Matching Sisters

Grammy and Granddad come for a visit

We did our favorite things:
Sit around together and visit and eat. In particular it was Granddad's birthday, so we shared pumpkin pie. He's more of a 'birthday steak' than a 'birthday cake' kind of guy.


On Saturday we headed back to Eastern Market for some walking, shopping, and general getting out. But this time, we didn't go home empty-handed. In addition to a few Christmas gifts, look who came home with us!Our purple friend was still there - this time we couldn't leave him. Addie named him Charlie. Granddad carried him to the car and got some funny reactions on the way. He was followed by Grammy who carried a 6ft bundle of decorative plant called Bittersweet. In addition to our red double-decker stroller, we were quite a parade.
Grammy and Sarah got out to a movie which has become a fun tradition for them, and the boys went to our favorite grocery store (their favorite kind of adventure).
Grammy and Granddad could only stay for the weekend, but it was a full one. We can't wait to host them again!

Big weekend in the city

It has been pretty rare that we as a whole family go into DC. We call it "going into the city," as if we live out in the back woods. But today we piled in the van and headed East. Specifically, to Eastern Market. We tasted homemade mustards, pickles, and pretzels which are unreal they're so good.
We saw tchotchskys carved, pressed, knitted, glued, and painted that sparkled, made noise, inspired, or just took up space.

Addie, obviously a fan of color, was right at home.

We saw a cool little dude that we all ended up loving. Bug? Snail? Bird-type thing? We don't know but we hung around him for a few minutes and smiled.
We walked the neighborhood and stopped at a coffee shop where we all got a treat. Some of the best coffee in the city - not just according to Aaron.
The day kept getting colder, but we still swung by the zoo.
Though we had a hard time finding any animals (here we can see the cheetah) - seems like they were all inside or not even at the zoo for some reason - we did meet up with our fun friends the Maynards.We hung around as long as we could stand it (it was COLD!) Then headed back home for pizza dinner and bed. Big day!