From the category archives:
We had a wonderful Christmas, full of surprises and wishes granted. Santa was very good as was everyone else. We had great meals and better company.
A quick set of photos are here.
The kids are pictured below in their new “safari” gear (thanks Aunt MJ) that they will use in Africa in March.
The big-deal Halloween parade at Germantown Academy was today. Everyone looked wonderful. The whole school, from pre-K to seniors comes out to the quad and parades around.
The PK teachers were famous GA athletes from the past, the 3rd grade teachers were Phillies “fans,” and the 5th grade teachers were bats in the belfry.
More photos are here.
… The Ghost Boy from Disney’s Haunted Mansion and Princess Amidala, Queen of Naboo.
Get those treats ready!
(You’ll have to wait until the Germantown Halloween parade on Friday to see Jack dressed up as Miley Cyrus.)
YEAH!!! We had such a wonderful time at the wedding. The whole day was just perfect.
I’m very sorry I’m not a better wedding/people photographer, but even so, with my less-than-stellar photos, I think you can see how much fun everyone had and how beautiful the wedding was.
Congratulations Ryan & Kristen!! We love you.
Some photos are here.
In case you haven’t figured out yet, you haven’t gotten a Christmas card yet. I think, this year, I might send MLK day cards.
However, we wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and all the best in 2009. Below is link to our December 2008 recap.
On Saturday, we went down to Odessa, Del., for the Christmas display. Kevin’s business partners, Don & Betts, had their home on the holiday tour.
The historic homes are all decorated for the holidays and it was a wonderful trip, although we didn’t get to visit with Don & Betts as much as we’d like (as we were leaving, Jack started complaining that he wanted to stay longer because the food — thanks Betts! — “was awesome!” and Don’s stories “were so funny.”)
A few more pictures are here.
(LEFT: Fiona demonstrating how to eat a cupcake. Apparently, you’re supposed to lick the frosting off first.)
Don’t they look cute all dressed up? We were on the way to the Nutcracker ballet and they allowed me to take some photos. Owen requested the bow tie for his holiday outfit this year. I had to crop Jack out because he was all scowly because he didn’t want to get dressed up and wanted to stay home and watch football.
I just realized….Owen and Fiona are touching. Does that make this a bizarr-o photo?
The kids brought home more candy this year than they ever have, so I guess trick or treating was a success.
We dropped Jack and Owen off at Jack’s friend Charlie’s house about 6:00 and Charlie’s dad took them around and then brought them home. In the slideshow, Charlie is the grim reaper.
We were worried that Fiona would be upset about not being included, but she was quite happy to be an only child for the evening. Her only request was that she wanted to get out of the car to show Charlie her costume.
We went to ‘Seppe’s for dinner to kill some time (FIona insisted that we couldn’t start trick or treating until it was dark out.) Then we took Fiona around a small neighborhood near us.
She very much enjoyed being in charge of ringing the doorbells and collected a large bag full of candy.
A few more photos are here.
The annual Halloween parades were this morning. Jack and Owen’s was a big production around the quad at Germantown.
Many parents were there and most of the upper school came about to watch and some of the older kids were dressed up as well.
Owen went as a Myrmidon (a soldier who fought for Achilles) and Jack went as a rapper. Later today, Owen’s class is going on a hayride and to a corn maze as their Halloween party and Jack’s class is having the traditional sugar-filled class party.
I made it back to CEC in time for Fiona’s party and she look quite “swee” as the candy corn fairy.
Photos from both parties are here.
After many requests, here are the long-awaited Easter photos: Easter 2008 Photos here
You’ll notice that Jack has a surly look in some of the photos of the kids in the their Easter outfits. He didn’t like his sweater, and in fact, spent most of the time at church writing and illustrating an elaborate page with the words “I hate this sweater.”
Owen was only surly when Fiona was nearby or touching him. (Owen, continuing his tradition of having a black eye on all major holidays, managed to face plant on one of Molly’s bones the day before Easter to give himself a world-class shiner.)
Fiona was pretty happy throughout, although she didn’t get in a little bit of trouble for false starting in the Easter Egg Hunt at church. She made up for it on the re-start, hurdling a couple of gravestones to get to the eggs.
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