Thursday, January 29, 2009
First snow of winter
...and maybe the ONLY snow of the winter for Bowie. It was only an inch or two of snow, followed by a little sleet and freezing rain. Never lost power and the roads were only bad for a little bit. But of course the schools closed early on Tuesday, shut down on Wednesday, and inexplicably opened two hours late on Thursday. Sarah had fun outside on Tuesday, however, and she showed Nicholas how to catch snowflakes with your tongue. Nicholas just tilted his head to the sky, closed his eyes, and opened his mouth with a big smile on his face.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Grades and Awards
Sarah received her first report card this week. Her grades for all subjects were "PR" (for "proficient") - except for "Reading Level", for which her grade was "AB" (for above grade level). She's been reading books that are 2nd and 3rd grade level and above for sometime now. She reads so often she's earned the school rewards (for minutes per read week) in the reading club every month since the school year started.
David earned two separate awards at work this week. The first, from the Climate and Radiation Branch (the branch David is actually in), is a Special Act Award "for [his] generous contributions to various Branch activities, including the resolution of computer problems and the organization of Branch seminars". The second award, from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, is an Outstanding Performance Award "for exceptional performance in the development of a multi-analysis data set and the validation and inter-comparison of GEOS-5, an outstanding contribution to the GEWEX/CEOP community".
David earned two separate awards at work this week. The first, from the Climate and Radiation Branch (the branch David is actually in), is a Special Act Award "for [his] generous contributions to various Branch activities, including the resolution of computer problems and the organization of Branch seminars". The second award, from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, is an Outstanding Performance Award "for exceptional performance in the development of a multi-analysis data set and the validation and inter-comparison of GEOS-5, an outstanding contribution to the GEWEX/CEOP community".
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Holidays 2008
Our holidays this year kicked off, as usual, by celebrating both Chanukah and Grandpa's birthday at Grandpa and Sue's house. This year, we were at the new place in Annapolis, and there was plenty of room for all the kids (and all the presents). We had a delicious brunch and had plenty of fun playing with the new toys and puzzles.
We celebrated Christmas with Grandma and Papa Bob on the Sunday before Christmas Eve. We first went to the service at Knox Presbyterian (Grandma's church) and then we to Andrew and Treva's for more food (and more presents). Sarah finally lost her first tooth, chewing on some steamed rice. The Tooth Fairy paid a visit that night, and gave Sarah a dollar and a coupon to a visit to Chuck E. Cheese.
On Christmas Eve, we were all planning to go to the children's Mass on St. Pius with the Olsens, but Nicholas had another round of pink eye, so he stayed home with Ali. The next morning, we opened presents - and Santa brought us a Nintendo Wii! David wanted to ease into the day, but Ali and Sarah were pushing him to hook up the Wii as soon as possible. It didn't take long, and we played for a little while. For dinner, we went to the Olsens, and had ham and other goodies.
The weekend after Christmas, we drove up to NJ to stay at Steven and Jenne's in Madison for "A Mocko Family Christmas 2008". Sarah and Nicholas finally got to meet their new cousin Paige, and it was great to see Bryan and Anne and JJ again. We also met JJ's girlfriend Emily. Poppy was also there - but Mom-Mom was so sick with the flu or something like it that she couldn't come up to Madison. :( During the two-plus days we were in NJ, we met David's friends John and Carolyn, took the kids gym at the YMCA, and visited David's grandmother (GG, for great-grandmother) and Aunt Marlene.
For New Year's Eve, we went (as usual) to Ali's friend Cathy's party. She had a "pie" theme this year, so Alison made pepperoni bread on the shape of pi. We ate many other delicious savory and dessert pies, but the kids crashed and we left the party early, and were home by 10:15pm and asleep by 11:00pm.
That weekend, Alison had a bunch of her friends over for a tea party. We ate more delicious food as well (see a theme here?). It was definitely the kind of party that white people would like. *grin*
We celebrated Christmas with Grandma and Papa Bob on the Sunday before Christmas Eve. We first went to the service at Knox Presbyterian (Grandma's church) and then we to Andrew and Treva's for more food (and more presents). Sarah finally lost her first tooth, chewing on some steamed rice. The Tooth Fairy paid a visit that night, and gave Sarah a dollar and a coupon to a visit to Chuck E. Cheese.
On Christmas Eve, we were all planning to go to the children's Mass on St. Pius with the Olsens, but Nicholas had another round of pink eye, so he stayed home with Ali. The next morning, we opened presents - and Santa brought us a Nintendo Wii! David wanted to ease into the day, but Ali and Sarah were pushing him to hook up the Wii as soon as possible. It didn't take long, and we played for a little while. For dinner, we went to the Olsens, and had ham and other goodies.
The weekend after Christmas, we drove up to NJ to stay at Steven and Jenne's in Madison for "A Mocko Family Christmas 2008". Sarah and Nicholas finally got to meet their new cousin Paige, and it was great to see Bryan and Anne and JJ again. We also met JJ's girlfriend Emily. Poppy was also there - but Mom-Mom was so sick with the flu or something like it that she couldn't come up to Madison. :( During the two-plus days we were in NJ, we met David's friends John and Carolyn, took the kids gym at the YMCA, and visited David's grandmother (GG, for great-grandmother) and Aunt Marlene.
For New Year's Eve, we went (as usual) to Ali's friend Cathy's party. She had a "pie" theme this year, so Alison made pepperoni bread on the shape of pi. We ate many other delicious savory and dessert pies, but the kids crashed and we left the party early, and were home by 10:15pm and asleep by 11:00pm.
That weekend, Alison had a bunch of her friends over for a tea party. We ate more delicious food as well (see a theme here?). It was definitely the kind of party that white people would like. *grin*
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Happy 2009!
On New Year's Day, we weighed and measured the kids. Nicholas is now 35 and 1/2 inches tall, and is 30 pounds. Sarah is 46 inches tall and weighs 45 pounds. Happy New Year to all!
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