Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Elephants in DC

In the morning Jeremy called and told me about the elephants in DC. I thought we all must go and see them. So we piled up in hte car, parked half legally on the mall and got the best viewing spot ever... right next to the news crews. Lots and lots of photographers...
Sitting on the curb and making quick friends: Lisa is almost 3 and her mom is having a baby in September and Alessandra is already three. Alessandra's grandma made her a clown costume for the occasion and the news guys interviewed and took pictures with her. Sonia dressed herself today so we didn't make a cut ;-)
We all got circus hats, wind mills and clown noses. Best of all Jeremy stepped out of his office just a block away. He couldn't stay for the whole thing but we loved seeing him and saying hello.We waited for about an hour; the elephants were late and then... they came.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus circus are in town, the elephants are offloaded from the train early to walk the rest of the way in. We caught them right on the 3rd street... they paused for photos with the Capitol.Sonia sneaked and saw everything first hand... I couldn't get her look at me for a moment. After the elephants were gone first thing Sonia said was that they pooped right on the street ;-) We watched the cleaning crew going up and down the street... wiping off everything but the elephant smell that still lingered in the air.

Friday, March 12, 2010

A little bit of crisis

Yep, I got overwhelmed last week and on Monday Jeremy felt it was nesessary to stop by the emergency room at the local hospital... I spent a few hours under a warm comfy blanket with magazines and full attention of my husband ;-) and reflecting on why I choose to be home with my kids. Is it a scary thing to do? Yep.
This words from elder Ballard in the Ensign this month inspire me "a mother's nurturing love arouses in children, from their earliest days on earth, an awakening of the memories of love and goodness they experienced in their premortal existence."
Sonia was facinated with shadows at the DC temple last week. Going out: Sonia is eating her favorite ice-cream, so good... "The Awakening" at National Harbor