Snow Days, or How I Grew to Appreciate Electricity...

William bonding with the spider...

Checking out the butterflies...

A very snowy capitol...

Eating snow...He always looks so serious while doing it!

Wednesday night it started snowing, and it snowed and snowed. Jason has a 3 mile commute. It took him about an hour to get home. The roads were a mess, and then as the evening went on it became clear that we were at a very real risk of losing power. Then right after Jon Stewart, it went out for real. It stayed pretty warm in the house, thankfully, but it is always weird not having any light. We put William to bed by lantern light and then Jason and I played a good game of scrabble. I was hoping that it would be fixed by morning, but it wasn't. We went to Panera for breakfast and then William and I went on the Metro to DC so we could spend the day in a warm museum rather than a chilly house. When we got home the heat was on and all was well again. William has been having a ball playing in all this snow. We did a little sledding, but mainly he just enjoys eating it. I think we have about 8 inches in our neighborhood, and we are supposed to get more this weekend....

An Excersise in Self Control...

Today I ran to the mall to return a couple of things and made the mistake of stopping at Janie and Jack. Never a good thing, but usually I can control myself. Then I saw this:

The pictures do not do it justice. It is SO sweet and soft and adorable. It is however completely over priced. It took EVERYTHING I had in me not to buy this outfit. He could only wear it for about 1 month before it would get too hot to be in something long sleeved, plus he would probably outgrow it in about 2 weeks! I am proud of myself for being strong. But if it goes on a good sale before he is born, I am totally buying it!

A Wild Time at the Zoo...

The Piranhas...William said "It bit Grandpa's finger just a little, little, bit!"

Checking the weight density of different types of tropical wood. ...

William and Daddy went to the zoo on Monday, I stayed home and recovered from my newest virus. It was very cold, but they had a great time!

Creepy, Crawlies are the Best!

William has been VERY obsessed with all things creepy and crawly these days. Especially Tarantulas. The Natural History Museum has a great Insect Zoo exhibit, and they always have bugs you can actually hold and touch so I knew he would get a kick out of it. We braved the Metro and got to the museum about 11. We ended up staying till 3pm! William had such a great time watching all the bugs and touching a wide variety of critters. We also got to witness a tarantula attacking a killing it's meal- a grasshopper, and we got to see a recently molted tarantula exoskeleton. Pretty neat. William was so worn out after today he fell asleep on me while riding home on the Metro. I made a point out of setting out with no big plans or schedule for today and I think it helped us both enjoy the day more. I let him lead the entire experience and I felt better not having to urge him on or take him away from something he was really enjoying. I am going to try and squeeze in as many of these fun trips out as I can before the baby comes, I know it will be a while till I feel ready to take 2 kids on the Metro alone!

A Teaser...

We got a little taste of winter on Tuesday night. It wasn't much, maybe 2 inches, but it was enough to play in for a little while. William was thrilled and pretended that he was a snow plow with his little shovel throughout the day. I hope we get a decent storm before winter really ends...

Big Boy Bike!

We had dinner with our friends the other night and they gave us this great bike for William! Jack is way too big for it now, and William was thrilled. He has been riding it around the house and we picked out a new helmet yesterday so he can start riding it outside on the sidewalk. If it gets over 35 degrees outside we will venture out!

Baby Brother...

I had another ultrasound this morning to check the growth of baby. He looks great and is measuring big, just like William did. He is very active these days and seems to enjoy waking me up at 4am, I guess so I am prepared for when he comes out!