Overdue Update

While I have been keeping up with the blogs of lots of people I know (and lots that I don't know) I have neglected to update my own. So here's what's happened:
Frances had her first ballet recital on May 17th. She was awesome! She did very well and remembered most of the routine as far as I could tell.

This past Saturday we went to Julie's bridal shower in Culpeper. Henry was the only boy there and in typical show-off fashion, he took his first few steps!! He hasn't tried a lot since then, but now we know he can do it. Incidentally, I'm not sure if he enjoyed Frances' recital or not. You decide:

On Memorial Day we went to the National Zoo. We had a blast!! Henry enjoyed watching the hippo play with it's ball. I think he was trying to climb into the pen and take the ball!! He also enjoyed watching the elephant shrew walk around in front of the glass. Frances liked watching the orangutan climb on the O-line (a trapeze-like line suspended over part of the park). She wanted to see a giraffe, but they don't have one there. The zoo pictures are in the camera still, so I will post them later.