Audrey’s adventures: Air & Space and Natural History Museums
We’re fortunate to have so many (mostly free!) museums here in the D.C. area. As someone who used to work at one, I’m especially keen to expose Audrey to the range available to us — art, history, textile, you name it. Audrey and I are regulars at the National Building Museum (to play in the [...]
Audrey’s adventures: Disney World
Yep, we took our not-quite-two-year-old to Walt Disney World! Kenji had work training at the Disney Institute, so of course Audrey and I had to tag along. Saturday We flew down Saturday morning, but it was early afternoon (naptime) by the time we checked in at the hotel. So we spent the first part of [...]
Audrey’s adventures: pumpkin patch
The bad news: We have a mold issue in our kitchen. The good news: Audrey and I are up in Rhode Island for an impromptu visit with my parents while the repair work is done! It was a blustery but mild day so we walked Audrey over to the pumpkin patch after her (abbreviated) nap. [...]
Audrey’s adventures: Labor Day in RI
I’m trying to finally catch up on posting photos from our summer travels. I’ll start with the most recent trip: Labor Day weekend in Rhode Island, visiting Grandnan, Granddad (aka Tickles), and G.G. Bird (aka Bicycle), as well as some dear friends. (The nicknames were chosen by Audrey during our visit.) We didn’t make it [...]
Audrey’s Adventures: Navy Memorial Plaza & Hirshhorn Museum
Yesterday Audrey and I had plans to meet Kenji for lunch and to visit his coworkers. I decided to add a museum visit to our trip since we would already be in the city. We had some time to kill before museums opened. (I don’t think I ever considered 10 a.m. a late opening for [...]
Memorial Day Weekend
We enjoyed our first Memorial Day weekend in Mayberry. Er, I mean, Falls Church. It definitely captured the feel of small-town Americana: BBQs with friends, family, and the neighbors, a parade through our neighborhood, kids playing in the backyard. On Memorial Day morning, the three of us dressed in patriotic blue and joined the crowd [...]
Visit with the Bowman cousins
Because of sickness and busy schedules, it had been several weeks since we last saw Audrey’s Bowman cousins, Claire and Henry. On Friday we finally made it over for a lunchtime visit with them and Nana. When Misako came home from work we joked that we don’t make average-sized babies: Henry (seven months) and Audrey [...]
Spain family visit
Over Presidents’ Weekend we flew up to Rhode Island for a few days with my parents and my brother Steve and his family. His daughter, Lily, was celebrating her one-year birthday. It’s always great to see family but it was a special treat seeing Steve, Roxanne, and Lily since they live on the west coast. [...]
Happy thirteen months
Audrey keeps getting older (faster and faster, it seems). Today our baby girl is thirteen months old! She celebrated her monthly milestone with blueberry pancakes, assisted walking around the house, and — most exciting of all — fun in our new bicycle trailer. Not actually outside on this cool, blustery day, but rather inside sans wheels. [...]
Home
A few weeks ago Audrey and I visited my parents and grandmother. It was wonderful having time with family (and getting a much-needed break from cooking/cleaning the house), although we missed Kenji. He was on the West Coast at the same time for a work conference. I’m glad Christmas is only a matter of weeks [...]