01.16.13 (Wednesday night) - F and I have been home sick all week, so T's spent the afternoon at various playdates. I think they wore him out.





01.13.13 (Sunday afternoon) - Dan and the kids decided to make me a huge feast for my birthday (mushroom risotto and lamb), then I came down with the flu and couldn't eat any food. So they took these pictures, P put on her "sad face" to demonstrate how upset she was that I couldn't partake.





01.12.13 (Saturday late afternoon) - Helicoptering with daddy.







01.12.13 (Saturday afternoon) - Farm to Table Day at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Wonderful crafts and recipes - all for free = awesomeness.

01.11.13 (Friday afternoon) - Gulf Branch Nature Center with friends.



01.07.13 (Monday afternoon) - Books on the couch.



01.06.13 (Sunday) - Lichtenstein at the National Gallery with F.







01.05.13 (Saturday) - Walk around the block.

01.04.13 (Friday afternoon) - Longbranch Nature Center.











01.03.13 (Thursday) - Recent schoolwork and notes around the house (F's note on top; P's schoolwork and Xmas card on the bottom).



01.03.13 (Thursday morning) - Back to school, always a little bittersweet.





01.02.13 (Wednesday night) - Early nights and books on the couch (T's obsessed with Mickey and the Three Musketeers, which only F will read to him (the rest of us are too sick of it)).





12.31.12 (Monday) - New Years at noon at the MD Science Museum.





12.28.12 (Friday) - National Zoo.



12.27.12 (Thursday) - Building Museum.

12.25.12 (Friday) - A musketeer's Christmas morning = an exhausting ride home.





12.24.12 (Monday) - Richmond. Crafting with Grandma and playing with Coco.



12.23.12 (Sunday afternoon) - At the theater - Madeline's Christmas with our cousins.







12.23.12 (Sunday morning) - Lounging.





12.22.12 (Saturday night) - Feasting.



12.22.12 (Saturday afternoon) - The Nutcracker in Richmond. There's nothing like watching a bear ballet dance. Seriously. Nothing. I loved it all.



12.21.12 (Friday night) - Solsticing with the neighbors. The amazing Scout kept the kids entertained well into the night.

12.20.12 (Thursday afternoon) - T and his two school friends at the New Children's Museum. We're loving this place lately (especially since T's branched out from the fire truck).







12.20.12 (Thursday morning) - New rules since the Connecticut School shooting make it much harder to drop the kids off at school. I'm trying to adjust.



12.19.12 (Wednesday afternoon) - The zoo with three preschoolers and I had an amazing time - beavers and a brand new carousel = awesomeness.





12.19.12 (Wednesday morning) - Walk to school, with firearms (of course).



12.17.12 (Monday) - The National Children's Museum FINALLY opened at National Harbor. T spent all day (literally) in the fire truck.