Family Picnic

Today was the annual family picnic at Seneca Creek State Park in Maryland. The traditional Kickball game was played, and I'm happy to say I was picked first by my team captain, Hannah. Offensively, I think I only had one run, but on the defensive side, I did complete a nice double-play. In the end, our team lost.........but there's always next season. We did institute a new rule this year -- hitting a moving car with the ball counts as a home run. That added some excitement to the game, and to the people driving into the parking lot nearby.

Here's a shot of Jake and his Grandpa:

And here's one of Sadie and her Mimi:

And here's one of Jake acting goofy with Grandpa and Mimi:

"Where's the house?"

Here's the excavator that was delivered earlier this week to tear down the house across the street from us:
Here's Jake learning about the difference between "small" and "big":
Here's what the excavator did to the house:

Here's what the cul-de-sac looked like at 7:15 am as we watched the house go down:

A new house will go up soon, which will be just as exciting for Jake. In the meantime, the owners - Jamie and Craig - are renting a house in Arlington. They have a three week old baby boy. Simultaneously moving into a temporary house, building a new house, and having their first baby: we wish them well.

Toys

Jake's always looking out for his little sis. Ali took this picture a few days ago after he decided to give Sadie something to play with while she sat in her Baby Lounge-O-Matic.

Quiet night

Haiku, anyone?

Except for thunder
The house is quiet tonight
Both kids are asleep

..............

Ali's parents left this afternoon and I think Jake was a little worn out from all the excitement of having them stay with us for a few days. He was pretty mellow tonight. He ate his broccoli (what a good boy), watched a little Cars, played with Sadie and then went to bed without any complaints.

Here's a picture of him playing helicopter over Sadie's head. No babies were harmed in taking this shot.

New Hat

Election Day

What, you haven't been keeping up on the race for Fairfax County Supervisor, Providence District? It's been all over Fairfax County Government cable channel 8, so I don't see how you could have missed it. We took the kids over to vote with us then we went out for ice cream. How American is that? Here's Jake at the ice cream shop after voting:


They told us we were voters number 91 and 92 at our polling place. There were 911 voters at our polling station for last November's election, so things were pretty quiet there today.

Frying Pan Park

We had a fun trip out to Kidwell Farm at Frying Pan Park this morning. It's a working farm showing what farm life was like in the early 20th century in rural Virginia.