Something New

In January, my friend Vanessa opened my play space, an indoor play space for kids under 6. We have gone several times and the girls always have a blast! It's great addition to the Upper Valley.

Lots of lego and magnatiles:


A London city bus to drive:


Buckingham Palace guard costumes:


New York City, complete with a deli:


Eiffel Tower to climb:


Lots of mats, rodys and plenty of room to run and play:

Having A Good Time Together

Sadie and Nellie enjoyed a "picnic" in the living room this weekend.

Skating

Pond Party
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

This Saturday was the annual Pond Party at Occum Pond. We were pleasantly surprised to see how much more comfortable Sadie was on skates this year than last year. Age? Transfer from ski lessons? Who knows, but she was having a great time on the ice, even trying some figure skating moves!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all the people we love so much!











And happy birthday, Auntie Kara!

Fun with a Box

fun with a box
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

As Nellie gets older, she and Sadie are starting to really play together and have a good time. This game involved two boxes, a scarf and a train whistle...they were on a train ride together!

A sweet sister story:
Helena was at day care today. Sadie had a half day of school. Since I had a short meeting in the afternoon in Hanover, I arranged for a Dartmouth student to watch Sadie while I was in the meeting.

I gave the babysitter some cash and said she could take Sadie to the bookstore, hang out there and Sadie could get a book. When they came back, Sadie had chosen something for herself, but she had also selected and bought a book for Helena, totally unprompted!

She made a good choice too. Nellie loves "Elmo's Valentine" and we have already read it a number of times.

Daddy-Daughter Dance

Daddy Daughter
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Last night, Sadie and Dan went to the Daddy-Daughter Valentine's Dance at our local community center. They looked wonderful and I hear they had a lot of fun. Dan reported that Sadie mostly danced with her friends but danced with him a few times.

They came home at 8:30 at night, with Sadie happy, tired and clutching a purple carnation. Each girl got a flower when she arrived at the dance!

Turtle Sadie

Turtle Sadie
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

In the Reptile House at the National Zoo there was a Discovery Room with lots of things to touch and explore, like snake skins, all kinds of reptile skeletons and this amazing turtle shell that kids could try on. Sadie enjoyed it all, especially the turtle shell.

This shell is pretty big but there were several live turtles which were even bigger. We saw them!

Fun in Washington DC

White House
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

We had a great long weekend in DC with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Jenny and Andy.

Lots of pics posted on Flickr. We all enjoyed the American History Museum, Air and Space Museum, National Zoo, White House, Washington Monument and Natural History Museum. Swimming in the hotel pool was another highlight!

It snowed one of the days we were there...about 3 inches, which would have been no big deal here in NH but totally flummoxed DC. We were giggling to see people putting salt on top of the snow and trying to move it around with brooms!