Chrismas has been a blur…
last update: 12/25 @ 23:19
Christmas has been a blur of presents, visits, meals and walks. And we have more blurry photos in Robert’s section.

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Christmas trains…
last update: 12/24 @ 22:19
We had company for our trip the US Botanic Gardens for this year’s Christmas train display. Grandpoppa and SMom are up for Christmas. And the weather (while it started a little cloudy — rainy for their trip up) has been spectacularly nice. We all enjoyed both the indoor and outdoor train displays.

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Big Pizza
last update: 12/19 @ 22:01

It was 72 degrees yesterday. December 18th. My compressed day home with Robert. We went to the zoo. We saw several animals, and in general were pretty subdued since we were both fighting colds. However, once Robert got a glance of the giant pizza (made out of gymnast type mats) in the children’s farm part of the zoo he was out of the buggy and sliding down the cheese wedge in an instant. Though in this picture he’s jumping off an onion slice. Very fun.

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The tradition continues..
last update: 12/15 @ 20:49

O.K., so I don’t think my brother or I EVER took a picture with a Santa Claus growing up but for some reason, 2 years ago I was posessed by the idea that I should take one with Robert. (Getting punchy after so much maternity leave I guess.) Actually, I think my first Santa Claus picture was the year before, in Atlanta, while I was horribly sick with Robert, surrounded by teenage relations all taller than myself. Suffice it to say, this year the planets aligned and Daddy, Mommy and Robert all managed to molest Santa at the same time. You may now gag. -(Where IS John Waters when you need him?) Anyway, enjoy. And Happy Channukah.

Compare with this and this.

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Birthday Snuggle
last update: 12/10 @ 19:41

Robert brought his White Tiger for a birthday snuggle with me — my Birthday, not his or the tigers :).

He and Sarah got me a set of MythBusters DVDs, my folks sent a new book and Sarah’s folks and brother sent lots of CDs (gotta love Amazon’s Wish List — just have to remember to add to it…)

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Tree Trimming
last update: 12/10 @ 15:03
Robert had a good time helping to trim the tree this year. He was really excited by the lights that Sarah put on the tree this morning. We’re not hanging too many ornaments, they are too big a temptation still…

More photos in his section.

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Thanksgiving Antipasto
last update: 12/03 @ 20:27

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So that’s how….
last update: 12/03 @ 16:29
Van Gogh painted Starry Night.

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One of these things…
last update: 12/02 @ 14:18
… is not like the others.

We took a stroll down to City Hall to watch the annual Scottish Walk today. Our late fall heat wave ended last night and today was closer to normal December temperatures.

To be more specific: I guess 75 is normal for December in New Zealand, but pretty amazing for Alexandria.

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Traditional Thanksgiving Baseball…
last update: 12/02 @ 14:18
We had visitors from Washington, New Jersey and Florida for the Thanksgiving holiday. We all enjoyed too much to eat but had a chance to work a bit of the meals off outside in the great weather.

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Fall is here
last update: 11/04 @ 20:32

Robert helped Sarah rake up the leaves in the back yard this morning. It was chilly but a beautiful day. I think they both found ways to have fun with the chore.

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More Halloween fun
last update: 10/31 @ 14:09

Robert’s school had a costume parade today. This time Robert wore his Firetruck Train costume and had even more fun…

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Halloween Festivities…
last update: 10/29 @ 20:18

“Hey Robert, that looks like a Halloween parade, let’s go!”

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More Farm-anigans
last update: 10/23 @ 22:04

Robert had another chance to check out local farm-age on Sunday. Daddy needed some “me” time, and COX Farm came highly recommended from Robert’s buddy Evan. So when Cecily called suggesting a ride out there, I hesitated but Robert said, “Robert go to farm with MY Cecily.” Okaaaaaaayy. I guess we’re going. Here he shows his farm prowess by exclaiming, and I’m not making this up, “You are a cow.” Yeah.

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And one more pumpkin pic.
last update: 10/15 @ 22:52

Just because this is a nice pumpkin picture.

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Just because
last update: 10/15 @ 16:49

I just like this photo from today’s hay ride.

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Pony ride!
last update: 10/15 @ 16:48
We took Robert’s paternal grandparents to Butler’s Orchard for the pumpkin fest and found: PONIES. Robert and Sarah both had a great time with that. Many more photos’s in Robert’s section

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Grand Parental Visit
last update: 10/03 @ 22:26
Or should that be Grandparental visit? Or Grand grandparental visit? Robert’s paternal grands stopped by on their way to Portland, OR for a NW train trip. Robert enjoyed the chance to show off his trains — however, note that the ramp to windowsill is no longer with us.

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More Elaborate
last update: 10/01 @ 19:41
Robert’s friend Ciaron gave him a Thomas Train catalog and that’s become inspiration. We made it to the window sill, now we just need to get enough ramp track to make it to the top of the shelves….

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Serious business…
last update: 09/25 @ 21:54

We’re Mothers, with a capital ‘M’. We are serious about our kid’s health, nutrition, education, moral rectitudes, and future prospects….. and,
…we know how to party… :) Note annoyed-amused tourista in backround from whom cigs have just been bummed.

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Happy birthday to Dan
last update: 09/14 @ 21:10

The look on Robert’s face is a good one. It says “but Mom says I’m never ever supposed to ride one of these.”

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MMMMmmmmmm
last update: 09/10 @ 16:17
We visited Butler’s Orchard after Cecily, Mike and Ciaron recommended it last weekend. While we thought the plan was to bring some raspberries, blackberries and apples home, Robert had other ideas: he really enjoyed picking and eating and eating what others had picked. More photos in his section.

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Now where did I put that ‘Z’ ?
last update: 09/10 @ 00:10

Went back to the farm last weekend. Oxon Cove farm to be exact. It’s just across the bridge, less than 15 minutes away. Robert also liked his new boots, especially after daddy showed him how good they were for walking in puddles.

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Runnin’ Gates
last update: 09/04 @ 20:51
We took advantage of the great weather to grab the boats and get on the river. I don’t know how much longer Robert will be able to share a whitewater cockpit — but he seemed to be having a good time playing in the gates and eating his snack.

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Rat-tum-tum-tum…
last update: 09/02 @ 13:26
So it’s rainy, the start of a long weekend, and we’re waiting for pizza in a hurricane. What’s a two year old to do? Make a marching band with Mommy and bang those chopsticks till the soy cheese pizza arrives.

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Somebody got a hair cut
last update: 08/29 @ 20:22
Robert got a haircut yesterday. And today we played in the National Building Museum. It was too hot to spend much time outside (still) but this gave Robert a good chance to run around. There are a couple more photos from the Building Museum in Robert’s section.

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Train Ride!
last update: 08/27 @ 16:26
This morning we headed off to Burke Lake Park to ride the mini-train. Robert was completely enthralled the whole time. It’s hard to believe he rides a metro train every day… but then, the metro is not open air and doesn’t go through the woods and next to water towers and windmills….

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Shake Down….
last update: 08/26 @ 15:42
Robert being shaken down for any spare change he might have in his pockets. Tupperware is not cheap and he does like playing with Elle’s tupperware when he visits Highland Park. There are a couple more photos of last weeks visit in Robert’s section of the web site.

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College?
last update: 08/23 @ 20:16

So, Robert didn’t eat much dinner but he was keeping us company tonight while Sarah and I finished our dinner. He brought over the Thomas the train catalog and pointed out all the different trains available.

After a few minutes of that I said, “Well, I think we should raid your college fund and buy a couple of each of these trains so we can have the full collection. Who needs college anyway?”

To which Robert replied, clear as a bell, “Robert! Robert need college!”

So I guess his college fund is safe (for now).

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What was that???
last update: 08/06 @ 13:34
We had a great visit with Steve, Helen and Aaron last week. They decided they really needed to learn to appreciate their home weater, so they visited in the height of our heat wave. That was a perfect excuse to go the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Where certain creatures of the fishy variety were catching Robert’s eye.

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You see, it’s like this…
last update: 07/29 @ 22:24
Our new Angle Food cake pan does not fit over a wine bottle — as traditional ones do — and if the cake cools right side up, it falls and become too heavy. We discovered this after Sarah baked Robert a milk-free birthday cake. More (new) photos — of the birthday festivities, not the cake — in his section.

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Really big present…
last update: 07/25 @ 22:14

O.K., so we didn’t really get Robert a bull-dozer for his second birthday present. But his mommy did sneak over to the never ending construction and put him in the little doze-cat just for fun. (The hard part was getting him out of there.)

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Second Birthday!!!
last update: 07/23 @ 22:05
Robert had a very nice little party for his second birthday. We still need to move some photos over from Sarah’s camera, but there are couple more pictures in his section.

That’s Romeo, Robert, Ciaran and Caroline on the couch. We were trying to recreate the “mom’s group” couch photo. It’s amazing to look back and see how much they’ve grown — not a one of them seems likely to fall over trying to sit on the couch this time around.

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Coastal Kayaking in Maine
last update: 07/09 @ 21:53
We just got back from a great trip to Maine; we have some mosquito bites to show for lots of fun memories. More photos in the vacation section.

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Old Town Braces for more flooding…
last update: 06/27 @ 12:56
As the Monsoon season starts to wind down here (we hope after 10+ inches of rain in a couple days) Old Town’s waterfront is getting ready for high tide the the crest of flooding from the Potomac. More photos in Robert’s section.

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BLUEBERRY FACE!!!
last update: 06/21 @ 22:00
Steve sent up The blueberry photo from our visit with then last month. Thank you for taking that photo :)

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Twains!!!!
last update: 06/19 @ 22:04

Our other new source of non-stop fun is TRAINS!!! Thanks to cousin Aaron for passing on his Brio’s and his Thomases Robert opened the bag and promptly started assembling track and trains. It was yet another one of those “I didn’t know he could do that” moments. I see a train table in his future.

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GYM!
last update: 06/19 @ 21:53

So Monday’s are gymnastics with Evan and Robert can’t decide whether he likes the foam pit best or the in-ground trampoline. Personally, I like the foam pit best if only because it’s just so funny.

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Elephant Shower….
last update: 06/11 @ 14:02
We made it to the National Zoo today in time for the baby elephant’s shower. More photos in Robert’s section.

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More NC Photos
last update: 06/03 @ 11:44
There are a few more photos from our North Carolina trip in Robert’s section. (This one is the porch of David’s old house in Richmond.) But I’m still waiting for Steve to send along the blueberry photo.

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GRRrrrr…..
last update: 05/29 @ 21:36
We had a very nice trip down to Seven Devils this weekend. Actually we left Wednesday night and came back Sunday — that did a good job of avoiding the weekend traffic. David’s mom is doing very well for 4 weeks post-stroke. She’s pretty much completely mobile and really enjoyed a chance to play with Robert. She is working very hard on overcoming on some confusion as her brain is recuperating.

We’ll have some more photos in a day or so… For now, there are many in Robert’s section, including several more bear photos from Grandfather Mountain.

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More fun….
last update: 05/23 @ 21:14

..with my new toy with the camera in it. Sitting on the living room couch playing with the new computer and the WiFi in home network.

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My new MacBook
last update: 05/22 @ 09:42

So, we’re sitting there, minding our own business and playing with Mommy’s new birthday present (a MacPro notebook -thank you David!) when we notice some familiar faces staring back at us. Who knew this thing had a camera built into it?!

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More from Mother’s Day..
last update: 05/20 @ 22:25
More photos of our Mother’s Day farm trip in Robert’s section (you have to scroll down a bit.)

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Makes you wonder…
last update: 05/16 @ 22:53
You build a new house — not yet finished, by the way after more than a year — but somehow you end up with some pretty old looking appliances to have the city haul off. I wonder how that happened…..

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Daddy-boat!
last update: 05/14 @ 21:26

One more weekend picture…. Robert and I returned from eating our way through Whole Foods at precisely the same time David arrived back from boating at Great Falls with Hank, thus Robert got a chance to climb over, around, and through David’s squirt boat. While he may not be ready for the river yet, I anticipate that it won’t be too long before we get him into a ducky.

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Happy Mother’s Day
last update: 05/14 @ 21:02

We had a just perfect mother’s day which started off with mommy sleeping in (thank you David.) After breakfast and playing with blocks off we went to Oxen Hill Farm (http://www.nps.gov/nace/oxhi/) for a look around.

What a terrific place that is. It’s a working farm run by the National Park Service and though it’s less than 15 minutes from us, we were the only ones there when we arrived. We attended the chicken feeding all by ourselves, were flogged by a rooster, and said hello to every kind of farm animal there is. Toward the end of our visit three other children and their various parents did show up but that just gave Robert an excuse to run back and visit the ducks, turkey and horsies one more time. After going home and getting a nice long nap for everyone during the rain we all went off for an early dinner. When the restaurant came out with a long stemmed rose, Robert grabbed it and happily yelled “STICK”. Yes, Robert, mommy has a stick with a flower. Very nice. I dare say a good time was had by all.

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Gimme that change!!!
last update: 05/13 @ 21:37
It was a lovely day in the park today. More photos (including tricycle photos) in Robert’s section.

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Hello Tri-Tots
last update: 05/10 @ 21:06

Though we worried about Robert settling in to ‘the big kid’s class’ he didn’t seem to have the same concerns. He walked in the first day, was presented with a hug and a bagel, and all was well.

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Snack Buddies
last update: 05/10 @ 21:05

Robert and Evan seem to enjoy their gymnastics play group but I’m thinking that snack time and hanging wit da boys is as much fun for them as anything else. “Hey bud, pass me a PWETZEL!” (Click on the picture to get a better look.)

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My old house?
last update: 05/10 @ 21:04

Found myself on woodland ave. of Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring the other day and thought I would drive by the old homestead. Alas, that tiny brick house on that huge plot of land has succumbed to the inevitable and my old house is now a new mondo suburban, as are all the neighboring houses around it. They left the azaleas though so that’s good.

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Goodbye Penn Quarter
last update: 05/01 @ 00:05

Today was Robert’s last day at Penn Quarter Partnership daycare. I was good and didn’t cry, though each of the kids (and teachers) got lots of hugs. I’m thrilled that Robert will be going to Tri-Tots daycare, a.k.a. ‘the most beautiful daycare center on gawd’s green earth’, and with Ms. Marcia to boot, but still - those kids have been with Robert since they were all just 5 months old and I’ll miss them. And so will he.

Clockwise from Robert we have Finn, Sean, Verity, Xavier and Noah. Jeremiah came later and Guilia, (also known as JuJu) is away for the week and is probably not coming back either. Ms. Cherie is there handing out biscuits. Ladies and gentlemen, Robert has left the building.

I’m sure the denizens of the fourth Starbucks there in as many blocks will appreciate their lattes unperturbed by thoughts of who previously occupied their coffee purveyor’s space, she said unbitterly.

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Su-un-day, In the park……
last update: 04/30 @ 23:59

Today I’m just posting a few shots of Robert’s day for his Grandmamama Sarah and his Grandpoppop Loren’s enjoyment. We had a quiet day at home with a few hours well spent at the playground around the corner, and a brief foray over to Whole Foods market for some treats and lunch.

Robert misses his daddy but is doing a great job of keeping his mommy company. He is a good boy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the North Carolina clan. More later. (PS. He built that block tower from scratch while Mommy was cleaning up from dinner. Not exactly fullfilling the ‘please put away your toys’ request but I thought it was cute anyway.) As usual, click on the picture to get a better view of it.

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Awareness of time -excuse for gratuitous David and Robert Picture
last update: 04/28 @ 22:11

Skip entry if you’re afraid of cuteness. It’s interesting to see Robert develop awareness of time.

We were walking by these yellow flowers again this evening as David made his way towards North Carolina and his Mom when Robert said, “Daddy? Daddy and Robert -yehyoh fwowers.” He was thinking about the few days before when I took this shot.

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Robert ‘the jackel’ Williams and friend plan their moves
last update: 04/18 @ 12:53

“You go ‘round the back and I’ll storm the Marine Corps band”, said the teddy bears. You can’t see it in this picture but we later de-coatified Ciaron so he could flash the White House with his “I already know more than the president” tee-shirt.!

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Hmm, made it past the guard…
last update: 04/17 @ 15:30

This looks like a nice house. Maybe in a few more years I’ll run it. (From behind the scenes of course, don’t want to be one of those nasty politicians.) As usual, you can click on the picture to get a larger view of it.

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Demise of Penn Quarter
last update: 04/15 @ 21:09

Also while I was away David attended an ‘all-parents’ meeting at Robert’s daycare and was informed that, horror of horrors, PQ had lost their lease and would be closing in two months. David was e-mailing the proceedings to me while I sat in the back of my Arizona meeting and when that news came across I rather loudly exclaimed, “WHAT!!!!!?” I excused myself and the others returned to discussing various measures of return on investment for earned media coverage.

The turmoil and stress that this has caused the families and staff of PQ cannot be overstated. Below I came across Robert’s class practicing their ‘walking in a line’ skills. They have a ways to go yet but they sure are cute. (Click on the picture to get a better look at it.)

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Breakfast al fresco
last update: 04/15 @ 14:32

Ahhh, breakfast on the new and improved front porch.

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But life goes on
last update: 04/15 @ 14:28

So despite all the travel turmoils, and the daycare crises and Mommy’s never-ending cold (caught no doubt from all that healthy airplane air and from all the little strangers in the daycare centers she is touring in hopes that they might have a place by 2007 for him,) despite all that there is still time for friends on the playground. And this is a very good thing.

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Stuck a feather in his hat and
last update: 04/15 @ 14:06

and called it macaronni. Upon my return the front porch renovation progressed rapidly and we all are able to play on it during nice evenings. Here Robert decides to put the proverbial feather in his still stylin hat to the amusement of all present.

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Business trips are…
last update: 04/15 @ 14:03

… less fun than I remember. I had hoped that since I had to travel to Arizona for work that I would at least get a restful night in and maybe order some nice room service. But DC weather had other ideas and after missing my connection for the last flight out from Dallas Ft.Worth I spent a few fitfull hours in an airport hotel there before heading out to catch the oh-dark-thirty flight to my meeting in the morning. After all that I was only 15 minutes late for the start of it. Still, I got a nice look at the sunrise over DFW terminal C walkway.

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Joshtoberfest!!!
last update: 04/02 @ 14:09
We went by Josh’s 30th birthday party and Robert had a good time playing with Maya (and borrowing some of her toys, like this red ball). Maya set a great example of sharing.

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Top O’ The Irish To You
last update: 03/22 @ 20:56

Mrs. Tonya made the kids hats for St. Patty’s day. The kids then took their hats off. Except for Robert. He liked his hat. A lot. And so did I. (And so did the metro station manager, and so did buddy Ciaron, and so did the waiter in the restaurant we went to……..)

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Midas Touch
last update: 03/12 @ 15:32
You’d think I could do a better job keeping my finger away from the lens…

Actually, we happened upon a group of bag pipers practicing in the Hirshhorn’s Sculpture Garden — today was Washington’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (We just wanted to ride the carousel again.) More photos in Robert’s section.

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SPRING!!!
last update: 03/11 @ 18:41
Spring seems to have sprung and Harry and Elle came down for a visit on the perfect weekend for playing in the park. More photos in Robert’s section of the site. (You’ll need to scroll past the winter-looking carousel photos.)

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Mystery Photo
last update: 03/08 @ 19:46
Can you guess where this photo was taken? Check out Robert’s Section of the site for the answer.

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Play Doh!!!
last update: 03/04 @ 12:05

Finally getting over an ear infection -a nice session of mashing play-doh is very theraputic. For Robert too.

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Afternoon Sledding
last update: 02/12 @ 19:41
We had so much fun this morning, we went back after Robert’s nap. For the afternoon, we headed to the back of the Masonic Memorial. Much fun was had by all.

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Snow!!!
last update: 02/12 @ 13:13
Robert got a chance to go SLEDDING today. A good time was had by all; photos in his section. (You’ll have to scroll past the rocking horse photos — maybe you’ll slow down for the metro photos on your way to the snow photos.)

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What is that blur?
last update: 02/04 @ 15:03
The last of Robert’s Christmas presents arrived and has now been assembled. There are a couple more photos of Robert’s first ride.

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Working on a series…
last update: 02/04 @ 14:30

..of Robert eating corn on the cob pictures. He does like his corn on the cob. We stopped at National Airport on the way home (actually met there, Sarah and Robert we two trains ahead of me) last week for dinner at Legal Seafoods. Where, once again, Robert devoured his corn on the cob — he even had a second piece for dessert.

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Trapped, Stranded, Marooned
last update: 01/28 @ 15:47

The new driveway and sidewalk are going in next door. It was a bit frustrating to have the sidewalk/driveway guy knock on the door and warn us we might want to move our car so it wouldn’t be trapped only to find out the car had been rifled and in a effort not to draw attention to himself, the rifler didn’t close the door all the way. So we had a dead battery. Which explains how our car was trapped by the construction next door.

Fortunately, we don’t need to drive that much. And when they didn’t pour the contcrete as quickly as expected, they laid some boards down so we could get the car out. And AAA was quick to come by and give us a jump.

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No more cranes…
last update: 01/21 @ 13:01
Robert’s Whole Foods is open!!!

Compare this photo to the construction photos.
We’ve been watching this go up for a while, and anticipating having a walkable grocery store again (we can walk now, but it’s not a short walk).

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Must remember….
last update: 01/16 @ 21:50
…that Robert really enjoys a snack at his step stool seat. I expect he will be outgrowing it soon. I just noticed this morning that he now casually rests his arm on the crib railing when he stands up the crib.

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The US Botanical Garden Train
last update: 01/08 @ 16:11
For a little post New Years fun we took a look at the new USBG and caught the last day of the Christmas train. Also fun, seeing the replica of the Washington mall and train tracks rendered entirely in plant detria. (Notice the acorn caps on the top of the fence and the wheat used for the plantation shutters.)

More photos in Robert’s section.

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