Cooking Classes for Emmy

 Gramma gave Emmy some cooking classes for Christmas and she had so much fun!!

Landing at the Capitol

 This morning I got up really early and drove to the Capitol to see Brendan do a training exercise and land a Blackhawk on the Capitol grounds! It was really cool!!

Merry Christmas 2018

 

Mt. Vernon at Christmas

We took a quick trip. to Mt. Vernon today to see the camel and all of the Christmas activities and decorations. It was a chilly day - but at least it wasn't raining!!  We had a great time being outside and having some pre-Christmas fun!  The camel was super cute and we got to see a presentation about spices and chocolate. Pretty cool!!  We took a house tour and it was great - I hadn't had a tour in a while and all of the restoration is looking awesome. 

As usual, the trees were fantastic. They were beautiful and all were decorated differently. We got a family membership from my parents for Christmas so we will have a lot of fun trips in our future!

Snowman Art!

Declan did an amazing job on this drawing! Love it! 

Baking Christmas Cookies

 

Indoor Lacrosse at the St James

 

Date Night!

 Brendan and I got to go out to dinner at the Diplomat tonight! We love going at Christmastime!

Aidan's Painting

Aidan's painting from school was selected for the county art show! So proud of his hard work!! 

Getting the cast off!

 Aidan could not stand the thought of keeping the cast on through Thanksgiving if he didn't have to and I had to work on Sunday so he and I stayed in Virginia a couple of extra days. Brendan, Emmy, Aoife and Declan drove up to MA on Sunday morning and then Aidan and I flew up on Tuesday morning after he got his cast off on Monday. He feels so much better but it's amazing how the joint gets so stiff after just three weeks of immobilization!

Jamestown Fieldtrip

 Today I went with Aoife's class as a chaperone on their field trip to Jamestown. It's a JES tradition that the 4th graders get to go on this really fun day-long field trip. Usually the weather is great (and it was when I went with Emmy's class) but today it SNOWED in the morning. Arlington did not delay school - which was good for us but bad for anyone trying to get to school. It snowed about an hour of the bus trip and then we broke into the rain which was much better to drive in! We spent the day in the rain and cold at Jamestown but we still had a lot of fun and learned lots!  I hope that we can get back down there in the summer - it really is a fun place to visit!!

Aidan's Cast

 Aidan got the permanent cast on today. It's fiberglass and really really hard and a bit lighter than his first cast. Thankfully he will only have to have it on for two weeks!!  So fantastic because it is such a pain  - especially since he can't bend his elbow or his wrist at all!!

2025W at Lax Clash

 It was a crazy weekend and I ended up taking Emmy up to her tournament in MD and Aoife went to her games with a friend on her team while Brendan did some coaches' training and the boys hung out with my parents. It was a great day for lacrosse and Emmy's team looked good - especially after having missed some practices and games because of the rain!