First Night

Not sure why it's not called Last Night, but whatever. We made a bunch of crafts, marched up the Mall, stomped on yards & yards of bubble wrap, lost a balloon, performed a circus act to obtain someone else's lost balloon, bounced, watched a juggling family, saw a magic show, took the stage at said magic show, and watched fireworks lost in the clouds. All before 9pm. Tho she was awake in bed for an hour or so talking about what an amazing night she'd had. Hours later, Jo & I toasted the New Year, our first in Virginia, with champagne Andrew gave us when we moved.

Happy Half Birthday

We made half a cake. Sang half a song. Blew out four and a half candles. This is what happens when schools out for a while...

Waffler

Turns out, our pancake griddle is also a waffle iron. Time to perfect the waffle variation of my pancake recipe!

Big Snow

Final tally was 22 inches. A week later, the main streets are pretty much clear. Side streets like ours still have only a clear lane down the middle. Forth largest snow storm in recorded history for Charlottesville.

Foreshadowing...

If it weren't for the sudden death of all our NiMH camera batteries, we'd have posted this picture and talked about how nice it was that Virginia gets these cute little snows in December...