Easter festivities...

We had fun celebrating Easter with some great friends and family. Jeff and Rachel came up from Richmond and the Webbs and Marches joined us. Everyone has little girls so it was fun to see them all playing together. The girls got to hunt for eggs in the backyard and then we all enjoyed an Easter feast.






We have also enjoyed having my cousin Cami and her friend Liz visit during this past week. Amelia has loved having a new audience and lots of attention. We had a delicious dinner at King Street Blues on Friday night and then walked around the Jefferson Memorial, which Amelia still calls "Jefferman". We went to Eastern Market on Saturday and enjoyed tasting the fresh produce and picking out some daffodils.

The week in review.

Amelia's schedule appears to be busier than mine lately. She goes to an awesome music class on Mondays, which she loves. On Thursdays, she has an art class and always brings home something fun to show dad. On Saturdays, she gets to go to a swimming class with dad.

Amelia found a new hiding spot this week.


Ben and Amelia threw me a great birthday party and then Ben took me to see "Shear Madness" at the Kennedy Center. Our much-abused babysitter Micaela helped out once again. Check out Micaela's blog to see a cute video of Amelia with Emma.

We made countless trips to Lowes this past week since we finally started the remodel of Amelia's new room.


Sometimes I get a little freaked out when I walk into a room and Amelia has lined up her toys or dolls or anything in some strange formation. The other day, I walked out to the car and noticed that one little rock had been neatly placed on each stepping stone. Definitely the mark of Amelia, the little organizer.


We flew a kite! And had a picnic.



Amelia ate almost my entire box of Girl Scout thin mint cookies, her new addiction.

Seriously?

Micaela and I headed to our local rec center bright and early this morning at 6:00. To work out? Uh, no. To sit in a line of moms and dads trying to get their children into preschool. I initially thought Amelia would really enjoy going to a preschool class two days a week this Fall, but until Micaela noticed that registration was already starting, I had no idea how involved the process was, and how behind I was in preparing for this. Apparently, you don't just sign up. You wait in lines to get your name on waiting lists. So the doors opened at 5 a.m. and registration started at 8. We arrived around 6 and took our places at #30 and #31. Those in the front of the line had lined up outside the rec center as early as 3:30 a.m. We thought our chances seemed pretty good, until the lady in front of us announced that she had triplets and was trying to get into the same class. Really? Triplets? Come on. But as registration began and the line progressed, we thought we actually might make it. Then the lady in front of the triplets made it known that she had twins. It was down to the wire, when we noticed a lady try to sneak into our line. Thanks to Micaela, she was sent back to her seat (and no Micaela, you shouldn't feel bad about that) and Micaela and I scored the last two spots in the class.

So Amelia, you better enjoy this preschool class. And you have 6 months to get yourself potty trained.

Trip #3: Titletown

We had a fabulous week in Green Bay enjoying family, old friends, butterburgers, frozen custard, snow, and all other things Wisconsin. We even came home with a suitcase full of cheese, courtesy of my dad, the cheese scientist.

Alpacas, shovels, and bathrooms. A video retrospective: