Run Fox Run

The warnings were dire: a snow emergency.  Our respective campuses warned us about parking and roads. Citizens mobbed the grocery stores to stock up on staples. Ballet was canceled; a local girl wept. Fortunately, we were on the northern fringe of a storm that buried south Jersey and Philly, but left us with a few powdery inches. Perfect, it turned out, for snow angels followed by hot chocolate.  More photos of wintry fun in the Winter 2010 album.

The Holidays photo album contains some highlights of this year’s Chrismukkah season, including a very festive kindergarten holiday concert.

More photos of fun fall days at the park, in the pool, and at the barre are in the November 2009 album.  It’s sort of a visual answer to the seasonal question, What are you thankful for?

This year Princess Leda (who has no idea why people of a certain age find that humorous, OR the source of Jamie’s Dark Vader, OR the mysterious and silent “Boba Fett” three of the boys at kindergarten were supposed to be — soon, young padawan, you will learn) and Elmo (such is the insidious nature of marketing that Cleo, who does not watch Sesame Street, wanted to be no one else for Halloween) have enjoyed an autumn Hayride (see eponymous album) and several Halloween parties and parades (all documented in the Halloween album). Tonight we toured the neighborhood with our pals and came inside for dinner just as the rain picked up.

Five feels pretty good to Leda, who hosted her playgroup pals for a birthday Dance Party.  Since these kids have known each other since the beginning, it’s pretty amazing to see them riding bikes, twirling around, and sharing enthusiastic hugs.  Our surprise guest of honor, Grandma Jeanette, was a great help in party preparations and made the day even more fun.  After a week of celebrating family birthdays with phone calls to Colorado and Spain, and over-indulging on cake, cupcakes, and of course Duffins with Raybird, Pat & Erica, we were all a bit relieved to have some time to catch our breath before cousin Andrew turns four!  All the party pics are in the “Leda Turns Five” album.