The Great DC Blizzard of '09

SNOW! About 18 inches of it! It was amazing. Mommy spent a good 4 hours outside playing and Nickolas joined in for a while. We tried to make a little sledding hill in the front yard, but have yet to figure out something good that will slide down it. Regardless, the snow was beautiful and tons of fun. Dan saw a whole side of Aimee he'd never seen before - since we get snow like this once every 10 years. Turned out to be the 6th largest storm of all time and the biggest for December. The airports have been closed and it took a whole day before our street was plowed. Thanks goodness we at least have a driveway unlike other neighbors.


Gearing up.

Lucy staying warm inside.

Thanks daddy for putting on my mittens.


Dan's car.


Back yard deck. The snow comes all the way up to the seat of the chairs.


An attempt at sledding.


Sideways snow angel.


This snow is huge when you're only 3 feet tall!


Aimee's car.

Digging out our front door.

Silly pics

Lucy's reaching all sorts of new places in the house. Here, we found her wandering the hallway. We're now having to keep most doors closed.




It was a sunny day yesterday, so before we headed out to get Nickolas his h1n1 vaccine, he decided to put on his shades.

They've been in their comfy pjs lately to stay warm and since mommy was busy wrapping up her semester. Everyone is happy it is now over!

...in a one horse open sleigh

Nickolas and Lucy enjoyed bouncing around on mommy and daddy's sleigh bed together last night. Luckily, no one fell out.

Christmas Decorations

A Lucy-proof tabletop Christmas tree with snow flakes and two different kinds of white lights.


Mother Mary, a Nativity, and an angel playing the cello.

Taken with flash so ornaments appear. Kept it simple with just snowflakes.

All lit up. It really shines through window when looking from the outside.

First Snow (and likely last) and Other Fun

We got about and inch or so of slushy snow over the weekend, which looked quite pretty coming down. Other areas west of the city got several inches more, so when we took a drive, Nickolas pointed out several snowmen.

I belive it was this snowball that ended up down and inside mommy's shirt. Burr. It managed to splat into the camera and all over mommy's glasses. That was one dense slush ball.

Lucy is really enjoying food that she can pick up and feed herself. This delacacy was beefy cheesy macaroni.

Lucy is really crawling around the house now and standing up to everything -- including her brother.

Living the High Life

We visited Uncle Brian in Georgetown today at the fancy five-star Four Seasons hotel. We played in his room for a while before he went to work for the Milwaukee Bucks game telecast. Nickolas was all set to meet some of the tall players, however, they opted to meet the President instead. Regardless, we enjoyed the holiday decorations (turns out the hotel put up their trees the same night we did) and had fun in the very purple and stylish room.




How do my eyes look against the purple?




Watching firetruck videos.


Concierge, what can you do about getting more channels with firetrucks on them?

Kentucky Part 1 - Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a lovely and relaxing time in Kentucky for Thanksgiving with Nana and Big Daddy, as Nickolas calls his grandparents. Thanksgiving dinner was a success with pie and all of the fixings. We all enjoyed the fresh air and wide open spaces. Lucy was quite fond of her grandfather and often couldn't keep her eyes off of him.


The feast begins.


Corn, white and sweet potatoes, turkey, excellent gravy, meat stuffing, cornbread stuffing, brussel sprouts, and cranberry sauce.


PIE!


Hi big daddy


Who is this handsome man?


Big Daddy with Lucy, Grant, and Nickolas


Thank God I'm a country boy (wearing big daddy's hat).


Four wheeling.

With Frankie.

Get the flies!

Kentucky Part 2 - Cooking Lesson

Big Daddy Manoo gave the boys a cooking lesson on how to make a Persian dish with grilled ground beef, spices, onion, and tomatoes. We even got waited on once the cooking was complete. We are looking forward to Dan re-creating the delicious dish.

Kentucky Part 3 - Uncle David and Silliness

Nickolas and Lucy were entertained by their Uncle David quite a few times. Nickolas enjoyed climbing on him, swatting flies, and just overall silliness.