This year we hosted our first musical Christmas party here for our neighbors - a long-standing tradition in Michael's family.
Two brothers, brushin'
All Ethan asked for this Christmas was a "Choo-Choo."
Thankfully, Baba and Papa (aka Santa and Mrs. Claus) had one they didn't use anymore.
Papa and Noah had a Connect 4 duel
Then we made it to Arlington on Christmas night, avoiding the threat of a big storm. Sunday, the day after Christmas, Matthew and Kerry came down and that evening was the Christmas party.
Noah made his Christmas party debut performance.
Monday morning was 2nd Christmas!
Tuesday evening, Michael and I had the chance to see the Caps beat the Canadiens
Matthew and Kerry drove down with us on Wednesday for some fun in C-Ville!
We all went for a little hike on the Appalachian Trail on New Years Eve.
We celebrated the New Year with Matthew and Kerry on the Downtown Mall, with the bubble wrap stomp and a wacky juggler, Mark Nizer. Wish we could have taken advantage of all the other concerts going on that night too, but Noah got the stomach bug, which he passed to Ethan the next day. I think we had all had enough excitement for those couple weeks of Christmas break!
