K, this is kind of a scary picture but I had to blog about the story that goes with it. Teac is wearing an outfit that some of you may recognize from his first Christmas picture. I had it made in China and it is currently obviously too small. With all of the packing going on, he found it and put it on all by himself. Then he cam out and asked if we would help him button it. We were surprised and he told us he was a china boy, he should wear chinese clothes. We laughed and convinced him to change into his normal pajamas after I took the picture of course. Who would have thought after a year he would still have some tie to China?

 
In between shopping for consumables to send on to post, Papi went with the kids to a model train display. Teac loved it.

 
Moon buggy :) There was a whole exibit of art done by a former astronaut of images of astronauts on the moon and on the space shuttle.

 
We took a field trip to the Air and Space museum. I think the kids were inspired to become astronauts.

 
Poor Bob 3 days later. Such a short life span.

 
Snowman Bob.

 
Building a snow man.

 
This is the sled run on the side of the house. Apparently the favorite and best hill in the neighborhood.... except for the small stream at the bottom ;)

 
Family in the snow. Ethan was not so thrilled about the cold stuff and all of the clothes etc. that made it hard for him to walk. And going down on the sled was too much for him- just too fast. I'm sure he'll grow into it.

 
They had such a blast playing in the snow. It hung around for a couple of days and was a great way to play outside, and to go through socks. They are so lucky to have a papi who likes to play.

 
Our friend found us a gingerbread house and had her husband bring it to us in Colombia, then we brought it back to the US and put it together. It survived amazingly well.... for a few hours anyway. Now... it is bearly alive and working its way into the trash....

 
They insisted on climbing on every statue around, and that I take their picture. Very cute.

 
Just the second before I took this picture the orangutan was in the middle of the kids posing, but of course it took too long to get my camera out. Lesson learned.

 
We went to the zoo. It was a beautiful day..... in the 40s and sunny. Hardley anyone was there and all of the animals were out walking around.

 
This is Dan with the kids. He has been helping out with them while we have been here. It has been really great to have another adult around.

 
We took a field trip to the Smithsonian Natural History museum.

 
We have been so busy since arriving here in Virginia. Inspite of all of the colds and other illnesses, we have done a few fun things. Here we are at the park one cold wet Saturday.