Time marches on...

Long time, not much to say.  As someone I collided with briefly along the way used to say, a lot, there are no words...  But, we still take pictures, here are some in reverse chronological order...

 Today, ICE at National Harbor.  H was really excited about this.  Really.  The tickets were passed along to us gratis, thanks to a friend.

 We also stopped in to visit The Awakening at his new place.

 It is a much smaller space, he seems out of proportion...

 I think he must have enjoyed Hains Point more, this cramped afterthought space feels like a disservice to his grandness.

 The Gaylord Hotel was all decked out for the holidays still...

 Dreamworks was the theme...

 One of the many queues today, family portrait for the holiday...

 Merry Madagascar was the theme this year...

 A snowman?

 The ice was stunning, and yes everyone wears these parkas...

 The nativity scene at the end was lovely.

 Complete with lights shining within the ice...

H really, really enjoyed this, though was upset periodically about all the queuing, and about not being able to hug the penguins.

 Mount Vernon on 01.01.12

 Late afternoon on the Potomac.

 Aladdin the Christmas Camel (GW's idea, an old tradition).

H's get up on New Year's Eve, because if there is ever a time for a sparkly tutu, that must be it.

 Brookfield on New Year's Eve, H took the bottom picture.

 Brief trip up north for the holidays, cut short Christmas Eve due to allergies, new meds to try out for this year...

The tree star we made this year out of cardboard, tin foil and glitter glue...

 Bob Brown's Xmas puppet show on 12.19.11

 Friendly goat, inscrutable ducks, Frying Pan Park 12.09.11

 Bull Run Festival of Lights, 12.08.11

Chocolate demonstration at Mount Vernon 12.02.11, we saw Aladdin then, also, and were inspired to maybe try cocoa red wine some day, apparently it was the breakfast beverage of the founding fathers back when water was unsafe to drink.

Lots of knitting...

 Burke Lake Park...

 11.27.11

 Great Falls, 11.25.11, I try to omit others from photos, it was a challenge on this holiday with such mild weather as I recall...

All done 2011.  I held on to 2010 as tightly as I could, I never wanted 2011 to arrive, and I'm not at all sad to see it go.  2012 no grand plans, other than I hope to return to work.  I'm feeling ready now, and I know H would really benefit by getting into a year round preschool, the extremely social creature that she is.  We no longer have the ready play mate at home for her, so hopefully she can find that outside of the home now.