Travel to Katerina & Beyond

Friday, December 21, 2007

Disney Trip Day 1: Friday, 12/14

The first day of our Disney trip was driving to Lorton Virginia and getting on the Auto Train. Katerina loved the train. We got on at 4pm and off at 8:30am the next morning. All the way down to Lorton, she kept saying she wanted to sleep on top like Caillou. Apparently, there was an episode where Caillou and his family took the train and he got to sleep in the top bunk with his Daddy. Well up she went but after a few minutes, she decided she wanted to sleep with Mommy on the bottom bunk.

Watching Beauty and the Beast DVD

In the dining car

OK, ready for bed

YIPEE. This is fun.

Look at me

Up we go

FCC Holiday Party - 12/8

We had a Families with Children from China holiday party which was so much fun for the kids. Lots of crafts, good food, and a Mandarin storyteller.

Mommy I Look Silly

I guess Katerina is starting to have a sense of self/identity in her clothes. When I dressed her in this one piece sweater outfit of all different colors and patterns, which was too short, she walked over to the mirror and said "Mommy, I look silly." And you know what? She did. So we took it off and put it in the give away pile

Tree Decorating - 12/6

One of our favorite traditions at Christmas time is to take a ride upstate and chop down our Christmas tree, but we have yet to be able to do it with Katerina. Both this year and last year we were pressed for time and instead went around the corner to the local nursery and picked out our tree there. She loved decorating this year and the tree is bottom heavy with ornaments that she placed at her eye level.

Ballet

Having fun with her friend Presley at dance class

Fun with Grandma and Princess Tea Parties - Novmeber 23, 2007

Katerina enjoyed her time with Grandma and had a tea party with several friends.

She loved dressing up in the princess outfits cousins Gail and Larry brought over on Thanksgiving. Is it just me or is this girl adorable??

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

As usual, we had a wonderful day with family and friends. And, has been tradition over the past few years, we all thought about and wrote down what we were thankful for in 2007 and later tried to guess who was whose. In some cases, it was no challenge whatsoever. Like...."I am thankful for my awesome new phone, Text Messaging, Hannah Montana...." No, that wasn't mine, if that's what you're thinking. That was 13-year-old Kara. And of course, there were many thanks for the blessing of Katerina coming into all of our lives.

Even Molly is laid back

Kara looking might trendy in her leggins and UGGS

Jessie vamping it up

Jessie's friend Chanelle

Constantin & Sister Popi (Teetah to Katerina)

Following Pictures by Katerina

I think we have a budding photographer

Aunt Susie and Grandma

Judith

Friday, November 09, 2007

Dinner with Uncle Lou & Aunt Dale/Uncle Bobby & Aunt Susie - 11/3/07

What a fun night we had at Uncle Bobby and Aunt Susie's with Uncle Lou and Aunt Dale! Katerina loves all this Aunt and Uncle stuff but sometimes she just sticks with Uncle. So it's Uncle Bobby, Uncle Susie, etc. We hadn't seen Lou and Dale since the cruise and we all had a blast as usual. Somehow cowboy hats came out after dinner; not sure what precipitated it. Could it have been the wine?

Jammin' with Uncle Bobby