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From March 2009

Easter Egg Hunt

The Seminary held an Easter Egg hunt for the kids today. Grace was in gymnastics, but Holden got to hunt for eggs. There was a slight problem when a squirrel stole an egg off the grass and ate the surprise inside - he returned with his squirrel friends, all looking for eggs. The adults sent some volunteers to guard the eggs from the raiding squirrel army.

From March 2009

From March 2009

From March 2009

Spring

It's feeling a lot like Spring!

From March 2009

From March 2009

Pictures from 7th Birthday

From March 2009

Pin the button on the pajamas.

From March 2009

Escape!!

From March 2009

Art project.

From March 2009

Greetings from the birthday elephant.  (No, this IS NOT Grace's new stuffed elephant - it is the stuffed elephant that mysteriously appeared in the Commons room one day last fall, and now lives there.)

From March 2009

Holden keeping a close watch over the cake.

From March 2009

Dancing to Abba.

From March 2009

Holden opening his present.

From March 2009

Grace opening one of her many presents.

From March 2009

Adult friends of Grace!

Grace's 7th Birthday

Here are some selected moments from Grace's 7th birthday party - a Pajama party. The children had a very good time. (Except for Holden for the first 20 minutes or so - he thought we were taking him to daycare since the party was in the same room that Wee Care uses for the kids... he was one mad little boy until he realized it was a party.)

Acting Class Performance

Here's a video of Grace's acting class final performance. The children created the entire story out of their group imagination, and the instructor narrated their story while they acted it out.

Mad Scientist Grace

More Grace at Mall of America

Happy Grace

At the Mall of America.

Holden's Birthday

Some scenes and a quick video of Holden's 2nd Birthday celebration in Alexandria:

From January 2009

From January 2009

Inauguration

We went to Old Town Alexandria to watch the inauguration on a large outdoor screen.  Some woman behind us kept screaming "That's my cousin!"  (We decided not to join the two million people on the Mall.  We couldn't bring bags or strollers or much of anything on the Mall.)  These are photos from Old Town.

From January 2009

From January 2009

From January 2009

Aimee, Grace, Holden, Lisa and Isabel in the cold air, on the cold bricks, watching the big screen.

From January 2009

The gathering crowd.

From January 2009

Holden was unimpressed.

From January 2009

I think this guy in the brown coat was a secret service agent.

The Day Before Inauguration

We went down to the DC Mall today to see the pre-inauguration crowds.

From January 2009

The Lincoln Memorial - scene of last night's concert. The worker are taking down the stage - this is as close as we could get to the memorial.

From January 2009

Grace and Isabel dipping their feet in the frozen Reflecting Pool.

From January 2009

The World War II Memorial.

From January 2009

The WWII Memorial.

From January 2009

I'm not sure what they called this Memorial - but they were everywhere.

From January 2009

Grace & Isabel scaling the Washington Memorial.

From January 2009

Aimee being interviewed by a reporter for a Spanish language newspaper.

From January 2009

The BIll Frye Memorial edifice. (Where Bill used to work.)

From January 2009

Gareth Brooks wishing us a Happy Freedom.

From January 2009

The crowd is mobbing a television crew - we couldn't see who they were trying to see.

From January 2009

Grace attempting to figure out the Metro subway map.

Holden and Rudy

Holden and Rudy, this morning, looking out the front door in Alexandria.

From January 2009

Alexandria

We have safely arrived, having battled ice fog in Indiana and overnighting in a hotel in South Bend, in Alexandria.  The kids were good on the trip, though we kept them zombified with a steady diet of movies - mostly Annie and Cars.

Sledding in the New Year

We took our first sledding trip of Winter to celebrate the new year. (And Holden's first sledding trip ever!)

From sledding

and some video of the sledding:

A Holiday Message

(This message designed on Nelson's new toy: "Comic Life" software for the Mac. You should click on the image to make it larger.)

From Christmas

Twas the Night Before Christmas

And Grace wanted to make sure Santa and the reindeer were well-nourished on their nocturnal journeys.  (The carrots are for the reindeer.)

From Dec 2008

"We made these cookies.  Take these."

Santa Redux

From Dec 2008

Santa made a surprise visit to the Seminary Family Housing commons this evening - to Grace's delight.

HO HO HO!

From Dec 2008

An excited girl and an uncertain boy.

The Happy Girl

From Nov 2008

Here is Grace's school picture this year.

The Happy Little Boy

Here are the professional photographs of Holden we had taken at Wee Care...

From Nov 2008

From Nov 2008