It does so snow in VA!

About a week and half ago I was just about to leave for work when I noticed that - it was snowing! I ran upstairs and lept in bed to tell Keith of this exciting development.

After he decided that I wasn't someone that needed shooting, nor was there anyone that needed shooting threatening our safety, he relaxed, burrowed back under the covers, and said with disdain "It's not even going to stick, Bunny."

And he was right. And I already knew that. But this may be my only chance to see snow this year, and since I didn't grow up in Pennsylvania, it was enough to get me excited. Sadly, Kaitlyn missed it.

Trip to Drewery's Bluff

A few weeks ago on a rare day where neither adult Dohl had work of any kind, we took a brief trip to Drewery's Bluff (or, as the Yanks called it, Ft. Darling).

We packed the "cool car" (which is Kaitlyn-term for "my favorite stroller ever to exist!") and went over to the park. After parking [next to whom, if I am to believe every movie I've ever watched, I believe to be CIA agents (or possibly Mafia, but given the area CIA seems more likely)] we unloaded the cool car, packed in Kaitlyn with a blanket and Jezzie, and head off for the fort. As you can see, Jezzie didn't always stay in the car.

It was about a half-mile trail walk, and then there was about a quarter mile loop around the fort. There was an overlook of the river bend, which is why Drewery's Bluff was such a strategic location during the Civil War.

We snapped some shots by the cannon, Kaitlyn played some, we walked some, Keith filled me in on some Civil War stuff, and then we strolled off for the car (where the CIA operatives were still talking in their minivan and sedan)(seriously, why else would you choose to park there?). A fun time was had by all!

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer...

I love my Aunt Jean. When I was quite young she gave me a marching band set, with a drum, maracas, a slide whistle, a tambourine... and boy was that fun. My mom and dad didn't love it as much.

But it's not as cool when things like that are given to my daughter! Aunt Jean got a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer musical decoration, which sings the song and says various phrases from the movie.

Kaitlyn loves it.

And as a "novelty" by definition does, it loses something to adults after a few plays. But not to Kaitlyn.



PS - Happy New Year from all three of us!