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26 Mar 2012
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Pizza Party!

I debated about what to do this year for Miss H’s birthday but finally decided on a ‘Make Your Own Pizza Party’ at Uno’s in Kingstowne. I knew Kerry might be still recovering from surgery so I did not want any kind of activity where we had to chase Miss H around. So, knowing how much she likes to help me cook, I thought she would have a great time making her own pizza. Well, it was a hit and everyone had so much fun!

We ended up having 13 kids and 23 adults for an afternoon pizza party! The staff was great and the mayhem was kept to a minimum. The kids loved being able to add the toppings to their pizza and enjoyed decorating the chef hats.

Aunt Leigh made the gift bags and Treats by Erica provided delicious strawberry and vanilla cupcakes plus chocolate covered marshmallows to take home.I think our adult friends enjoyed the pizza and sweets as much as Miss H’s friends :-)

Miss H enjoyed the party so much that the first thing she asked on Sunday morning was, ‘Can we have another party today?’

I will post more pictures later today!

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04 Nov 2011

A night out with the girls

Last night, I spent the evening at the America Eats Tavern with 40+ alumni from my high school. It was nice to see some familiar faces (like Jessica and Kristyn who I see quite regularly) and meet some of the other alumni. The three of us did get split up among the tables so it forced us to be social with other people :-)

The restaurant is located near Gallery Place and is where Cafe Atlantico use to be.  One of the owners is a fellow alumnus and was nice enough to have us all for dinner. The restaurant opened July 4th 2011 and plans to stay opened until this coming summer. America Eats focuses on American classics  and some long forgotten dishes, from burgoo to oysters Rockefeller. Some of the recipes even come from the National Archives! We enjoyed the hush puppies, buffalo wings, shrimp and pork jambalya, vermicelli and a delicious key lime pie.

If you want to try out a cool restaurant, go here!

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11 Jul 2011

Where is the summer going so fast?

Kerry and I were discussing this weekend that summer was almost half over! We had another busy weekend with time at the pool, swimming lessons and a cookout with friends.

Saturday, we headed over to National Harbor to enjoy the nice weather and lunch. Miss H loves watching boats and planes and this is the perfect place to see both. She loves to wave at the people on the boats (and boaters always seem to respond). She is not quite sure why the ‘plane won’t stop,’ when she asks nicely.

She had fun running down the pier and then playing under the ‘big tent.’

But the most fun, might have been the cow bench outside of Ben and Jerry’s. No interest in ice cream (what?) but the bench was a huge hit. And, she could still see and point at the airplanes.

After lunch, it was back home so we could visit the pool. I am not sure what we would do if we did not have a neighborhood pool!

Her new favorite words this week are catepillar, motorcycle, bicycle and butterfly. We are both amazed at her growing vocabulary!

We spent time at swimming lessons (they went well this time) and enjoyed a nice cookout with friends. I have pictures of the swimming lessons (being posted later) but none of the cookout. The cookout was great because Miss H falls right between a friend’s two daughters in age so they all played so well together. Us parents joked that it was the most relaxing dinner we had experienced lately because the girls just enjoyed each other and we were able to sit, enjoy dinner and enjoy conversation. It was a nice end to a nice weekend.

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22 May 2011
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Cooking, Bubbles, Ties, Carseats and Other Adventures

We have had a busy week of cooking, playing with bubbles and enjoying the nice weather.

Miss H likes to make a nice soup of goldfish crackers, rocks and leaves. Yummy. Luckily, her stove has a timer so she can ‘stir ‘and ‘cook’ it to perfection.

‘Bubbles’ are sometimes the first words out of her mouth in the morning. Mom gave her a bubble gun for Easter and we are spending a lot of time shooting bubbles around the neighborhood, and in the bath tub.

It is hard to take pictures and shoot bubbles at the same time.

I offered up Miss H’s infant carseat on Facebook last week and our friend Dr. Blondie was the first to take us up on the offer. We pulled it out of storage on Friday night and Miss H decided that she liked this one much better than her current one.

Of course, now that we look at the infant carseat- it looks so small. Once I looked back at the pictures, Miss H was teeny and that carseat was so big!

Saturday evening (well, not really evening- it was 5pm), we headed to our neighborhood Italian restaurant and enjoyed a great dinner. Miss H got spoiled by our waitress (who knew to keep the food coming to keep her entertained) and she very much enjoyed her ravioli and dessert of strawberry ice cream. Kerry and I enjoyed our dinner too. Plus, we did not have to chase someone around since there was always something to entertain her.

Sunday, we washed the cars. And, the wagon. And, the street, trees, sidewalk, neighbors cars and anything else within hose range.

Clothes really become bothersome sometimes.

Mom came to visit so we headed to the Farmer’s Market and loaded up on strawberries and apples. After all this morning excitement someone was soooooooooo tired. She barely made it through lunch and was down for a long afternoon nap.

Mom and I enjoyed the Gaugin show at the National Gallery of Art and then did some shopping. Somehow, Miss H always gets things on these shopping trips. She has some really cute new summer clothes!

Now, we are all exhausted from the weekend. Hope everyone enjoyed the nice weather!

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15 May 2011
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We had no plans

Since the last few weeks have been jam packed with plans, we decided this weekend would involve no plans. We made several trips this week to the park because the weather has been so nice. This weekend we did enjoy the bubble machine on the deck, walleye for dinner, a little shopping, a trip to the farmer’s marlet and generally getting things done that we had not done for the last few weekends. 

Walleye you ask? Well, there is this place in Minnesota that you can order it and they deliver overnight packed in dry ice right to your door. I discovered it last year when no place in this area carried Kerry’s favorite lake fish so now it has become a birthday tradition. I usually only like ocean fish but this lake fish is light, tasty and not a bit fishy. Yum. And, we have 2.5 more pounds to enjoy at some point this month. Miss H did not like the fish but at least she tried it.

Her favorite food is pizza.

Second favorite is strawberries.

She managed to eat 8 strawberries before we even left the farmer’s market. They were delicious and it is nice to get locally grown produce.

Like the outfit?

The elephant jacket combined with the fish and cat in the submarine pajamas looks even better in person. Oh well, she is expressing her creativity.

We learned a new term at her gymnastics class this weekend-dress-ling. It is what happens when you are trying to get your toddler dressed and it becomes more like a wrestling match. It was nice to know that we are not the only ones who experience this phenomenon and we were not the only ones with a creatively dressed child.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

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