A weekend ago...

The weather was beautiful the weekend before last, so we decided to hit up all the animal hot spots.
On Saturday morning we went to the zoo, where Maya loved checking out the farm animals, the elephants and the gorillas (there's a baby gorilla after all, and Maya is obsessed with babies of all kinds)...





That afternoon we took a walk to the neighborhood playground and it was amazing to watch Maya--she's grown up so much since last fall..she can climb the chain ladder and hold her own with all the big kids...







On Sunday we hit up Frying Pan Park which has a working farm and an equestrian facility...











Luckily for us the farm was also hosting a horse show that day.



Maya loved watching all the horses and riders warming up and a few nice riders let Maya pet their horses. Maya loved it so much that we went to have lunch and came back to watch some of the riders compete and then go watch more horses warming up. We bumped into a nice man who was walking his daughter's horse. She had already competed and the pony, Cowboy, was relaxing. Maya had a great time petting Cowboy and at some point the dad offered to let Maya sit on the pony. And she did and she enjoyed it. And my camera? It was in the car..But I swear it happened.

Sledding Fun..

We went sledding yesterday afternoon with Lilly and Lilly's daddy (Joe). Joe and Lilly's aunt did most of the heavy lifting and sledding, but I did sneak one ride in. Maya had a great time and kept asking to go over and over again. Joe even asked who she got her daredevil side from--I'd like to think it was me-I didn't spend all those years in Colorado for nothing!

Here are some pictures:

"Big" Snow...

DC got it's biggest snowstorm in 3 years last night/this morning-a whopping 6-8 inches. Enough to cancel Maya's school and shut down a lot of the city. Poor Peter still had to go to work though..only after shoveling tons of snow off of our walk, Baba's walk and cleaning off the cars.

Maya went out there with him to "help". I was only able to snap a couple of pics because it was blowing and gross!





Maybe I'll get one or two more later. Sorry for the delinquent posting!

Happy Valentine's Day (Belatedly...)

Many of you have already seen these pictures on our little Valentine's Day card, but I figured I would post them here for posterity's sake as well:

Gymnastics Class

Maya loves her gymnastics class. We took the same class last spring, but this year she has a whole new enthusiasm for it. Such an enthusiasm that we decided to buy her the cute leotard so she has full range of movement!












(They don't allow flash in the gym--so please excuse the low quality pictures!)

Hangin' with Grace

Maya and Grace decided that they were going to put themselves to sleep on our couch the other day...



Maya shushing Grace:

Boston...

We went up to Boston recently to visit Amy, Mike and Abby...we hit the aquarium and got to see snow! Maya had a great time with Abby..and Mike. She loves all Mikes.

Capitol Shots...

We took some pictures of Maya in front of the US Capitol..both real and small:

Christmas Pictures..

very late..but better than never ;)

Decorating the tree:







Admiring her Christmas choo-choo:





Looking cute by the decor:





Christmas morning:

The Music Moves Her...

While we were potty training over Christmas/New Years, Maya enjoyed spending a lot of time in only her underwear, wearing her Christmas necklace and dancing. Here's a little snippet for you:

Last batch of Hawaii pics..

Here are the last batch of pictures from our trip to Hawaii. Overall we had a great time-Maya loved feeding the fish at the Grand Wailea every morning (we got caught the last morning and told to only feed them fish food..apparently the bread isn't in their regular diet). She loved playing at the sandbox and eventually got brave enough to play in the waves.

Playing with Baba at the ocean:











Feeding fish:







Playing with her new favorite toy (and her very own fish):



Enjoying an afternoon treat:



Visiting "pingos":



After a nice dinner:

A Belated Happy Holidays..

Sorry we have been missing--time just got away from me again. I promise lots of Hawaii and Christmas pictures are coming. In the mean time, here is a little family portrait from Wailea Beach. See you soon!