Monday, January 19, 2015

October 2014



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Katie added her handprint to an art bus during Del Ray's Art on the Ave.

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Peter hung out with a new friend.

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Katie and I went to a Caps game with her friend Norah and her dad.  We had great seats behind the Caps bench and Katie and Norah got to high-five them as they went through the tunnel to the locker room.  They even got a puck!

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High-fiving a Caps player (Katie's in blue).

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Katie made a sign for the Caps

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Meanwhile, Peter and Theo went to a Fall Festival.

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Peter got to play with a huge slingshot.

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The Happy Crew

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Tractor boy

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"Look Ma, no hands!"

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Caught in a web

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Katie's new wings

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Katie with our neighbor Lily.  They wrote on the sidewalk to indicate where each "stop" was for the "walk bus" (basically a long conga line of kids walking to school).

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Sometimes you just need to get away.

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The kids decorated the storm door with Halloween stickers.

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Katie went to Grammy's house and practiced sewing.

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Grammy's house

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Katie works on an art project

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Giddy up!

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Whee!

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Crazy kids

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Having fun on a huge inflatable jumpy thing.

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Going on a hay ride

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Katie takes aim at something (Peter?)

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Fun horse swing

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Picking apples

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Spidey!

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Cleopatra!

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At Frozen On Ice

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The kids with all their loot

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Katie ran a 1 mile race as part of the Marine Corps Marathon.  Peter and I stayed home in our pajamas.

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Katie with her school's running team

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Katie running in the Pentagon parking lot

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Katie with her finishing medal

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Cleopatra and a grumpy dragon at the Del Ray Halloween parade

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Pirate Dragon and Dracula Cleopatra

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Playing checkers

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We had our fireplace re-lined.  It still had the original terra-cotta liner from 65 years ago.  After they broke up the old liner, they took a big stainless steel tube and shoved it down the chimney.  Now Santa will have an easier time!

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The kids with Olivia at my office's Halloween party

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The kids with Mad Scientist Jeremy (one of the owners).  Katie doesn't seem impressed (it's her 4th or 5th time going to this event).

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The kids surrounded by way too much loot and candy.

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Waiting to go trick-or-treating

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The kids at the Halloween party at Peter's school

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Peter on stage with the party's performer -- The Great Zucchini.   He always puts on a funny and entertaining show.