And suddenly, the end of summer is upon us!
After returning home from our trip to Ohio, we jumped right
into preparing for birthday celebrations and back-to-school preparations! But we also made sure to enjoy our last
few weeks of summer break together too!
Can you believe it?
We’re three years old! We
celebrated a few different ways this year. First, of course, we got to travel to see our families in
Ohio, who we miss so much, and really enjoyed sharing our birthday anticipation
there. J
At home, Mommy took us to a local “cupcakery”, to pick out,
decorate, and enjoy eating cupcakes of our choice. We’d been talking about what kind and color of cake we’d
like for our 3rd birthday for quite a while, so this was a fun way
to let everyone choose something they liked! We also got to pick out flavors to
take home for our actual birthday!
We got to invite our friends to play with us at the park for
our birthday. We shared breakfast
treats, made butterflies, and played with friends from our multiples and Vienna
playgroups. We had a great time
playing, and it was extra special for us to invite our friends to celebrate
with us!
We celebrated with a family dinner out to a new restaurant,
where we enjoyed quite a variety of appetizers (including a huge container of
popcorn!), and a surprise birthday ice cream to blow out and eat.
Then on the morning of our birthday, the kitchen was all
decorated for our big day, with the balloons and streamers we helped Mommy pick
out. We also were greeted by a
special balloon that sang “Happy Birthday” when you tap it. After breakfast, we got to go on our
very first boat ride! Our boat,
the Miss Mallory, took us from Alexandria to Georgetown, and then back
again. We got to eat lunch while
seeing the monuments, explored the boat, and saw lots of planes take off and
land at the airport. What a fun
experience! And that night, we
enjoyed decorating our own cupcakes for dessert and blowing out those candles
one more time.
Amongst all the preparations, we made the most of our last weeks
of summer break together. We
continued to enjoy play dates, puppet shows, trips to Frying Pan Park, story
times, concerts, and even a Mommy and Me class at Whole Foods. We visited lots of favorite and new playgrounds…
Wolf Trails, Meadowlane, Clemyjontri, Cabin John, Algonquian Park, Glyndon,
Great Falls, and Holy Comforter – where we met some of our new classmates in
Mrs. Shoemaker’s class at HCEP! We
tried out a cool swimming pool with kid-friendly water attractions, visited the
fish and frogs at Meadowlark Gardens, rode the neat train at Cabin John Park,
enjoyed a picnic at Gravelly Point, and saw the new elephant exhibit at the
National Zoo.
And finally, we spent the last week of the month getting to
know Miss Kristy, who will be playing with us when we’re not in preschool this
year. We also love playing with
her kids, Jordan, Emma, and baby Alex.
How fun it is for us to have an older “sibling” and a baby in our lives,
as well as another new friend who will be going to our new school! We had so much fun our first week
together, trying out dancing, swimming, Messy Art Day, and bowling. We’ll still miss Mommy when she’s at
work, but we are so excited about this great start for our new school year!
We can’t wait to share what happens next! Until then, here are our favorite photos
from this month. We hope you enjoy
them!
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
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