Thanksgiving
Even with Chloe’s emergency trip to get stitches, we had a mostly relaxing Thanksgiving. The four of us, plus my mom, dad and sister (and a cat and dog) spent the long weekend at the cabin. We went outside when the weather was nice and did things inside when the weather wasn’t as nice. For
Circus Career On Hold
Wii Fit came into our live a couple of weeks ago, and the kids can’t get enough of it. Camille loves the step aerobics and hula hooping games. Chloe loves ski jumping. But both of them love the tightrope walking. Yesterday, Chloe decided to take this virtual skill and test it out in reality. She
Creative Works
Chloe has been wandering around today wanting to do projects. She wants to make puppets, clothes for the cat, cities with blocks, stories in her imagination. I have lots of dreams of being creative, but I’m really an organizer. I’m not saying that people can’t be both, but for me, I tend to organize and
Chloe’s Big Adventure
On Monday, Camille and I dropped Chloe and Barbara off at the airport. Chloe fit all her clothes, her pencils and DS in her new backpack on wheels. She is quite the seasoned traveler, and it shows. She and Barbara headed off through security and passed time in the Admirals Club (must be nice). She
Life in the Village
I stopped in to talk to the postal person today when I went to get the mail. We ordered something form Amazon, and the site insisted on a street address. Yesterday, I found out that the item had shipped via US Mail! Since we don’t get mail delivery at home (our village is too small
Ralph’s World XXIV
I haven’t made an exact count, but I think this was something like our 24th time to see Ralph’s World in concert, not counting Bad Examples shows, house parties and when we see two sets/concerts on the same day… And we never get bored! Well, Camille might be starting to get bored by it all,
House Party
On Thursday, the girls and I left DC around noon and drove right to the airport in Atlanta to pick up Rob. We got home around midnight. Friday, the girls and spent the day preparing for the big party! We went to the grocery store for food and also managed to get to the car
At the State Department
Today was the big day…. The Jefferson Fellows (of who one is) were officially welcomed at the State Department. Condoleezza Rice was supposed to participate in the ceremony but supposedly had to go to the UN to attend a speech by the King of Saudi Arabia about religious tolerance or some such thing. Huh. The
Hours at the Hirshhorn
Today the whole family headed out to visit the Hirshhorn Museum. It had something for everyone! Before going in the girls took a spin on the carousel outside the Smithsonian Castle. It spins super fast and Chloe thinks it is the greatest! As we walked into the museum, we enjoyed watching the fountain right in
Lows and Highs
As most of the family went to bed quite late, we slowly pulled ourselves together and headed out. After stopping in at Starbucks we walked to the car, parked on a distant street. Chloe had been talking about how she would love to see a cave, so when I brought up “Skyline Drive” as an
Torpedos to Art
After a late night arrival, everyone was slow to get going on Saturday morning. Rob ran out for bagels while the rest of us picked up and got ready for the day. We decided to drive over to Alexandria and visit the riverfront and the Torpedo Factory. Rob and I had gone there back when
Two new URLs
A friend suggested that I get some new URLs. Because I don’t have enough online presence (twitter, facebook, myspace, multiple blogs, picasa, 3 flickr accounts, multiple email addresses and so on … ) http://www.gooneybirdkids.comhttp://www.xmkfans.com As of now, they just redirect to Blogger blogs. No plan for them to do anything more at the moment.
Voting in the Village
41 percent of DeKalb voters already cast ballotsBy TY TAGAMIThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMonday, November 03, 2008 One precinct that may prove a refuge on Election Day is tiny Pine Lake. The south DeKalb city has one precinct, the smallest in the county with 605 voters. It also had the smallest early turnout, with 16 percent. Election
Amazon Does It Again
I clicked over to Amazon this morning, and was greeted by a wonderful home page. I don’t know if it will still be up, but eliminating Wrap Rage is a simple, yet terrific idea! Getting rid of all that packaging will help us get to the purchase faster and easier and also reduce waste!!! I’m
Halloween!
The Halloween pumpkins and flamingos have had their own posts, as has the village Halloween Party. But what about Halloween? On Thursday, we had our homeschool group Halloween Party. Chloe was not in the mood for a party and just sat with some adult friends and ate some snack food. Camille participated in the parade
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