Zoo Lights

We went to Zoo Lights at the National Zoo with our good friends, Frank, Kirsten and Zinn.  We had a great time and wondered why we waited until we had kids to go.  It had lights and a few exhibits and other items for the kids and adult beverages for the parents.  Will definitely need to be an annual tradition.

10 Months

The most exciting news for this month is that Caroline can now feed herself (and she has decided that solid food is pretty fun when we can do it by ourself)!  She has also started to want to move.  Before she was quite content to just sit and play, but towards the end of the month, she started reaching and scooting a bit.  Other notables include her first Thanksgiving and two road trips to Pennsylvania and Delaware (so she now has been to more states than Spanky had visited at the time he graduated from high school).  Here are a few pictures from her 10 month photo shoot:

You may have noticed the addition of the stuffed duck as a prop. Without it, I got a lot of pictures resembling the one below where she's reaching for the camera - no more sitting still for her - we're in trouble...
 

Stache Bash 2012

THANK YOU to everyone who donated to Mustaches for Kids!  Spanky was awarded Most Fundraisingest Stache and raised over $11,000.  In total, the group raised over $30,000 for Children's National Medical Center.  The Stache Bash was on December 14th and Spanky dressed as Cliff Clavin from Cheers.

All the growers with the check to the hospital:

 



The winners including most fundraisingest, sweetest and creepiest stache:

 

Enjoying a celebratory drink from the trophy:

 



 

Top fundraisers - both raised over $11,000!

Weekend in Pennsylvania

We went to a resort in Bedford Springs, PA with our friends, RL, Jennifer and Emmy Condra the second weekend in December.   We had a great time at the indoor pool.  We also tried to visit with Santa - you'll see how successful that one was below.  Of course the weather was perfect for the guys' golf game in the morning then turned ugly when Jennifer and I wanted to head into town for some shopping.  Nevertheless, it was a nice weekend away and great to spend time with friends.

Tia Jo's Visit and Thanksgiving

We had another fun family visit in November when my sister came down from Connecticut for the weekend.  We really showed her all the sites of DC - Trusty's, La Lomita, the local Thai restaurant...  At least we did make it to the Kennedy Center for the San Francisco Ballet's performace on Romeo and Juliet.  We were terrible about taking pictures and only got one that was taken right before Caroline headed off to bed on her last night in town:

We decided not to fight everyone at the airports this year so stayed local for Thanksgiving.  Luckily our friends, Mike and Sandra, invited us to their house outside of Wilmington for the feast.  We went up for the day and it was great to spend the holiday with them and eat wonderfully delicious food.  Again, terrible with the pictures and have one from them of Caroline relaxing after her Thanksgiving meal: