Author Archives: fotinitheo1

This is going to be a whole lot of photos, but what better way to celebrate our baby girl turning two!   We went from here…. To here…. To year two SO QUICKLY.  There are so many things i love about Miral. In honor of her second birthday, I’m want to share 20 things I loveContinue reading “So much to Love!”

We usually go away for Spring Break, but this year I had to study Ukrainian so we had a staycation in Rosslyn and a quick trip to New York.  We had a long walk in Rosslyn the first weekend, full of sketching, buying flowers for a friend and blowing some dandelions for the first timeContinue reading “Staycation in Rosslyn”

I think what having kids has taught me is that best laid plans mean nothing. When Adam was just a few months old we were living in DC and we were able to go and enjoy the warm spring weather and take this super cute photo.  So I decided that we should try to goContinue reading “Frozen Cherry Blossoms”

Studying for Ukrainian every day has left me behind on our lives. February was a busy month for us, We had lots to do and it was also the month that Randy finally came back from Pakistan!  Music class with this little music lover Malcolm’s new school friend- Maddie ‘New’ benches from Goodwill to hideContinue reading “February in DC/Alternate title- Last month of winter!”

One of the things I love the most about the US are all the amazing parks and activities there are for us to do together.  A favorite for me and the kids has definitely been Teddy Roosevelt park. It’s so fun to explore!  After our long was we decided to get some pizza and ice-creamContinue reading “Teddy Roosevelt”

My 39th birthday (yes, I’m that far behind) was bittersweet. I spent it with friends and family, but it was my second birthday without Randy. He was supposed to be back already, but because of unforeseeable circumstances he had to stay in Pakistan an extra month and missed it. But I was pretty lucky thatContinue reading “Almost 40”

Now that temperatures have finally risen over 50 it seems like the perfect time to finally share some pictures of how we entertained ourselves over the winter.  It’s good we had some practice before the “холодно зима” of Ukraine (of course we learn cold winter the first few weeks of Ukrainian language class 🙂 HereContinue reading “Getting used to 20 degrees”

One of the things the kids were most looking forward to was a snowstorm, so when we woke up to this everyone was very excited.  It only took us about 45 minutes to get all suited up and we were ready to go! Worth every minute of prep time!

Back in January, this special little boy turned five. In honor of his birthday I’m going to list five of the many things I love about Malcolm.  1. He feels with such intensity and loves things with all his little heart.  2. He loves books so much, he could read all day long, current favoritesContinue reading “Let's start from the End”

I am soooo behind, we are going back to Christmas. We spent 10 days there but in the interest of catching everyone up I am going to post a whole lot of photos from the ten days all at once 🙂  So sit back and make yourselves comfy.  For Christmas this year we all loadedContinue reading “Elves in New York”