Weekend Visit to Friends (part 1)

Last weekend, we visited friends who live a few hours south of us in Virginia.  They bought some land a couple of years ago then designed and built their dream house (fortunately, it turned out better for them than it did for Mr. Blandings!)  We had a very fun visit and enjoyed a tour of the garden and surrounding area.  They kindly baked a cake for my birthday and topped it with icing and strips of home-made candied lemon (it was DELICIOUS).


--Victoria

 

Happy Friends!

Ronan (the son of Bev and Ben (Ben is Yousef's brother)), Tamar, Daniel, and Eamon (Yousef and Sarah's third son).




--Victoria

Cuddly Daniel

Lately, Daniel has been all about the cuddles.  He's still got "toddler pronunciation" so when he asks for a cuddle, it comes out as "cuddoow."

A few days ago, I was getting ready to drive the kids to school and daycare and I said, "kids, I'm going to get the car and I'll be back in two minutes."  Daniel said, "Mommy, after you leave, when you come back, I will give you a nice cuddle."  It sounded like he was being a parent encouraging a kid to finish a task quickly (in the vein of "if you finish your vegetables, I'll give you a nice dessert")  He's so adorable!

--Victoria

Sunday afternoon (part 2)

Sunday afternoon (part 1)

Benji's homework ("frost bites")

From some of Benji's recent homework.  I love his reference to "frost bites" (I guess he hadn't heard of frostbite before).  --Victoria

Dinner on the Patio