Easter Egg Hunt

I am going to expose Joshua and Samantha to a lot of things for them to learn about different cultures. However, being Jewish, I am not going to stand in line at the mall so that Joshua and Samantha can sit on Santa or the Easter Bunny's lap.

In my community, they have a lot of different events throughout the year. One Sunday close to Easter time, they had a comedy show geared towards 2 - 6 year olds and then an Easter Egg Hunt afterwards. Me and my Jewish friend went to the show with our two year olds and then went outside for the Easter Egg Hunt. (We weren't going to participate, but then we thought, "why not?) All the other kids had beautiful Easter baskets in all different shapes and sizes. (There was even one for a little boy that was shaped as a football. Wow. People do get creative). What did Joshua and his little friend Camille have? Nothing! The two Jews came to the Easer Egg Hunt with nothing. Some people who didn't have the lavish baskets brought bags. Nope, didn't even have a shopping bag for Josh.

The Easter Egg hunt starts and Josh walks over to an egg and picks it up. 1 egg. All the other kids are picking up tons of eggs and putting them in their basket, and Joshua grabs one egg, stares at it, and opens it. Yay, a hershey kiss for Mommy! The funny thing about it is when I get the Monthly King Farm Chronicle (our monthly neighborhood newspaper) a few weeks later. There on page 12 along with the article about the event is a picture of Joshua holding his one egg.

Our Little Drummer Boy

Samantha 4 Months

Our little princess is 4 months old. She is such a happy baby and smiles all the time. All you have to do is smile at Samantha and say "hello", and she will smile back. Strangers in the mall love it as Samantha gives anyone and everyone that big gummy smile. Samantha is also a ham in front of the camera. She loves to smile for the camera too. She is still very chatty and loves to have a conversation with you. Samantha loves to hang out on her play mat and is now grbbing at the objects. If you put her on her stomach, she is not protesting all the time for tummy time like she used to, and she will sometimes roll over from her stomach to her back.

Haircut #2

I was hoping that after Josh's freakout with his first haircut that he would relax for haircut #2. No such luck. Keith wants to take Joshua to his barber for a father/son bonding time. (Right now, we take Joshua to a kiddie haircut place that plays cartoons while you get your haircut). Due to Josh's haircut freakout, I think Keith is going to have to wait a bit longer.

Snowpocalypse 2010

I lived in Boston for 9 years, and there were many cold and snowy winters. I do remember one year that it snowed a lot and the weatherman measured the season's inches of snow against the height of a Boston Celics player. Sure, we got blizzards in Boston. Sure, we got 2 feet of snow while I was there. Yet, nothing compares to Snowpocalypse 2010 in the Washington, DC area.

On Saturday February 6th, we got about 26 inches of snow. On Tuesday February 9th, we got about another 15 inches of snow. It is the most snow that the DC area has gotten in over 100 years. That is over 40 inches of snow. Since the weather stayed cold in between the 2 storms, none of it melted. The weather was so bad, that the federal government was closed for 4 days straight from February 8th - February 11th. Due to the storm and the metro not being able to get rid of the snow fast enough, our metro station was closed and Keith had to work from home when they finally opened work back up on Friday February 12th. The first storm actually started Friday morning February 5th, and he worked from home that day too. Today, Monday February 15th is President's Day. So, Keith pretty much got a week and a half off from work. I am sure that won't happen again without taking vacation days. What an experience!

Valentine's Day

My two favorite little Valentines.

First Night in the Crib

Samantha is 3 1/2 months, and it is time for her to move to the crib. For the past couple of nights, she has done better with sleeping, so I think we are starting to get somewhere. The bassinet is getting smaller for Samantha, and it will be nice to have my freedom back in the bedroom. Moving Samantha to the crib is bittersweet. As I mentioned, it will be nice to have a little freedom back. However, I am going to miss my newborn.