Our 7th Anniversary

To celebrate the 7 years of our marriage we booked a night at a downtown hotel. Eric made the reservation at the Marriot using his points he earned while living here in the hotel early last year. We get there and are checking in when the guy at the desk tells us that we don't have a reservation for that night, but that we had one for the previous Wednesday but it was canceled due to no-show. Eric botched the reservation.

So then we are on the phone to the Marriot people and they book us a room at another Marriot hotel about a mile away from where we were. Turns out, we ended up at The Mayflower, the hotel that hosts the Inagural Ball every year. It was old, ornate and seriously beautiful! We lucked out!

We spent the afternoon/evening strolling around Georgetown and going in and out of shops. We ate when we were hungry and went where we wanted. We had no agenda, no time-table, no plan. It was FABULOUS!! Just what we needed.

Easter 2010

This year for the first time we dyed eggs with the kids. I know, I am a bad parent for denying them this tradition for all these years. After Savvy decorated her egg with all manner of stickers, she dropped it on the floor. At that point, she started picking at the shell.

We are definately not professional egg decorators but for a rookie trial, we did our best. Neelah wouldn't keep her hands to herself and almost tipped over the bowls of dye too many times to count. It was a quick activity.

This year we were lucky enough to be invited over for an Easter Egg Hunt and picnic at our friends the Quinns house. They hid over 200 eggs for about 10 kids to find. It was the perfect day for a hunt.

I am not quite sure why Neelah his making that face. I never know with that girl. Savvy looks a bit like the Joker because of the ring of chocolate around her lips.

I adore this picture of Finn. What a great kid he is.

The kids had a great time and really enjoyed being with friends and eating lots of treats. It was the perfect to way to celebrate the secular version of the holiday! We brought home way too much candy though.

Finners!

One of Eric's work friends gave us Guitar Hero. We love free stuff! Eric had Finn pose this way.
Rock On!!

This is a terrible photo but it was the best that I could get out of Finn. He came to me this week, about an hour after he woke up and told me that his tooth had fallen out! I asked him where it was and he said he didn't know. I asked him when it fell out and he told me that it must have fallen out when he was sleeping. I thought for sure he had swallowed it in his sleep. We went to his bed and searched. We found it underneath the bed.

So then I wanted a picture of him with the tooth and getting him to open his eyes, even when the flash went off was "like pulling teeth!" As I was trying to get him to open his eyes, he dropped the tooth and it took me 20 min on my hands and knees searching the carpet to find it. By that time, the photo-op was over and this was all I got. Better than nothing...

We were lucky enough to get this hand-me-down hoop from a neighbor this weekend. Finn was practicing and I was shocked to watch him score two baskets from this distance!! Finn is growing up so fast and becoming a little man. He is embracing all different sports and is really into "practicing" to get better. He dribbles the ball around the house and has made it all the way to 9 dribbles!

Neelah's 3rd Birthday Party

Neelah has left the "Terrible Two's" at least technically. We had a small party for her this weekend. It wasn't too fancy since all her friends were out of town for the Easter holiday. The weather was perfect so we went outside to eat cake and open presents.

New Barbie Slippers!

When I asked Neelah who she wanted to invite to her birthday party, the first person she said was Megan. Megan is one of our favorite babysitters. The girls adore her.

This was the gift I was most excited to give her. I knew it would be a hit. She watches Finn play the Leapster and wishes she could play too. With this computer she can practice up on her letters, numbers and shapes. After just a few minuets, she exclaimed to me "I'M LEARNING!!" I love seeing her so excited about learning new things.