Cousins visit!

This past week our cousins Scott, Shari, Sam, and Sophie were visiting Washington DC. We had a great time having them over to our house, going to the Natural History Museum, and going out to dinner with them.

yummy Mickey & Mini Mouse cupcakes from cousin Shari!

Sophie (4), Anna (3), Sam (8), and Abby (23 mo.)

visiting the Natural History Museum

Dinosaurs!

Thanks for the great visit!

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter! The girls enjoyed meeting the Easter Bunny at the mall and decorating Easter eggs to prepare for the big day. On Easter morning they were thrilled to see that the Easter Bunny hid them lots of treats and an Easter Basket!

Happy Easter!

We're moved in!

We've been in our new house for 2 weeks now. Everything with the move went very smoothly, but life has still been hectic. We're all enjoying our new house. The girls have been enjoying more space to play, a backyard to run around, and checking out some new parks near our house. Matt & I have been loving our new kitchen, our new yard, and are excited about our bedroom with new furniture that just arrived today.

The weekend that we moved Grandma & Grandpa came to help. I'm not sure how we would have done it without them. Grandma sent me these cute pictures from the weekend:

Matt set up this tree swing the day we moved in and the girls have been loving it!

Taking a break to watch a show on moving day.

yummy!

Princess Anna & Princess Abby

Just dancing around in the crowns they made at Isabel's birthday party:

Super Toddler to the Rescue!

Good-bye, So-long, Farewell My Friends...

All within 10 days we are moving and two of our good friends and neighbors are moving too. One of our neighbors is moving to our new neighborhood, which is so exciting. But one of our neighbors is moving to North Carolina :( While we're excited to visit with them on our way to Grandma and Grandpa's house, we're so sad to see them go. Christy, Vincent, Ava, Magnus, and Roald (well, almost Roald) just moved to our neighborhood 18 months ago, but in that short time they have become our very good friends. We will miss our family gatherings and impromptu playdates on the sidewalk, tennis courts, grassy common area, and at each others houses. Thank you for being such wonderful neighbors! We will miss you so!

Ava (6), Roald (15 mo.), Magnus (5), Abby (22 mo.), Anna (3)

As we sing in music class,

Good-bye, so long, farewell my friends.
Good-bye, so long, farewell.
We'll see you soon again, my friends, and we'll play together again :)

Nana visits & Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Today Daddy turns 34! We had a small celebration tonight, but did most of our celebrating last week when Nana was visiting. Matt & I went out to eat at our new favorite restaurant, Chef Geoff's one night and we had a little party with Nana and the 4 of us another night.

making the cake!

yum!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Also while Nana was in town we had a special sushi dinner, went to Port Discovery Children's Museum in Baltimore, and had a lot of fun playing around the house and at indoor and outdoor playgrounds. Thanks for a great visit, Nana!