Staying warm during the blizzard of ’09 (Dec. 21)

A foot and a half of snow fell in Washington DC over the weekend and had we not been shoveling the steps and walkway every 3 hours on Saturday we may have gotten stuck in our basement apartment. As it was, the four of us managed to stay warm inside with hot apple cider, while also escaping into the snowy streets a couple times (Krista, Burke and Susan at least, not Lucas). It was beautiful and you can check out a few pictures we took at the bottom of this post.

Lucas mostly busied himself with his favorite flying animals on the “modern” (battery-operated) mobile. But he also discovered the wonders of self-propelled toys, moving to the other side of the crib where his artsy, old-school mobile is located (a present from Tia Ashley). We tied a string to his wrist so that he could make the owl, fox, and froggy fly, and he loved it.

We also want to wish a happy winter solstice to all! Lucas, for one, is happy to be celebrating holidays – be them pagan or religious – at home this December…