We're in Washington!

We started with the Supreme Court, then the Library of Congress, and
now we're debating whether to go in the Air & Space museum.

Little Ladies Dance

It's that time again... John took the girls out to dinner before going to the annual Little Ladies Dance at Birch Lane Elementary.

Meanwhile, Matthew and I played games, bought some legos and Star Wars figures, then snuggled on the couch to watch movie and munch popcorn.

Lunch

Mackenzie and I went to the par

Happy birthday to Me

Started celebrating my birthday early with a trip to the city today. (And dinner with friends last night.)

We went for a horse and carriage ride...

...and had lunch at Jekyll and Hydes!

School Visits

I was at School two days in a row. Got to help with an experiment in
Mackenzies class wednesday. Thursday christina's magnet class had a
robot presentation.

Snow Day!

Finally - a Snow Day! School was cancelled last night, and even my company was closed, so there was major play date planning. Two kid went to friends early, then both came back, with their friends. Plus another kid came over, so I had 7 kids here at once. Another one came later, but two of mine (and friends) left again.
There's a pile of snow pants, gloves, hats and stray wet socks by my front door. I made a couple batches of hot chocolate from scratch (not as difficult as it sounds). Helped Christina with a special project involving recording her singing. And I got to make a big dinner. Overall a very FUN day!

Toby had to go

I'm not sure what happened, but Toby bit Christina, so he had to go. John took him to the animal shelter early Friday morning. I took the kids to breakfast at the diner to try to cheer them up. We're all pretty sad about it.

Trail Ride

After a big breakfast at Willow Valley we drove to Allimax farm and
rode horses! I got Queen, a big white horse. Courtney was on Rosey, a
cute little horse. Mackenzie was on Star, who had her own way of
steering. Christina rode with John on Nellie, a reeeally big horse.

Vaca in PA

Other than the puking we're having a great time. At least I didn't
have to deal with it in the hallways, but I never thought I'd be
cleaning toilets at a hotel!

Science Projects Galore

Three Science Fair projects and a Christopher Columbus Awards entry.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Hope you had a fun and awesome Christmas like we did, with lots of fun toys, cool clothes, great gizmos and goofy gadgets. One of the best was Guitar Hero Rock Band from Aunt Ginny and Uncle George.

We'd like to wish everyone a Happy & Healthy New Year!

Gingerbread Guys

It's that time of year again! Kasey and Brittany helped out a little. Courtney and Matthew worked on a gingerbread house together while Mackenzie and Christina built theirs together. Everyone made a gingerbread guy. I'm not sure if more candy and frosting got consumed or used for construction.

Robs Run

Mackenzie ran another 5k, but this one was cross country in the rain.
We got a little muddy and a lot soaking wet.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We watched the Parade in the city after a really long zig zaggy walk.
Our favorites were Horton, Sesame Street, Sponge Bob and of course,
Santa!

BOO!

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween. If you didn't get enough candy,
come on over. We got enough to feed 5 elephants!

Pumpkins

We go to the same church up the road every year to pick out pumkins, and every year they get bigger and bigger. Good thing we have a rule that they've got to carry thier own pumkin to the car!

Eeeeeek!

Sleepover Party

Christina invited 5 friends for a sleepover birthday party. They were still up at 3 am. The girls painted pillowcases, danced up a storm, dressed up in silly outfits and took a hundred pictures, and played DDR (Dance Dance Revolution).

Christina is Eleven!!

Christina celebrated her birthday with her soccer team this morning. They won their State Cup game in a double over time followed by shootouts.

She got to have whatever she wanted for her birthday breakfast, and she wanted.... butter!

Soccer Tournament in CT

Courtney and I drove Waaaaay up in Connecticut for Christinas soccer
tournament. Her team didn't do that well but we had a blast anyway.
The kids played a dice game called Left-Right-Center for candy. The
adults played for money.