Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Bowden Bowl Bash- January 2, 2012
Our 7th Annual Bowden Bowl Bash was the 2012 TicketCity Bowl. Penn State played Houston, and the game was not pretty. We had a great turn-out in our new place, and we even had one returning friend from South Carolina! Greg's friend Kathleen from his days at DNLCC had moved to DC a few years ago, so she made the trip up. We also had my high school friend Michele (a Penn State alum) for the party. We had around 35 guests, so next year, Greg will be making a lot of t-shirts! I spent most of the time in the kitchen, as USC was playing Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl. While Penn State wasn't able to pull out a victory, the Gamecocks did a great job, winning 11 in 2011!
Adam & Chuck- January 1, 2012
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| Daniel helps Chuck open his Christmas present |
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| Sarah, Emily, Adam & Daniel |
TSP! December 28-31, 2011
In one of my less sane moments, I suggested we have a Traveling Slumber Party for Emily's 11th birthday. We arranged to meet two of her friends in North Carolina at Aunt Debbie's house, then came to Camp Bowden for two nights, then went back to Aunt Debbie's for one last night of party time. It was a grand time, and we made cute photo books for the girls. You can see the book here.
Christmas Day- December 25, 2011
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| Santa left the fireplace open! |
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| Daniel wanted to hang his Ravens ornament next to his Gamecock ornament |
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| Nana took a family picture for us |
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| Daniel's favorite gift as his ESPNU book |
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| Nana helps Daniel open a present |
Christmas Eve- December 24, 2011
Christmas Eve brought all of the usual activities. We had cookies to decorate, stockings to hang, and It's a Wonderful Life to watch!
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| Nana gives Emily a Kindle tutorial |
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| Emily models her new dress as she heads off to altar serve at Mass |
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| Daniel, Emily & Sarah in front of the tree |
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| Daniel ate cookies as fast as we could decorate them |
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| Nana decorating cookies for Santa |
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| Sarah does a taste-test for Santa |
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| Greg hangs his stocking by the chimney with care |
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| Emily puts Baby Jesus in the manger . . . once we found him |
Christmas Jammies- December 24, 2011
Every year, Papa gives Sarah, Emily & Daniel Christmas pajamas since he isn't with them on Christmas morning. He left them for the kids when he visited in September, and I (thankfully) managed to keep up with them. They opened them Christmas Eve morning.
Gingerbread Houses- December 23, 2011
We had Caroline over to decorate gingerbread houses. The girls had a fabulous time, and most of the candy actually made it on to the houses!
Emily is 11! December 23, 2011
We just had a family party on Emily's birthday, as her big party was the upcoming "Traveling Slumber Party." Nana was with us, making the day extra special. Emily picked Red Robin for her birthday dinner (who can resist the tower of onion rings?), and we had some yummy cake.
Emily's Concert- December 22, 2011
Emily had her oboe concert and chorus concert on the same day (the last day of school before Christmas break)! Since there was not an evening concert, I am confident we exceeded the maximum capacity of the Roland Park multipurpose room. It was packed! Emily did a fantastic job, and we were so proud! Nana was even here for the concert, thankfully.
Christmas Program- December 18, 2011
St. Pius put on a very cute Christmas program, Stable Manners. Emily was Cecil the Sheep , and Sarah was Claude the Camel.
Christmas Crafts & RG3- December 16, 2011
The girls had a long list of people to make crafts for this Christmas, so they made button wreaths, gingerbread place mats, and tree bookmarks.
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| And Daniel watched RG3! |
Knit Your Bit- December 11, 2011
Decorating the Tree (Day 1)- December 10, 2011
While some families can buy, put up, light and decorate the tree in one day, we can not. First of all, where is the fun in that? It must be incredibly stressful. Second, we just have way too many ornaments for that foolishness. It takes us most of the Advent season, and even then, we never quite get all of the ornaments on the tree. Even Caroline joined in on the fun!
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