Election Day

I thought I was going to miss the crowds by going to vote around 10:30 am, no such luck, it still took me 2 hours to get through the line. Luckily Annika was tired that morning and slept in the stroller almost the entire time and I caught up on some reading for book group. Annika woke up in time to help me push the buttons to vote and get a sticker that said "I Voted" She wore the sticker all day and it got us free hot chocolate at Giffords Icecream shop!

The line wrapped all the way around the fountain at the Village Center.

Halloween Activities

We celebrated Halloween for at least a week! Annika was Cinderella and a duck this year. They were both cute, we couldn't just pick one. I think she went trick-or-treating at least 4 times in that week.

These were taken before and after the Friendship Heights Village Center Halloween activity. Annika was very happy to get another pumpkin on her face!



We carved pumpkins at the beginning of the week with the Christensen family. Tiana is a professional carver (the scary face on the left), I just did what I could. The husbands sat watching tv, CJ claims to not like the smell of pumpkin and Kent said he needed to keep him company, we we were on our own.



This is trick-or-treating at the Mommy & Me activity at Congressional Plaza with Buzz Lightyear (Ches) and a pink poodle (Ellie)

Trick-or-Treating at Brightwood, the retirement home near our building. The elderly people thought she was darling, of course!

Halloween Day -
Trick-or treating on Embassy Row. Some of the playgroup moms brought our kids to trick-or-treat at the embassies. Ours were about the only kids. None of us knew that it was really a college thing to do. It was still fun, the kids were the center of attention at all the embassies and even just standing in line. All the students ooohed and aaaahed at how cute they were in their costumes.



Inside the S. Korean Embassy


Annika's favorite place to ride is with Ches on the back of the sit and stand stroller. Sometimes it causes conflicts, but most of the time they think it's great to sit together.

Halloween night
We went over to the Stirling's house, they have the greatest trick-or-treating street in the Palisades. We went over there last year too and they were nice enough to invite us back. Annika loves Jane & Calvin and was so excited to go trick-or-treating with them.



Annika & Jane

Indiana Jones Calvin, Flamingo Nancy, Hairspray Jane & Ducky Annika. The little skeleton is a friend of the Stirlings that I can't remember his name.


Annika showing off her latest trick - rolling her eyes ALL the way around!

This is not a normal every day outfit, this was my costume! All the college kids knew who I was!
I'm Juno, from the movie "Juno" It's the best we could come up with with my big belly! (Notice the Sunny Delight I'm carrying, Juno always carried it around in the movie)

Fall Craft & Robyn's Birthday!

We have been meeting with two other moms, Callie & Trina, and their daughters Hannah & Summer who are Annika's age every Tuesday to do a little preschool for the girls. Annika has a great time, we usually sing songs, they play and do a little craft. This book about the seasons was our craft at Callie's house. The girls had fun finding the colorful leaves outside then gluing them on.


Annika was being photogenic that day in her new outfit!

It was Robyn's 30th Birthday, so we had to celebrate. Her husband, Eric, planned to have us all meet at our favorite custard place, The Dairy Godmother, in Alexandria. We almost ruined the surprise by showing up at the Mexican restaurant nearby for dinner, the same place Eric decided to take Robyn to before heading over for icecream. But I think she was still surprised. What she didn't know is that Eric arranged for us to bring cupcakes from the very popular Georgetown Cupcake!

Kent, Annika, EB, Cassidy, Nancy, Robyn, Eric, Matt & Jonathon (Anabell was taking the picture)

Pumpkinville

Here are the pictures from our trip to Pumpkinville in October. Annika & I went with Tiana, Ches, Ellie and Tiana's parents, who were visiting from California. They had all the apples and apple cider you wanted, plus lots of bouncy castles and slides for the kids. We went on a hayride and the kids had their faces painted. Annika sat so still while the lady painted a pumpkin on her face, she was so excited about it, but we had to wash it off that night I guess she was too tired to notice, so when she woke up the next morning she was very upset that her pumpkin was not there when she looked in the mirror! Annika's favorite part of Pumpkinville was all the animals that she could pet. She was not afraid of them at all and would follow them around until they stopped and let her pet them.

From 2008-10-13 Pumpkinville

From 2008-10-13 Pumpkinville

Even in Oct. it was too uncomfortable for me to take Annika down the slide, so Tiana (Annika's other mom, as she likes to call her) took her down the slide for me!


Ellie, Ches & Annika

Air Force Memorial

This is a picture of the Air Force Memorial. I took it for Lisa since Josh is in the Air Force and we didn't get a good picture of it when she was out visiting.

20 Weeks!

Here I am, 20 weeks pregnant! And the big announcement is we are having TWIN GIRLS! Below are the images from my 20 week ultrasound. Baby B is on top, she is shown in profile sucking her thumb. Below is Baby A a front skeletor looking picture. You can actually see Baby B's leg sitting on Baby A's head! We are very excited (Kent is still hoping the sonographers are wrong and one of them is a boy) Annika likes to pat my tummy and tell us that she will give her binky to her baby sisters.

Happy 30th Birthday Kent!

Kent turned 30 years old Oct. 1st! Annika and I took cupcakes to his office on his birthday, then Tiana babysat for us that night and we went out to Kent's favorite restaurant, Rock Creek. That weekend we had a few friends over for dinner and cake & ice cream to celebrate.


Annika really has no choice, but to become and engineer!


Kent's so old he had to enlist Annika & Ches to help him blow out his candles!

It's Oct. so we had to get Fluffy bear's Halloween costume out for her to wear.