Peaceful Protests in D.C.

 As protests against the death of George Taylor erupted around the country, D.C. also saw protests. Most often peaceful, including those near our home. Foster and I went to the White House and the Black Lives Matter Plaza along 16th Street, where we saw the protest signs surrounding the barricaded White House. Despite the boarded up buildings there was singing and peaceful protests.

A peaceful protests with families on the corner of North Capital and Florida.

Kai is 5!

A quiet backyard party for Kai's 5th birthday. It was a Star War theme. Aunt Whitney came and we had tacos. Kai did his sun ceremony virtually at school.  We got down the globe and he walked around his 5 times around the sun, while Ms. Zayac showed photos. Aunt P even made him a Stars mask! Just like the day he was born, it was Memorial Day and we got the whole day off and had a birthday celebration weekend.

Foster made the cake and the decorations. A Star Wars theme and a 6-minute cake.

3-2-1 Lift Off

One of the bright spots during the pandemic was watching NASA send two American astronauts into space on commercial-made rockets. It was the first time in ten years that this took place. Kai was enthralled and literally watched the NASA coverage for over 5 hours, captivated by the "Doug and Ben" the two astronauts. Their first launch was aborted due to weather, leading to tears from Kai, but the following Saturday it was liftout.  What followed were lots of lots of LEGO rockets, and then even a NASA space ship of his own that Foster painted and he put on his space gear.

The Falcon rocket.

Kai insisted on getting in the proper position, just like he saw the astronauts do.

His NASA rocket.

Camping in Shenandoah

We are not really campers, but the idea of getting away for a weekend seemed so nice and necessary after so much home time. We joined the Shenendoah Valley Trail Club and were able to rent a cabin in the woods with everything except food. No equipment needed but all of the fun of seeing animals and hikes and of course S'mores. We can't wait to do it again.

Foster added his own entry in the cabin's log book about the animals we saw.

On our way home we had to stop at this place!

Foster has not taken a nap in recent memory, but on the ride home he completely zonked out.

The campfire was the highlight of the trip. Starting the fire, cooking on it, the boys were so excited.