Is this distracted driving?

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A big storm

This week we got quite the storm. Around 3:30 on Thursday the skies
opened up over our area all of a sudden. We had really high winds, 72
miles per hour at the high school a few blocks away. It took out tons
of lovely old trees. This is a view of our neighbor's front yard.

Our neighbors across the sidewalk lost their roof (it is a flat roof
like ours). It appears to have rolled up of sorts in the wind. That
left only the decking between their house and the rain. Needless to
say their houses were soaked. All the other neighbors pitched in to
help with extra hands, towels, dehumidifiers and wet/dry vacs. Luckily
the homeowner's association's property management people were out
within a few hours with industrial strength dehumidifiers. They are
putting th new roof on now.

Of course those guys had it better than the people two houses down who
had a tree go on their roof and into a bit of the attic. Reminded me
of when the tree fell on the house when I was a kid. Luckily no one
was hurt in the storm that I've heard of. But it definitely hs made
for lots of excitement.

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What is wrong with this picture

Here's a hint...we are at a Nationals game. Someone (we aren't naming
any names) is, ahem, not properly dressed.

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Visitors

We are SO excited to have Elliot and Olivia Hines here this weekend.
Caroline is pretty pleased to have extra people to play with. We went
for Mexican tonight and came back and played Monopoly. Tomorrow bodes
well with great weather and fun planned.

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Vroom vroom

Anyone want a ride?

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Modern kid

You know that technology will be part of a kid's life when she can
listen to an iPod at 17 months. She's listening to Bach in this
picture, but I think she wondered how to get U2.

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Mmmm watermellon

It is over 100 this weekend in DC and generally feels like a sauna
outside. But, that isn't keeping us from having fun. On Friday evening
our church's VBS wrapped up with a cookout for the whole church.
Caroline was too little this year to attend but that didn't keep us
from enjoying the cookout. Luckily it was in a well shaded spot. So we
were able to keep reasonably cool. But, as you can see, it was really
the watermellon that was the great hit. Caroline ate/dripped three
pieces all over herself and loved every minute of it. She ran and
played so hard she almost fell alseep in the bath when we got home.

Keeping cool in this heat and still getting to play is tricky.
Yesterday we went to the pool and ate several popsicles. Today I think
we are going to play in the hose. Even our pool is warm at this point!!

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Do you know your animal sounds?

Do you know your animal sounds? Caroline does. Check out this little sound clip where she repeats them for you. We're still working on ducks and pigs. But, this is pretty fun!

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We tried again

We have tried the library off and on and Caroline hasn't really taken
to it. But I tried again yesterday. She was very excited about taking
the books off the shelf and sitting down as if she was going to read
them. She would then get up and "reshelve" the books. It was pretty
cute. Of course she would pull "Daddy, Pappa and Me" out. Luckily she
wasn't interested in reading it, just getting it out. Whew. Perils if
living in Arlington I suppose.

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My how we have grown!

Jack brought Caroline's bouncy seat home today (his co-worker had
borrowed it). Caroline immediately climbed in. The result made me
laugh!! Wow she isn't a baby anymore.

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