Sunday, May 11, 2014

April 2014


What a fun April we had!
From swimming to seeing the baby panda BaoBao at the zoo, we had a fun-filled April!  Over Spring Break, we enjoyed time with Mommy, checking out the new T Rex at the Natural History Museum, just before they closed the exhibit.  When we see the new one re-open, it will be 2019! And we got to meet Daddy for a fun lunch at Firefly, where we decorated our own cookies!
Over Easter, we enjoyed visiting with Grandma and Grandpa Sturgeon, hunted for eggs, and even had a fun kids event for Easter at church!
Those are the highlights of our month!  We hope you enjoy the photos by pasting the link below into your browser!
ALSO – Make sure to check out our video updates below (featuring NEW videos for January - April 2014!!)
Love,
Katharine and Christopher

Thursday, April 17, 2014

March 2014

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March was a continuance of the Winter that would NEVER end!  Although, we must admit, we were sort of glad to celebrate each snow day as if it were our last; we were definitely getting ready to let go of the snow in favor of Spring buds
So, again, the snow gave us lots of opportunities to be together at home this month!  We shoveled and sledded.  We fed the birds.  We painted inside, AND OUT!!
It snowed on St. Patrick’s Day, which gave us lots of time to experiment with how many things we could make that were green (green eggs, green milk, green mac and cheese, kiwi, grapes, and avocado dip with broccoli, and rainbow-colored ice cubes for our water!)
We made birthday treats and cards for Alex and Emmie, whose birthdays were this month. And Ooooohhhhh, what a month for birthdays!  We celebrated birthdays for our friends from school, Sloane, Arya, and Vivienne at children’s gyms, with some fun “Frozen” and superhero themes.  And we made our very own special friends to take home with us with Emmie at Build-A-Bear for her birthday.  It was an exciting month, and now we wait for the last birthday in our class – OURS!!

And we enjoyed church on Saturdays, and swim classes on Saturdays, playing on the playground there when it was warm enough to.  We are getting really independent and more confident in the water; learning how to float, trying our faces in the water, jumping in to deeper water, practicing flutter kicks and scooping with our arms.  We even got to try a neat water train with our class by holding onto each other’s noodles and floating all the way into the deep end! 
That’s the story of our month!

Love,
Katharine and Christopher

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

February 2014


February was a month of indoor fun!

The snow gave us lots of opportunities to be together at home this month!
We had a puzzle day one morning, helping put together ALL of our puzzles. 

For Valentine’s Day we helped make chocolate covered strawberry hearts and pretzels, for our teachers and for Kristy’s family.

We had fun preparing and exchanging Valentines at school, and playing with our friends at church, and at swim class. 

We played outside in the snow together, helped shovel the driveway and sidewalk, fed the birds, and then enjoyed some well-earned hot chocolate and pumpkin pancake hearts inside!  J


One day was nice enough to head into DC to the Air and Space Museum to explore. We tried lots of experiments, listened to story time, and tried a new craft, and saw lots of really neat airplanes and space ships.

At the end of the month, we became enchanted with Mommy’s childhood teddy bear, who plays “Rockabye Baby”, and the story about how he lost one of his eyes.  We were so sad for him that he was missing an eye, that we helped mommy look for new bear eyes online.  We assisted in Teddy’s surgery, and decided it would be best to leave his existing eye in place, so as not to cause him additional distress.  We even made get well cards for him and made sure he was comfortable in his recovery.
That’s the story of our month!  We hope you enjoy the photos below!

Love
Christopher and Katharine

February 2014

Puzzle DayEagerly Opening Valentine MailFun Valentine MailboxChildrens SermonChildrens Sermon 2Picnic At Mommy's School
Thanks For The Valentines!Valentines SmilesOur Big SnowReady To WorkMaking A TunnelSo Proud
So Proud 210+ InchesKing And Queen Of The Mountain (At The End Of The Driveway)A Little RestMmm Hot ChocolateWell-Earned Treat
MMMmmmm!Strawberry DecoratorsSo ProudPretty Vday "Hearts"Pumpkin Pancake HeartsLOVE Snow Days

February 2014, a set on Flickr.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

January 2014


January has come and gone!  Here is an overview!

Christopher and Katharine are loving their big-kid bed setups, and are doing a great job.  They’re also enjoying their first big-kid swim class, where they get to swim without Mommy and Daddy. 
On a healthy weekend, we enjoyed going in to the Museum of Natural History to explore, and had a great time eating lunch out and riding the train.
Christopher’s constipation issues did find us indoors for several weekends, pursuing cleanout treatments. In the end, we finally received a fully successful result, and are now working with the GI specialist to get back on the road to consistently happy and healthy.  While it could take many months, he is back on the road to normal, and we are so grateful for this.  And both kids are happy that he’s back at school on a regular basis!
While health and weather caused several interruptions to our regular schedule and events, we enjoyed lots of extra family time together, either indoors or out.  We watched a lot of DVD’s on sick days, enjoyed playing together, working on Valentines surprises, and yes – playing in the snow!  And all this together time has resulted in lots of silly fun, and even stronger friendships between the best of buds.  So thankful for the way Mother Nature provides us time together! 
We hope you had a wonderful start to 2014, and can’t wait to share our February adventures.  Here are our photos from this month!
Love,
Christopher and Katharine

January 2014

Noodling AroundBig Boy Bed!Big Girl Bed!All Set With FriendsSleepy CompanionsSo Fun!
See My Light Up Doggie?Night Night RussellTaking The Train Into DCEnjoying The RideHUGE QuartzButterfly Gazing
So PrettyUp CloseDaddy And MeHi ThereOooo ChrysalisPeering
Wow, Another One!Daddy And Me 2Daddy And Me FunUp Close 2Look, I Got To Hold It!Exploring Bug Zone

January 2014, a set on Flickr.