It's Sunday night and our vacation is almost over. We have one more day since the girls don't go back to school until Tuesday. Daddy is back to work tomorrow and I start my new job a week from today.

Here is the vacation by-the-numbers post.

Days since girls had school: 16

Nutcracker performances: 2 (December 24th and 29th)

Movies seen: 5 – Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fiddler on the Roof, Saving Mr. Banks, Up, This Is Us

Museums visited: Newseum (Daddy and A & M), Williamsburg Colonial Village (all of us, some of us twice), Jamestown Settlement Museum (all of us), U.S. Botanic Garden (me and A & N)

Haircuts: Me, M, A and N

People afflicted by stomach bug in our house: 5 – M the latest victim

Birthday parties attended: 2 – Katie and Joanna's

Sleepovers: 1 – Alida's house

New words for N – so many! He's getting so good at imitating words he hears. A few new ones he can say on his own – choo choo, airplane (may-may), Clarke, Naomi (Omi), Alida (Ida), Julius (Joos), apple, orange, broccoli, cheese, door, bubble.

Books read – M – The Pet War, A – Lily's Crossing (next book club book)

Friends we saw: the Hoffmans last night, Snyders tonight, Shohet-Mikhails on NYE, Campers in Williamsburg

Here is N leaving the hotel yesterday with his friends Elmo and Pooh:

Here are some photos from our visit today to the train exhibit at the U.S. Botanic Garden. A was a great help and pushed the stroller or held N's hand when I needed her to.

And here are some flower photos I took: