| Sep 03, 2010 |
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Waiting for Earl
last update: 09/03 @ 08:26
 Hanging out at the beach in New Jersey. The weather has been great until today; now we’re waiting for Earl (that link will likely be out of date in a couple days)— he’s supposed to be passing by this afternoon — but a long ways out to see so I doubt we’ll see much other than gray and rain.
Actually, I think we’re waiting for the kids to start to realize they’ve not been outside yet. The beach house is pretty good sized, but the fort they built in their bedroom is not overly large and is going to get old after a while, I think. Some a little sprinkle of rain so far — maybe we’ll go check out the beach soon…
I’ve been a little under the weather and mostly staying off the beach. But Robert and Sebi and Sarah and Oriana and Tom and Elle (and sometimes Luca) have been spending a lot of time on the pretty beach.
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| Aug 21, 2010 |
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Divide and Conquer
last update: 08/21 @ 14:26
 Sarah and Robert are off having fun at the ice skating rink while I enjoy the fun of applying for another job with the feds. I’m not at all sure I would take it if offered, but feel the need to show I’m interested in exploring the option. We’ll see how it goes…
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| Aug 15, 2010 |
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Lego Madness…
last update: 08/15 @ 17:07
 Robert and I checked out the “Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition” exhibit at the Building Museum today. It was really cool. For the record, this skyscraper is too big for our house. A few more photos in Robert’s section.
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| Aug 14, 2010 |
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Out on the farm
last update: 08/14 @ 23:34
 We had a great afternoon at Great Country Farms playing around, eating kettle corn, and picking the very last of the blackberries. Then we headed across the road and up the hill to Bluemont Vinyard to taste a bit of their wares and snack on some fresh baguettes, cheese and fruit. It was a bit overcast and not nearly as hot as it’s been. A fine afternoon (I just wish I remembered to bring my camera — maybe next time).
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| Aug 08, 2010 |
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Um, I thought y’all were coming with me. :)
last update: 08/08 @ 20:45
Um, I thought y’all were coming with me. :)
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| Jul 26, 2010 |
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Birthday Party!!!
last update: 07/26 @ 22:31
 The big six year old pirate party was Sunday. Check out the cool pirate ship we made (and Robert’s pirate balloon). More photos in Robert’s section.
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| Jul 23, 2010 |
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Birthday!!!
last update: 07/23 @ 21:14
 Robert turned 6 yesterday. It was great to have Robin here for the birthday morning and Robin attracted Joanne and inspired us to have an Ethopian birthday dinner. By the time we got home Robert was pretty fried, so today was the first day of playing with any of his cool new stuff. First out for a test run, the marble maze courtesy of Grand Martha. Next was Operation then the Snap Electronic kit courtesy of Harry and Elle.
The big party is Sunday — wish us luck…
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| Jul 18, 2010 |
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The Family Unit
last update: 07/18 @ 23:43
 Thanks Amy for a great excuse to hit the Farmer’s Market on Saturday.
Hi Nanette, Adam and Taylor!!!!!!!!!
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| Jul 11, 2010 |
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Happy Birthday Alexandria!
last update: 07/11 @ 11:09
 Alexandria celebrated its 261st birthday on Saturday night. Robert and I walked down with a picnic dinner and Sarah joined us a bit later. This is a view of the festivities before the fireworks (music on the stage, kids running around, etc) through a rainbow light saber. Robert will tell you that, “rainbow is my most powerful setting.” (There are 7 other options — what would we do without little computer chips…)
 Once it was dark enough, the fireworks started with the traditional 1812 Overture — with real howitzers. We were sitting right behind them and had a great view. If you look closely, you’ll see two of the firing squads below this burst (this was after the Overture, so they were not so busy) and a new firework shell taking off from the barge between them.
Just because of Alexandria’s location, the fireworks would pause for a couple minutes now and again to let a plane land at National Airport. The last pause seemed to be the end so we were halfway back to our car before the last round of fireworks went off.
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| Jul 06, 2010 |
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World Cup Twister at the Beach
last update: 07/06 @ 00:16
 We had a great trip over the Fourth of July weekend to join a group camping on Assateague Island. Part of the festivities was this game of World Cup Twister — more photos in the vacations section.
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