Anna Grows

It is May in Washington, which means the beginning of the festival season along with numerous other outdoor activities.  Anna made the most of the beautiful May weather over the past few weekends enjoying local events and celebrations. Anna & Dad enjoying the last apple strudel in Austria Anna celebrated Mother's Day weekend with a couple of trips into Washington.  The first trip was on Saturday for the European Union embassy open house.  This is an annual spring tradition in which all of the countries that are part of the European Union open their embassies to showcase their countries.  There is lots of food and music, along with tourist information.  Anna got a "passport" for the event in which she got stickers at each embassy she visited.  Anna and her parents made it down for the afternoon portion of the event and started out at the Austrian embassy, where they secured the last apple strudel in Austria (timing is everything).  They then w...

Anna, Grandma & Grandpa It was a big weekend for Anna....and Grandma & Grandpa who made the trip from Ohio for Grandparents Day and Anna's 1st Communion. Friday was Grandparents Day at school, which meant that Grandma & Grandpa got dropped off in the carpool line with Anna and visited her classroom.  After mass, which included a substitute priest with a strong accent that no grandparent present could understand, the grandparents were treated to brunch sponsored by the PTO.  The morning concluded with the Spring Fling Concert, which was a tribute to the Beetles (each grade sang a different Beetles song).  Anna's grade sang I Wanna Hold Your Hand while the entire school sang Let It Be .  Grandma & Grandpa enjoyed seeing Anna in action at school as well as meeting all of the grandparents (we believe that Grandpa may have met 96% of the grandparents present). Anna was thrilled to have her grandparents at school and was up extra early on Friday mo...