In the meantime, Ida Jane and Harper are still learning to play with each other. For every tear or push, there's a thousand of these moments:
We haven't had much in the way of snow, although it's been cold as all get out (for here). Here's a fleeting flurry, which Ida Jane enjoyed despite the lack of accumulation. She's trying to catch a flake on her tongue.
While Harper is unable to participate in snow catching, she does enjoy watching from the window:
Harper is also trying to learn how to drink from a sippy. Currently, it's just kind of a glorified rattle. But fun.
She's definitely developing her sister's mischievous streak.
And we have no idea where that came from.
Yes, so, there was this inauguration thing. We had tickets to the parade. Unfortunately, the inaugural committee, it all of the wisdom that government committees can have, decided to not have a separate entrance for ticketed and non-ticketed parade goers. So there was this line.
It doesn't look so bad until you realize that we were part of the group on the right, waiting to go up the street and then back down in the main part of this line. So, when President Obama was giving his inaugural address, we heard it here:
On that tiny boombox under the tree. Hey, regardless, it was fun to be a part of it. And sorry to our cousin Anne and her friend Megan, that we couldn't get you any closer. At least the subway ride was surprisingly smooth.
Lesson? When two million people are descending on your city, you're probably best off doing something like this:
