The best way to describe what we did over the week that we were there, is to show it in pictures. So here goes...
Pre-Christmas Eve at our house. We figured we didn't want to bring down all the kids' gifts.
Eleanor gave Ethan a Batmobile which he was pretty excited about.
Reenactment of the Nativity scene. Ethan didn't want to be any of the normal characters so he was a superhero for the production.
Our Christmas card from Jacob and Julia
The Sam Mudrick clan's Christmas card.
Santa brought Ethan the Lego Batman set that he's been talking about for a while.
We spent Christmas afternoon walking around Great Falls since the weather was perfect.
This really can't be Ethan's funniest face can it?
Ethan had a blast playing with his Lego set both by himself and with all his cousins.
The day after Christmas we met up with our UVA friends, the Harris' at a restaurant in Bethesda.
Eleanor opened up another one of her gifts the day after Christmas. It was the never-ending Christmas.
Once the Ohio Mudricks got into town, we had another Christmas celebration.
Ethan got Sensei Wu from his grandparents, which made all his Christmas wishes complete.
The next day we met up with Scott and Kirby Fish at the Old Ebbitt Grill where we got to meet Beckett for the first time.
One day we ventured out to Mount Vernon where we got to see Aladdin the Christmas camel on the estate.
Ethan posing with the home in the background.
I can just imagine Eleanor telling Ben, "Look over there; over the horizon."
Family shot in George's backyard.
Grandma and Grandpa Mudrick with 10 of the 12 grand-kids.
Hanukkah feast at Sam & Julie's house. All the 2010 babies had these matching pj's but it was hard to get a picture of all of them together. And Eleanor scratched herself with some aluminum foil.
Fancy buttermilk pancakes made by Grandma Mud.
Hazel and Eleanor watching a show in matching pjs.
The little cousins made gingerbread houses with Aunt Mary.
Owen's was a little top heavy with icing.
Cousin bath time.
Ninjago on the landing.
We visited the botanical gardens in DC to check out the train exhibit.
The Capitol building made with twigs, leaves, branches and other natural materials.
Ethan fell asleep in the stroller so only Eleanor got to really enjoy the trains.
We made a quick stop at the air and space museum so that Ethan could see an astronaut. He was still tired, hence the facial expression.
We ate at Chipotle's south eastern Asian restaurant in DC. It was super spicy.
We went to Chipotle the next day before venturing out to Aunt Alice's in Maryland.
The kids took turns riding on the ATV.
Ethan was pretty hesitant but we're pretty sure he still enjoyed himself.
Everyone played in the barn.
Up on top of all the hay bales.
And that, in 50 pictures or so, was our trip to Virginia. After all the fun we had Ethan has been trying to catch up on his lack of sleep. Even if that means he falls asleep while playing Legos at the dining table.
9 comments:
i like the picture of ethan kissing eleanor for her gift the best!
Looks like fun! I can't state enough how jealous I am of all your DC fun.
The last photo really captures my sentiments about the holidays. Wish I could have spent a little of it with the whole Mudrick clan!
Looks like you had a blast! How lucky that the weather cooperated so often for you to get out and have fun. Cute kids and cute pics!
Fun with family! Btw, I love your blue coat with the red dots. Where is it from?
Fun with family! Btw, I love your blue coat with the red dots. Where is it from?
It's from Piperlime. It's the Tulle pleated waist coat and it's something like $40. Totally worth it!
So fun!! You did such a good job documenting it. I am so far behind that I have just given up...Sorry Blog. It was so good to see you guys I really am so sad that we don't live closer to eachother!!
We had a grand time with you all here. It was fun watching Ethan play so well with his three-year-old cousins, as well as with Luke, Bella, and the older monkeys.
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