We missed our visit to celebrate Solstice with our DC friends last week thanks to a nasty last-minute cold that swept through our household (and infected most of our extended family -- sorry, guys). Luckily, we were feeling much better by Christmas and had a blast at home (and we hope that you did, too.) We did manage to celebrate the longest night...
It took us four hours spread across three separate days to do our Christmas card photoshoot this year. And for all that, we ended up with a grand total of ONE shot in which the light was right, we were all looking at the camera, and nobody was crying. Still, I can't help being a little in love with some of our outtakes,...
If you're like me (and you blithely declared you were going to hand-make all of your Christmas presents this year and are now feeling the burn of a deadline looming), you're looking for a few easy, low-maintenance kid-crafts to keep the wee ones occupied while you pull together those last few holiday loose ends. Voila -- I give you three Christmas crafts that...
Sunday, James suggested that we take a break from watching the news, from errand running and go out to brunch. It seemed like the perfect idea; a little break and some togetherness was just exactly what was needed. We headed down to the Oceanfront, to Pocahontas Pancakes, at the corner of 35th and Atlantic. Pocahontas Pancakes is a little bit of a landmark....
The Chrysler Museum will be closing its doors for renovations on Dec. 30th. Some museum exhibits will still be open to the public in other locations, but the museum itself won't open again until early 2014. As such, we wanted to be sure to take advantage of the last Second-Saturday Family Day because it's going to be a long time before we get...
Last week, J. and I took Anouk to the holiday train show at Selden Arcade and she's been "choo-choo"ing ever since. Is there a developmental milestone in the baby books that says all kids have to fall head over heels for trains? You can check out our review of the show (and find more information!) over at My Active Child. ...
Ever since we moved to Hampton Roads, we've had people telling us that we simply have to visit the Children's Museum of Virginia in Portsmouth. You know how sometimes EVERYONE tells you you just have to do something and then you do and it's not awesome? Our visit to the Children's Museum last Sunday was the opposite of that. In fact, there was...
