Nickolas's 7th Birthday Party (Party 2, skating)

Nickolas's 7th Birthday Party (part 1, party room)

Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremonies

Russian coloring pages.

Our ski jump.

Lucy calls this one "Karla".

Team USA

Recess At The Rink

The Kettler Capitals Iceplex, where the kids have their skating lessons, sometimes has a "Recess At The Rink".  We finally went and this time, it was ON the Capitals practice ice right after they practiced (versus the other rink at the facility).  Nickolas has skated on this ice for Mini Mites, but it was mommy's first time on the fancy ice.  While there, they had hockey sticks and stuff animals to play with.

Olympics 2014

We're wild about the Olympics.  It was exciting to hear the Olympic team named for Ski Jumping.  The  team got named and we celebrated with a poster and sent it to a friend.  Later, in the mail, the kids got a few autographs from REAL Olympians!

Play Dates

Various winter pics.  We had a few "snow" days in January and utilized it to play with friends.

A Little Bit of American Olympic History

Nickolas has always had a thing for the hockey players that play defense.  On New Years Day, the final American Men's Olympic hockey team was announced that included one Washington Capital.  Apparently, it was the first time a Capital made the team (since there are few Americans on the team).  John Carlson did a little impromptu media event outside of the White House, so of course we had to go to wish him luck in the Olympics.  Nickolas ended up being a hit with the local media after he gave a clever response as to why he was a fan of Mr. Carlson, "He shoots from the blue line!"

Tribute video shown at the Capitals game the following day with a little clip of an excited Nickolas:

http://video.capitals.nhl.com/videocenter/?id=527289&catid=859