Summer 2021

June 12, 2021 The epitome of summer. BTW they were flying cicadas – catching them and throwing them.
June 12, 2021 Jumping and twirling, pretending to fly
June 12, 2021 Back to Huntley Meadows
June 12, 2021 The Red Headed Woodpecker is a new one for us
June 12, 2021 Dragonflies, Mayflies, and a Wasp
June 12, 2021 The sight of the day was the Giant Leopard Moth, two inches long, we also saw what we thought was a Monarch, but is an American Lady, an Eastern Tailed-blue, Eastern Comma, a Peck’s Skipper, and then one we can’t identify, perhaps a Least Skipper.
June 12, 2021 Back to Huntley Meadows. Albert got his eye poked with a unicorn horn, cicadas abounded, this is Gerald the fourth.
June 13, 2021 Sisters before bed
June 14, 2021 Hugs with Pengy
June 14, 2021 We used our free pieces to make a second Millennium Falcon. It is a little more flamboyant, and apparently flown by Mickey Mouse
June 15, 2021 Getting ready for bed with the cat unicorn
June 16, 2021 Check out these guns!
June 17, 2021 Short walk around the neighborhood
June 17, 2021 Giving their best fake smile
June 18, 2021 Ice cream crawl
June 19, 2021 Two sides of the girls, smiles and walking with masks and sticks
June 20, 2021 Frogs and turtles
June 20, 2021 Dragonflies and grasshopper
June 20, 2021 Our nature walk with Joe, Lisa, Andrew, and Garrett
June 20, 2021 The kids on the walk
June 21, 2021 A little pose before bed
June 22, 2021 Erin didn’t like the picture we picked out so we took another
June 23, 2021 Watching meditation before bed
June 24, 2021 Posed with a knee
June 25, 2021 We watched all 8 Hermione Granger, I mean, Harry Potter movies
June 26, 2021 The Roseate Spoonbill is a Florida or South Carolina bird that was spotted at Huntley Meadows. This was the first time we did a rare bird chase and actually got to see it. The top picture is the Roseate Spoonbll, a Blue Heron, and a Great White Egret in one picture. It was an in and out but we also saw the Red-headed Woodpecker, a really cool Green Heron hunting and our tree frog. My favorite is the Green Heron.
June 26, 2021 Hunting the Rosette Spoonbill, lunch at Freddy’s, and the drive-in at Alexandria to see Trolls
June 27, 2021 The ponies and superheroes invade, Curie and Elia to the rescue
June 28, 2021 The kids are making the most of summer
June 28, 2021 I was watching Gundam and wanted to design a ship with turrets on the sides and bottom. the first version was very Yamato crossed with Battlestar Galactica which was pretty bulky. This was my second iteration with a secondary bridge upside down, still a little Yamato, but I like the lines better. Landing bay now inline, and with rail guns in round turrets on the sides. I think I would be interested in designing a ship designed for function in space where there is no up or down warfare is more about en-globing than upright standoffs. Don’t know why I am designing spaceships, it just seemed fun.
June 29, 2021 Girls doing selfies
June 30, 2021 Going head to head
July 1, 2021 A salute for July 4th weekend
July 2, 2021 The girls want people to see if you can spot the difference between them.
July 2, 2021 We couldn’t decide between Freddy’s or El Paso for chicken tenders, so frankly went way outside the box.
July 3, 2021 Indigo Bunting! Eastern Kingbird, Female Northern Cardinal, Spicebush Swallowtail, Female Chipping Sparrow, Barn Swallow, All at Manassas National Park, Stonebridge loop.
July 3, 2021 Indigo Bunting in four poses
July 3, 2021 We took Barry’s advice and went out to make memories. We started at Freddy’s, Went to Bullrun, then Manassas, and ended up at Kizuna’s. We ate outdoors but then it started to rain that was a highlight to be honest. 🙂
July 3, 2021 The girls in their hats. Yes they wanted to wear the same thing as yesterday, but with tennis shoes and hats today.
July 4, 2021 We hung our flag and cleaned our living room on the Fourth. Note, at one point we couldn’t see the floor so this was a big deal.
July 5, 2021 When our house is cleaner our dining room/multi-purpose space can be used for dance parties and yoga. It has been a long time since we have been able to do this.
July 6, 2021 Kohl’s Christmas dresses only $7 each, normally $48 and comes with the necklaces.
July 7, 2021 Thank goodness for the kids
July 8, 2021 On the phone with Grandmom and Pop-pop after beignets, sugar rush.
July 9, 2021 Cats going to the zoo tomorrow
July 10, 2021 Our first outing, the Zoo (we saw the baby panda), Kura’s (our favorite sushi restaurant, and first in DC), Rita’s (where we discovered ice water flights), and 99 Ranch Market (a California staple but first here). The kids had not been to something like the Zoo, an indoor restaurant, or a supermarket in 492 days.
July 10, 2021 Three from the zoo. Many people commented on how safari matchy-matchy we were.
July 10, 2021 Zoo animals
July 12, 2021 Mod, Rita’s and 99 Ranch
July 13, 2021 We watched Black Widow a few days ago
July 14, 2021 So maybe we have been watching too much Black Widow
July 15, 2021 Ta da!
July 16, 2021 Black Widow cosplay? We’re watching Marvel in order (though they have seen Captain Marvel and Black Widow already as well as some Spiderman movies). Just got to Avengers. Bought holsters for their ray guns and Pez, belts, motorcycle gloves.
July 17, 2021 Getting ready for bed
July 18, 2021 Poking the crabs at 99 Ranch Market, supermarkets are a novelty to the girls after 500 days.
July 19, 2021 Curie pretending to eat Elia
July 20, 2021 One thing we have done is replace all of our pillows with new ones. The kids got to take all the old ones to recycle/throw away, but not before using them as a slide. 14 new pillows! Some of the old ones were as old as 1991. Ew, I know!
July 21, 2021 See saw before bed
July 22, 2021 Hugs, we also go to Huntley Meadows with Erin’s parents
July 23, 2021 Stonebridge in Manassas
June 23, 2021 Birds at Stonebridge in Manassas
July 24, 2021 We go to Gettysburg next
July 25, 2021 Day 3 we take a break and hang out at home
July 26, 2021 Everyone else goes to the Zoo while Albert waits for Verizon to restore the internet.
July 27, 2021 We go to Wasabi AND Kura for lunch and dinner, conveyor belt sushi day! Oh and the girls are triplet matchy.
July 29, 2021 Curie bought a shirt at Target the day before that Elia really wanted, so we went back so that they could be twinsies.
July 30,2021 Elia fell asleep first
July 31, 2021 National Arboretum
July 31, 2021 National Arboretum
August 1, 2021 Huntley Meadows
August 2, 2021 Manic Monday
August 3, 2021 Looking very grown up

“Daddy I love just lying here looking at the ceiling. and talking with you. I love laughing and talking with you.” -Elia, for an hour after Curie was asleep and before she drifted off herself. This is the first night that they are sleeping in their newly arranged room because Curie insisted on giving Erin a good night sleep by herself after Erin said she had a headache.

August 4, 2021 In their own room
August 5, 2021 Two nights!
August 6, 2021 Nothing like watermelon for summer! Okay so we DID let them just use a spoon on a half of a watermelon but we had it in the dining room. It was a little too messy so I green screened it.
August 7, 2021 Getting ready for bed in the kids’ room! Fourth night in a row.
August 8, 2021 Happy 爸爸節 (Father’s Day in Taiwan)! The girls have been asking for a water balloon fight. We made 200 balloons!
August 9, 2021 Mario Kart in green dresses
August 10, 2021 Twirly dress before bed
August 11, 2021 Hugs before bed
August 12, 2021 Tickle Monster
August 9, 2021 Our Lego Botanical Garden sets
August 13, 2021 The girls before bed
August 14, 2021 With delta, Erin stayed the girls in the car while Albert shopped
August 15, 2021 We took the new neighbors to Huntley Meadows and hot pot
August 16, 2021 I love when the girls laugh
August 18, 2021 Dresses for open house tomorrow.
August 19, 2021 Open house works! Curie was so excited, and Eila said that she was a little worried about school before but now she is excited.
August 20, 2021 Playing with Lego before bed
August, 21, 2021 Kura before the start of school
August 22, 2021 Curie’s perch to watch TV. Albert used to stand on the back of his parent’s chairs too.
August 22, 2021 The last day of summer water balloon fight with the new neighbors