Fantastic Mother's Day Weekend

I do believe I had the most perfect Mother's Day weekend at the beach house.  On Saturday we did some swimming, hit Rehoboth and got to go to Funland for the first time.  Yes, Lily actually rode rides for a mere 30 cents!  Wow.  The weather was absolutely wonderful both days.  Low 80s and a nice sea breeze.  I even got to try out my new kayak on Saturday.  On Sunday it just got even better.  We headed to the beach early and saw some dolphins, then swimming, then Mother's Day Brunch at the club, followed by some lounging in the sun.  We finished the day with Lily coming kayaking with mom.  She went about 15 minutes even.  Quite a long time for her to sit still.  Seeing all the sand cranes, eagles, sand pipers, horseshoe crabs and tons and tons of turtles made the ride very exciting.  A perfect weekend!

Lily & Kim at Rehoboth

Funland

More rides at Funland

Chris and Lily on the beach

Dressed up for Mother's Day Brunch

Then dressed down for kayak in the afternoon (doesn't she look so grown up)

My two year old kayaker!

Fun weekends in May

This month we have seen both new things (Great Falls Park) and repeat things (like the National Zoo which is always a hit with Lily.  Great Falls Park is amazing park with nice walking trails into the falls on the Potomac River.  There is a park on both the Maryland side and Virginia side which makes for lots of good viewing of the falls.  Never would I have imagined that there was something so natural and serene nearly in the middle of D.C.  We saw baby geese, lots of Herons (like 10), Eagles and lots of other cool birds.  Well worth the visit.

Meerkats are Lily's favorite animal at the zoo

Lily and Chris at Great Falls Park

Lily & Kim at the park

These are the "Great" falls but there were lots of little falls that you could see close up as well.  Birds flying all over the place as well.  It was amazing.

Lily thinks she is a rock climber already

A few more random pictures

Lily just continues to grow every day.  She is a goofy, crazy and sweet child.  Mind you, she is definitely manipulative just like most kids this age.  We have enjoyed a fun spring with her.

Lily celebrating Mom's birthday

 Another Easter picture

Baltimore on Easter Day (statue of Christopher Columbus in the background)

Baltimore Inner Harbor in the background

Lily coloring in her playroom after a bath

Baltimore and Uncle Dave and Venita's Trip

So I realized we did not get enough pictures, we were too busy just spending time with them and hanging out but here is what I have from their visit.

Baltimore is awesome

 Lily excited by the crab

 Beautiful Harbor and lots of things to do

 Giving "Neenee" some love before Cheesecake Factory

 Proud to carry the pink shovel

 Lily gets love from mommy, mommy gets a little more warmth

 It was not the warmest day at the beach but we have proof they were there

Easter

Ok see we are a bit behind but we have been a little busy having fun.

The Chefs' at work

 The results

 Fabulous

 All Smiles

 Seriously, can you make it a little harder!

 Lily's not sure about that bunny, he looks a little shifty