Sometimes…

I really hate feeling like I absolutely have to turn the computer on and get some things done once I get home from work. But, sometime that happens and that’s what I get for signing up for this chapter presidency. It’s all good, but it makes me less likely to want to play with pictures and blog either.

Though, much of my time lately has been taken up working on Reagan’s awesome Halloween costume. She’s going to be super cute. It’s almost finished, but I need to do a real fitting to finalize a few things. I also picked up some cute Halloween fabric and made her a candy bag. It’s smaller than I originally planned, but it will be perfect. And, I made one for Jack. They’re going to love them.

Since I don’t think we took any pictures last weekend and I can’t remember exactly where I left the camera, here are a few play pictures from a few weeks ago.

Columbus Day is a Real Holiday.

This morning, Regan, Jack, Jennifer (Jack’s mom) and I (Tim) stumbled upon what, I have to believe, is the only Columbus Day Celebration / Recognition event in the whole country.  The circle in front of Union Station is Columbus Circle and the statue there is a tribute to that “great navigator and explorer.”  There today, the Knights of Columbus were holding their 99th annual Columbus Day celebration.  There were a bunch of old dudes dressed up in cloaks and funny hats, but the highlight was “The Presidents Own” United States Marine Band.  We got there about 5 minutes before the start of this gallant event, and so we propped ourselves in the front row, because I know that Reagan loves marches (the musical genre that is).  I know this because a few weeks ago, Reagan, my Mom and I were driving to Kentucky to visit my dad and we put on my mom’s “Worlds Greatest Marches” CD and Reagan, without prompting, began to conduct an imaginary band.  Well today the band was right there.

Dancing is also something that comes natural to her.  It is almost like the music takes her body over and she can’t help but dance.

We can’t wait for next year when it is the 100th Columbus Day!

Future Gymnast

So Reagan’s newest trick at the playground is to hang from and swing from the chin-up bar.  At the playground near our house the chin-up bar is about four feet high, which she can’t reach, so we need to lift her up.  However, when we were in Richmond, we went to the park and there was a set of parallel bars there that was just the right height that she could reach and hang without help getting up.

Richmond

This past weekend we went down to Richmond, VA to visit some of Susan’s cousins.  We did a bad job of photo-documenting the trip, but here are some quick shots.

Reagan had a great time playing with her cousins and so did Tim. 

Olivia entertained Reagan every waking moment.

Mark and Michael both had fun with her too, but we didn’t get any pictures of them.

The adult cousins in Richmond spoiled us with perfect weather, good company, a fun time making wine and good food.  Here is Reagan after her dessert

We were there Friday through Sunday and we were all pretty tired after a fun filled weekend, so the ride home was quite.

Can you believe…

that a year ago, she was just getting strong enough to lift her head and body up

and now she’s a climbing, running, sliding kid!

Train and Carousel

To catch up on things, a few weeks ago, we visited Wheaton Regional Park in Montgomery County. (Take note of both the train and the carousel pictures).

We happened to get there just as things were starting up and other families were arriving. Tim wanted to ride the train, so we got tickets and made it on the first train of the day. This was awesome, because we saw a mama and a few baby deer running around the woods. But, Reagan was not as happy on the train and spent most of the time being corralled by Tim.

Trying to get a family picture while we waited. This was the best we got.

Two of the gnomes that were hiding in the woods…

Two of the deer…

  

And then, we Reagan saw and heard the carousel. She just stood and stared and then ran around the carousel (twice!) trying to figure how to get on. But, we had used all our tickets on the train.

Plus, there was an awesome playground with tons of slides. We’ll definitely be back.

We’re still here

I knew it had been a while since I posted, but hadn’t realized how long. I have tried to keep our pictures pretty organized and Reagan has her own folder, which then has subfolders for each month. Now that it’s September 19 (can you believe it??!!), I have finally created the September subfolder.

We’ve had a great September so far and have really enjoyed the cooling weather. But, now it’s too late to do anything more than add a few pictures from the weekend.