December

Things that happened in December: A haircut for Jack. We got our first snow (It was such a novelty then.) Jack and Juliet, made their first trip to the movie theater; we had gift passes from our realtor for close to three years now and Chris and I just never found the right time to use them. So, after hearing all the buzz about Frozen I decided to use the tickets on Jack. I think we all had a good time. After it was over I asked if we wanted to go see it again but he said no, he wanted to see a different movie. Just a few days ago however, Jack asked if he could go and see ‘Freeze’ again.

Then we come to the low part of December, and it all started right after this picture was taken. I was in the kitchen making dinner and notice that I hadn’t heard Jack in a while and so I come out and find him asleep in front of the space heater. How cute I think and take a picture. Not two minutes later Jack starts coughing, and then vomiting. I grabbed a toy bucket to catch the projectile as best as I could. It kept coming through the night, but the next day he was normal, just not eating much. Three days later Chris gets it, then I get it, then Chris’s parents come for Christmas, and unfortunately they got it too. We did manage to do some fun things like see the temple lights and go to the zoo, and had a nice Christmas together.

The day I fell in love with DC

After my brother came I had this realization that I could go to DC with the kids during the week. The off season is the time to go, and I know where to park for free. So a day came up where the weather was nice and I didn’t have any plans and so after Juliet’s first nap we got into the car and 24 minutes later we parked at the base of the Washington monument. 

Jack wanted to see fountains, and so we went to the WWII memorial. Then we headed over to these stairs I had seen on the boat tour behind the Lincoln memorial. 

It wasn’t as easy to get to as I hoped, and there were no other tourists there, just joggers (it seemed like a killer workout). But we had a little picnic lunch and enjoyed peaceful time. After we had enough we were going to head over to a museum, but Jack decided to go up and see Abe so we did that (and someone kindly offered to take our picture), then we walked down the reflecting pool, and ended back at the WWII memorial for the second time.

The weather was so pleasant, the crowds were minimal (I even saw some secret service people watching out for this couple at the memorial but I don’t know who they were), and we didn’t have any real objectives for the day so we could be leisurely and just enjoy our time.

And then we got in the car and headed for home, after a stop at Aldi.

 (I took this picture because Jack had been playing with these two rocks all day, he called them his ‘rocky friends’ who needs toys?) Juliet stayed awake for everything and still managed to go down for her second nap by 3pm. 

Successful day so far, but then it got better. Thursday’s I would drive to UMD to pick up a girl who’s mom is taking night classes and also pick up Chris. Across from where we were waiting was the wienermobile. 

And Jack missed it because he fell asleep on the way to the school and stayed asleep as I transferred him to the stroller. It was a shame because Jack does love hot dogs.

It was a great day and I’m hoping to have several more of these downtown outings during the offseason. I’ve got to live it up while living here.

We had guests!

Back in October my brother and his family came to visit. We had a blast having them here and were able to do lots of fun things. Most of them were already accounted for over on their blog, (here, here, here, and here) so I’m just showing the highlights, and using most of Tom’s pictures. In general we went sightseeing, watched fun movies, and ate some food. We had a good time. We welcome anyone else who wants to stay with us!

At the bureau of engravings and printings- our niece was being born practically at that very moment.

Can you tell that Sabrina really seems to like Juliet?

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