Mommy
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Grandma Gandhi hugs Priya goodbye before we have to catch our plane back to sunny California
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