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>I have been properly schooled about black and white twins. It is possible to have twins who are on opposite ends of the color spectrum–it all has to do with genetics and can happen with second generation mixed raced couples. I think. That’s what I got out of the articles anyway. So basically I’m an asshole for laughing at the idea and we should all be prepared to see more of this rare phenomenon as the world becomes more of a mixing bowl of races. One couple in the UK had two sets of twins with one who appeared black and the other who appeared white. I had no idea! It’s completely fascinating. Google black and white twin images and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
But don’t you think if there was a set of black and white twins in the school they’d be kind of famous and everyone would know about it?
>Elsa had her first real haircut yesterday! We went to a fancy children’s place since they know how to work with kids, thus are more likely to give a good cut with fewer tears. Erik was extremely impressed because they had free popcorn. He declared that he was only getting his hair cut there from now on. I told him that was fine, but that I would only pay $12 for a haircut. He would have to pay the $6 difference. He thought a moment and decided we could make popcorn at home. Amazing how things change when you have to foot your own bill.
Here’s a couple of pics:
And the result! Not that it looks much different from the front, but it looks way better from the back. We got rid of a lot of the stringiness and now it looks nice and full and swingy.
Afterwards, we decided to try out an Indian restaurant that our neighbors told us was one of the best in the area. It was very tasty, but we won’t be going back as a family. It was the slowest service ever and very expensive. Elsa and Erik both loved the food, but both melted down before it arrived. The portions were also very stingy. We ordered what we thought would be enough for all of us, but Mike and I both came away hungry. Booo!
>I decided Erik and I needed a mother-son date yesterday, so we went to see Hugo since it was the only children’s movie playing at the right time. So why is this a children’s movie? Just because it has child actors? The trailers make it look like a couple of kids who are on the run from an evil police guy. They also make it look like the kids are building an awesome robot man.
While those things happened, they were not the focus of the movie. It was mainly a fairly slow placed (if you are six) movie about an old man and his regrets as seen through the eyes of children who don’t have a clue what is going on. It’s quite beautiful and I’d recommend it to anyone who wants to see a sweeping, subtle movie (and Johnny Depp has a cameo!), but it’s not at all good for squirmy six year olds. Here’s a good review: that says what I mean better than I could say it. I had no idea it was based on a true story.
After the movie, Erik begged to go to Mexican food, so we hiked over to Uncle Julio’s in the snow(!!!) and found a 45 minute wait. Since Mike wasn’t expecting us to be gone so long, I had to nix that idea. So Erik barged on over to Copper Canyon Grill, even though I didn’t intend to go there. He’s such a confident young man that he was asking for a seat before I even stepped into the door (I was trying not to slip off the bridge in my non-snow friendly boots). They had a huge wait too, so we ended up getting cupcakes at a local cupcakery. I don’t quite get the cupcake fad. I want to like cupcakes, but I just. . . don’t. And the ones at this place are kind of nasty. Cupcakes for dinner for the parenting win!
This particular cupcakery is very kid oriented and they have a ton of super expensive kids toys all around, so he started begging for something. He was not at all impressed when I said he could have anything he wanted, but he would have to pay for it from his funds. He ended up getting a $2 thing of cupcake lipgloss. He’s quite impressed with it.
Then I saw a purse in the window of a girly store that I just had to have, so we slipped on over there. I don’t recommend accessory shopping with a six year old boy. He decided he was going to pick me out something that was beautiful that I could wear every day. He has the tastes of a six year old boy, so his main love was two big, tacky gold bracelets that would make me look like Wonder Woman. I’m really glad he’s stingy with his money–he wouldn’t part with any to buy me anything. Ha.
I love my new purse, even if it wasn’t to Erik’s taste. That’s probably a good sign.
>Does anyone know of any good parks or nature centers in NoVa? One of our Campfire families moved to Ashburn, so we want to do some field trips that are half way between Germantown and Ashburn. However, none of us know the first thing about NoVa. I think I found one that might work. Riverbend in Great Falls, VA. We also would love to do some kind of hands on science center tour. We all love the Maryland Science Center and Port Discovery, but they are in Baltimore, which defeats the purpose of meeting halfway. We may just end up going to one of the museums in DC.