Some highlights from the last few days: Nate and I went to the Caps game on Thursday night. We took the metro down, had dinner near Capital One Arena, and then stayed for two periods of hte game. For some…

Today is 2-22, one year to the day from when we made the adoption official, and the day we've claimed as H's birthday. Things to know about his birthday today: He had to go to the vet for his second…

First, a cute pic of Alexa and Kristi from the weekend, as they were heading out to the bus.   And second, poor N had a 1:1 class with his Hebrew School teacher today when he was the only kid…

We are having a fun weekend with Alexa and Kristi. We are quizzing her on all things Australia, and now making her watch an episode of N's favorite show, The Inbestigators (which is Australian). She enjoys jigsaw puzzles and appreciates…

N did a great job in the spelling bee today!! He came in 4th out of 18 kids. We are SO proud of him. And he was a great sport. Here are the words he spelled: SWEPT SIFTING BEGINNING CONSTANT…

Tomorrow is the CCES Spelling Bee and N is nervous. We've been quizzing him on lots of hard words on the list – words like hobbledehoy and crevices and Sanskrit and acknowledged and tankard and on and on. N is…

Today is Valentine's Day! M celebrated with some chocolates we sent her, and she sent us roses and pickles (aw) today via delivery and a smoothie to A in NYC. Very sweet.  A isn't opening her chocolates until she meets…

Today the 5th grade at CCES went to the National Gallery of Art for a field trip. N saw lots of artists that he knows because of the postcards from Grandma. Monica (Ayan's mom) chaperoned and sent lots of pics…

Tonight, N worked at a concert at CCES. It was a beginning band concert, so mostly 4th graders with a few 5th graders thrown in. N and 4 other advanced band members helped get performers ready to go on. He…

Lots of stuff happened this weekend! A had a social weekend in NYC and went out a lot, despite it being very cold. Today she had lunch at a "dog cafe" where there were dogs and there was poop on…