we're back and blogging

Hi everyone, it's good to be back. We spent a week on vacation in the Washington DC area. Visited friends in Alexandria, Frederick, and Baltimore. It was a good trip, and E handled it well. She was sick of riding in the car by the last day -- I was too.

First vacation accomplishment:

learning to snap closed one of those plastic buckles (what are they called, anyway?)

A pensive pose at a park