We had a great August!
With the school year around the corner, we made the most of
every moment together this month. We continued to enjoy our soccer and ballet
classes, and had fun working on projects at home too!
We saw ballet and concerts, visited the farm at Frying Pan Park,
and learned about puppets at Wolf Trap Theater in the Woods.
We practiced riding our bikes, and even got to watch the new
Metro rail in action, running right under us on the footbridge!
We got to see and explore in all kinds of service vehicles
at the Reston Public Works Day, and enjoyed an up-close tour at the Vienna Fire
Station!
We played with friends at a Sprinklers and Snow Cones event
in the Vienna Town Green, and enjoyed a late summer trip to ride the Carousel
and explore the playground at Clemyjontri Park.
And WE TURNED FOUR!
The week of our fourth birthday featured many fun celebrations,
beginning on our actual birthday.
After opening some presents, we met Daddy for lunch in DC at Founding
Farmers, where we enjoyed our 2nd annual tradition of blowing
candles out on our big bowl of ice cream, with warm homemade cookies. After lunch, we had a great time
running our fingers through the fountain that runs down the side of the IMF
building next door. Once we were soaking wet, it was time to go home for
nap. After nap, our singing
balloon and another birthday package arrived in the mail, much to our delight! It was all birthday, all day!
Later that week, we were SO brave in getting our four-year
old-shots, and made a well-earned stop at Starbucks with Mommy for treats of
our choice. We even got to take some favorite stuffed friends with us!
And then we had a wonderfully fun Dinosaur Dig themed
birthday party at Riverbend Park Nature center. Friends from school and playgroup joined us for a dinosaur
talk, a nature discovery walk, a mini-dino dig, and then a turtle feeding and petting
demonstration. We loved sharing
treats and camouflage dinosaur cupcakes and balloons with our friends!
When Mom started back to work, we enjoyed some adventures
with Kristy, Emmie, Alex, and Jordan, playing at playgrounds, a water park, and
PB & Jack.
We rounded out the month, and the summer, with a very
exciting trip over Labor Day Weekend – our first official camping trip in
Shenandoah! We spent two nights in
our tent at Big Meadows campground.
We cooked and made S’mores over a really legitimate campfire two nights
in a row. We even got to roast our
own hot dogs and marshmallows! We
visited the visitor’s center for bear and tool-related presentations, and even
decorated our very own keepsake for the 50th Anniversary of the
Wilderness Act! We hiked to Dark
Hollow Falls and saw a really pretty waterfall. Hiking back out, Daddy even saw a bear running through the
woods! But we didn’t get a picture
of him. We also got to see a beautiful view of the valley below hiking just
behind Big Meadows Lodge. Our trip ended a little short because
Katharine had a really rough wheezing cough on our last morning, and we thought
it best to head home. But we made
the most of being at home on Labor Day by exploring the National Harbor (which
will be featured in the September blog and album!).
We are so excited for the school year, and can’t wait to
share all of our new four-year-old adventures with you!
We hope you enjoy our favorite photos from our August!
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
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