Visitors!

Grandma Jean and Pop Pop paid us a visit last week. We had a wonderful time. Daddy took the opportunity to go backpacking in below freezing weather while Mommy held down the fort with a lot of help. Highlights? A grownup visit to the Capital Steps (thanks Aunt Debbie!), ice skating, and dinner with Nana.

Pop Pop gets a little cuddle time with Robin, who is displaying her trademark I want to sleep pose.

Grandma Jean goes ice skating with Miri.
Reading time with and AWESOME new book--Waterfalls of Yosemite. Written by Grandma Jean with photos by Pop Pop.

Robin-Houdini

Robin has turning into quite a climber and contortionist lately. Often, we come upstairs after her nap to find her with one arm out of her shirt and her socks off. The best is when she manages to simultaneously get one arm out of her sleeve and both feet in the same leg hole. Does she secretly want to be a mermaid?

New Year's Classic

To get ready for the big Capitals-Penguins game in the New Year's Classic, Miri went out to practice in her new skates from Uncle Mike and Auntie Ann. It was her first time out on the ice, and she had a blast. No cameras allowed on the ice, alas, so no in-action shots.

Kid 2 is 1

Robin is officially one year old! She had a busy birthday:

Birthday buckeyes with Miri, Daddy, and Pardes (picture courtesy of Rachel).Playing at the National Building Museum.

Running. First ice cream.

Robin's new birthday toy. We anticipate hours of fun and a bruised forehead.

D.C. trouper

Every now and again, it's fun to just spend time with one of the girls. This morning, it was Daddy-Miriam time, and they went down to the Mall (capital "M") to visit the Natural History Museum. It was blustery and cold, but Miri was a trouper in her puffy yellow jacket and Nats hat. Daddy doesn't like to admit it, but she's a darn cute one too.

Descending the Stairway...

...to Daddy. Yes, Robin has learned to go down stairs backwards. Go Robin! Check it out.

Little Kids in the Big Apple

We had a jam packed couple of days in New York City. Daddy was at a conference, Mommy taught a class, and the girls partied in the city. Highlights...

On the train to visit Mimi and Popeye (Chris' aunt and uncle), bagel from Grand Central Station in hand. How NYC can you get?Popeye and the "green, shiny" New Orleans necklace.Robin with Mimi in the car. We had a great visit even though it was short! Robin ponders the dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum -- Miri's passed out in front of her. Too much excitement. At dinner with Aunt Laura.

A tired Robin at FAO Schwartz. She loved the books and stuffed animals, while Miri loved the Lego people and the remote control cars.

Pizza for breakfast in the hotel while reading her new book--a Hanukkah present from Grandma Jean and PopPop Hanging with Tyler and Ethan Suwankosai in Brooklyn. They are two precocious boys!