Kindergarten Revisited

I love to compare pictures of Benjamin to when I was a kid and here is another version. Our kindergarten classes. You can get a larger version just by clicking on the picture.

Benjamin's Kindergarten class. He's in the first row, right.


Daddy's Kindergarten class. I am in the top row, second on the right.

Parish and School Picnic

Beautiful Saturday after a week of steady rain (see prior post) so I took Benjamin to the Parish and School picnic. It was a great chance for him to meet up with his classmates at his new school and for me to meet other parents.

Benjamin and his classmate Dennis


Benjamin waits for his turn on a ride


Benjamin enjoying the inflatable slide


Benjamin and Dennis enjoying themselves




The fellas


Benjamin and Dennis after romping in the moon bounce


Ahhh, nothing beats a sno-cone in warm weather


Prize winner


Benjamin and his cousin Jacob

A Rainy Ride Home

A ton of rain made the Thursday evening commute a mess.

Not as bad as the commute I had back in January

More from the Reston Patch

Took me nearly three hours to go from McLean to Route 7 West where everyone was re-routed due to floods, to the Dulles Toll Road, to Herndon to pick up Benjamin and then home. I know others had it worse than I did so no complaining here. When I got to the house with Benjamin, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Here are some phone camera shots.

Route 7 5:15


Route 7 re-route at 5:30


Dulles Toll Road at 6:00




Brave biker at 6:15


Herndon 6:45