Pool!

Saturday afternoon was so nice that we brought out Lily's pool (and a good thing we enjoyed it - on Sunday, it was only 50-something degrees out!)

Weekend Fun

On Friday afternoon, after dinner, we figured we'd take Lily for a trip to the park and delay bathtime for awhile... She hit the slide first, of course.

On Saturday morning, she and Daddy stopped by to help Mommy volunteer with Hands On DC at a school near our house...

Thomas... live!

Lily is just a few days away from her second birthday... so J. and I decided to take a few days off work and enjoy some family time. Even though Lily LOVES Thomas, I had no idea that they had whole events dedicated to him. My mom and dad noticed the "Day out with Thomas" when they bought their Barry Manilow tickets (nice choice, folks!) so they got us tickets. Thanks, Mom and Dad!

The fun started in the parking lot... with Lily shrieking, "Trains! trains!" in the backseat as we pulled up.
A Thomas made entirely of Legos... Lily had to check it out.
Sitting inside the lego Thomas with Daddy...
Cutie pie
Inside one of the many real trains at the B&O Museum
There were lots of activities... including a puppet show, which had Lily mesmerized.
A wooden train to play on.
Behind the wheel (do trains have steering wheels?)
Check this out... J. and I kept saying we couldn't believe we were at one of these events, but Lily had such a blast! Notice the line to the right of his shoulder and to his left... but all in all worth it to see how much Lily enjoyed a ride on a "real" Thomas!
She was so excited to see him... all smiles here with Daddy.

Family photo

Chilling out with mom before the train started moving. She was shockingly patient.... if only we were so lucky on the Metro!
And Thomas took us on a ride into scenic, beautiful... um, downtown Baltimore. Not exactly the Island of Sodor, folks.
Lily stood on my lap and sang -- the Thomas theme song, of course!
"Bye bye, Thomas" she called as we heading out.

Recent photos

Big and pregnant... but I can still have fun at the playground. Lily having fun with Henry...
Outside our favorite bar, the Argonaut - don't worry, Lily goes for the chicken fingers and not the beer!
Catching up with the Shipmakers... Lily had a good time staying up past her bedtime with Jaime and Chad.

Rainy Day

It rained all day Sunday! Seriously, ALL Day. It was a bummer at first because there was some great live music scheduled to take place down on the Mall, but it was cancelled due to thunder and lightning. After running some errands, we spent the day hanging out with Lily in her playroom. Normally she goes a little crazy if she can't go outside, but we had a really fun time...

Doesn't she look like quite the big girl in this picture? Cute shot of Daddy's girl...
"Giddyup, daddy!"
I cannot begin to describe the love that Lily has for Mr. Potato Head.
Did I mention she LOVES him?

Butterflies!

On Sunday, we took Lily to the Butterfly exhibit at the Natural History museum. She was pretty impressed with the walk-through butterfly habitat... One butterfly even landed on her shoulder and hung out for awhile!

Hakuna matata

We cannot get enough of Lily's singing these days! She bursts into song out of the blue... some stuff that we like (Bob Marley, the Beatles, etc) and some we have never listened to but that she picked up at school (Ravi, the Barney song... yikes!) Anyway, last time Lily's Grandma and Grandpa came to visit they brought her the Lion King and she loves to sing along with the movie... or on her own.

Pizza

Lily's daddy makes great pizza, and this time he let her help. Lily was a little more into eating the cheese than actually helping, but they still managed to create a masterpiece...

Sandbox

We got Lily a sandbox around Easter time, but this past weekend was the first time it was warm enough to actually set it up. She got so excited when she saw it, and when she started to play she said "I'm at the beach!"

Kites!

In addition to it being the beginning of the Cherry Blossom Festival and opening weekend for the Nats (check out the new Nationals Park!) it was the Smithsonian Kite Festival this weekend. Perfect time for a walk down to the Mall...

At first Lily just walked around, taking in all the kites.


She stopped for a bit to share her snack...
... and then shocked us by laying down in the grass and taking it easy for a half-hour or so!
Relaxing time in the grass enjoyed by all three of us...

Ponytail

LIly has been really into hairstyles lately... she'll ask for a ponytail in the morning after we get her dressed!

Easter Video