Ed's been very excited the past few days ...

... First there was the hatching of the robin eggs in our back yard. Mama robin has been protecting the flock with vigor -- Ed says she gave him the "eye" when he took this picture a couple of days ago.

Now we just have to make sure the dogs stay away from the nest when it's time for them to learn how to fly. A few years ago, Bailey caught a chick as it fell from a nest. As you could imagine, not a good outcome.

The other thing that has Ed all in a dither is the opening of the giant grocery store Wegman's, which happened yesterday in Woodbridge. It was almost like the Disney commercial, where the little boy tells his parents the night before they go to Disney World "I'm too excited to sleep."

Anyway, we went, we saw, we conquered. A family outing as it were. And it's a good thing we went fairly early. Even though parking was a zoo when we got there, it was nothing like it was when we left, after church let out.

Josh described the whole thing as "Kroger on crack."

What an apt description.