Category: The Kids
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Last Legs of our Christmas Road Trip!
After Christmas in Middletown we headed to DC for lunch with Preethi and Shiwali! It was quick (and sadly no pictures) but always great to reconnect with old friends…especially with the whole family in tow!
From DC we headed to Fallston, MD for the night to check out the Barba’s beautiful new house. The Sullivans even joined us for a festive Christmas celebration!
And from Fallston we headed back down to Baltimore for the night to visit the Harrells. The kids had a blast at the aquarium, eating pizza, playing skee-ball and having another sleep over with buddies!
And after a week of festivities, that’s a wrap for Christmas 2019! It was a lot of moving but a ton a fun.
How did we manage it all you might be asking….. well, I did have a little help from my good friend Bailey in the morning! 😉
2020 here we come!
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Christmas 2019!
So much excitement, so much happiness, so much chaos!
Sitting in the ‘present chair’ 
Checking out his new Paw Patrol vehicles 
A new robot! 
Classy 
Testing out his new dinosaur light up shoes! 
Obsessed. 
A new crane truck that makes noise! 
He got the Sea Patroller!
After a few sugar highs, more gifts and some naps, we headed down to Carol Creek with the whole crew to view the boat lights. Our motley Christmas crew in their pjs and hat!
Trying to get Teddy to stay in the picture 
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Our Christmas Highway Trip
We put a lot of miles on over the last week visiting folks for the holidays! But despite all the ‘highway time’, it was a great and a beautiful reminder of how lucky we are to have such a wonderful community of friends and family in our lives! ?❤️
Before we could leave, we had to make sure Santa knew how to find us in Maryland. So the boys and Andy drew a map of course!
First stop, the Fear family farm! We had a great time visiting with everyone and getting to see their beautiful property! Plus the boys were in heaven getting to ride on the tractor, ATVs and being able to see the animals! The excitement in their eyes was awesome!
Thank you Jimmy, Grace, Kaitlyn & Abby for having us! Next time we need a group photo!
Next stop, Grandma and Grandpa’s in Middletown! Grandma and Grandpa arranged for everyone to go swimming on the first day. The kids had a BLAST and the parents were happy to see them use up all that energy. On the way home from the pool we stopped off at Carole Creek in Frederick to see the boat lights on the canal. My boys love to look at ‘pretty lights’ during the Christmas season so this was a hit!
And then it was Christmas Eve! We took the kids to the park in the morning to run off some of their excitement. But before we could leave, Charlotte helped Andrew finish is school work. 🙂
We also may or may not have stopped for lunch (and Margaritas) on the way back to Grandma’s!
Christmas Eve festivities; including a visit from Santa!
Consulting his ‘Naughty & Nice List’ 
Kids Table! 
Too much eggnog!?
Off to bed kiddos, Santa comes tonight!
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Santa Fire Truck 2019!
Annual tradition! Here comes Santa on his firetruck spreading holiday cheer!
Attentively listening for Santa’s sirens all morning! 
Here comes the big guy himself! 
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Holiday Pageant!
Looking dapper!
Time for he big show! Holiday Sing 2019!
So proud of how well they did and love our new little school for helping to create special experiences and wonderful memories!
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A Ride to the North Pole
Annual train ride to visit Santa!
A little cold waiting for the train 
Tough questions: are you on the naughty or nice list? 
Merry Christmas 2019!
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Movie Time!
Frozen 2 and first movie for Teddy!
4 trips to the bathroom and a lot of moving around…not sure we’ll be back to the movies for a little while! -
Pete & Earl
Teddy’s class has a class ‘pet’, Earl the Squirrel, that the students take turn taking home for a week. Andrew’s class has the same tradition with their pet, Pete the Cat. The kids are supposed to take Pete and Earl wherever they go, take pictures, read books and create a journal entry to share back with their class the next week.
Ironically both boys were chosen to take home their respective pets last week. So our family grew from 4 to 6 overnight! Here are some of our fondest memories with Pete and Earl!
Earl helping Teddy set the table 
Adventures in grocery shopping 
Earl and Teddy getting their hair cut 
Pete waiting for the train 
Looking snazzy for Santa 
Fancy squirrel 
Visiting Santa at his workshop 
Visiting with Santa on a firetruck 
Pete and Stinky Feet 
Come back soon Pete and Earl! We loved having you!
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The Polar Express
Teddy and Andrew attend the most wonderful preschool! Last week they transformed the school into the Polar Express. Each classroom became a station and each child recieved their ticket to ride the famed train.
They wore their pajamas, read the story, saw snip its of the movie and ate cookies and hot chocolate. It was so cute and the boys loved it!
So grateful to be able to participate in this special event!
