Sunday afternoon bubble blowing

Hanging out

Christmas Morning

Addie's Christmas morning. Pictures here.

Drs. Maynard help Addie build a second G-bread House in 2 nights.

Fun times. See more here.

Cookies and Gingerbread Houses

Making cookies and gingerbread houses with cousins Michaela and Jenna. More pictures HERE.

Lob's (super small) birthday party

More pictures here.

Cooking Mommy's Birthday Cake

I like mixing stuff.

(more pictures here)

At the Alexandria Scottish Christmas Walk

Two things I love: warm hot chocolate and things that are up.

Addie and Daddy go on a Thanksgiving walk

West Wing Tour

Today we (excluding the little lady) went on a West Wing Tour. We saw the oval office, cabinet room, situation room, rose garden, press briefing room (pictured here), and a few other things. We ran into the national security advisor as he was roaming the halls. As you can see from these additional pictures, we had a good time. (We were only permitted to take pictures outside and in the press briefing room.)

Resting on the Carpet

Grammy and Granddad

Famous Nephew Patrick

WD

Halloween (click on more pics below)

Halloween pictures are HERE.

Bed Head Supreme

Leaves

Jean Jacket

Tree

Addie stands on a stump and pretends she was a tree.

MORE fish

Yesterday Lob spent almost 2 hours (Addie's nap) cleaning the fish tank/changing the water/cleaning out the gravel. A little neglect leads to a lot of work later. Part of the problem is that now, the cleaning we did for our 8 fish won't support a tank of 40 or so!That's right - you might remember this post from August: Baby Fish!
Well, a few days ago we discovered another brood of baby fish! This time we left them to their own devices pretty much, but they've had a pretty surprising survival rate. What are we going to do with all these fish? Should we separate the culprits who are creating them? Could it really be something in the water?

Here you can see the parents on the right, a few older siblings on the left, and one of the youngest fish on the lower right.


A few baby fish are hiding among the marbles.

First Painted Toes

I thought Addie would be resistant to painted toenails or that she would want the color off as soon as it was painted on.

On the contrary, she talked about them all day and tore off her socks and shoes as soon as Aaron returned home to show him her toes.

Lunch in the City

Addie and Lob explored the District a little.



First was the Aquarium...







Not the biggest in the area, but for $3, it's the perfect size and price for a two-year-old. It allowed Addie to see some of her friends from NEMO







like Dory.









She spent as much time pushing her own stroller around as looking at the fish.



After the aquarium, we picked up some sandwiches and rode the metro 2 more stops to see Daddy at Dupont Circle. Addie got to chase the pigeons and squirrels - one of her favorite things to do.

Just off of the Circle is a new shop called Hello Cupcake. Addie picked the 'Prima Donna' cupcake.

The sugar kept Addie going for the metro ride home.

Just Sitting in My Box

Horse, Daddy!

The carousel at Clemyjontri is really nice. Addie really wanted to ride it, then was a little uneasy once it started moving. She ended up loving it and had fun choosing her horse.

Clemyjontri - again - This Time With the Hams

The Hams visited with us for the weekend. On Sunday, we wanted to share Clemyjontri with Riley.

We had a nice little picnic lunch on the lawn of the park.

The girls played...







then rode the carousel together.




















Riley loved the carousel, too!