Chance's Birthday Party

After our day at the zoo (weekend before last) we got to enjoy a day with Lily's friend Chance to celebrate his birthday.  His parents Jewel and Carl are amazing people so it was a fun day had by both kids and parents.

Memorial Day 2014

Memorial Day has turned out for us beach goers to be one of the most exciting weekends of the entire summer.  First off, it is the start of the summer season in our beach community and everyone is out in full force.  Lily gets to reunite with all her friends in one place (the wave pool!).  She also likes to invite everyone over (kids, parents, and anyone else that will listen) for dinner, lunch, breakfast or just for whatever.  So we had a full house of people all weekend long.  On top of that we had our great friends from Silver Spring staying with us.  We enjoyed (and shared) some awesome Korean BBQ one time (compliments of our Silver Spring friends) and the rest of the time Kim was cooking up a storm.  One day during the weekend, our neighbors (Sam, Chloe, Don & Holly) ate with us for every meal.  It was some what humorous once they realized it.  We were also joined this weekend by a newer friend, Madeline and her family.  Madeline and Sam are the same age (about 4 months younger than Lily).  They all played together great.  We are so lucky to have such great friends.  Oh, and the weather turned out much nicer than anticipated as well.  My apologies for the mass of pictures.  There were just so many great ones.

Sam and Lily enjoying watermelon cupcakes for breakfast (only at the beach)

Lily and Kim kayak in the bay (she is getting better with her paddle)

For some reason she likes to dig sand holes and jump in them

Off to Funland for some games and rides

At Rehoboth Beach

Back at the wave pool

Madeline, Sam, Lily and another girl who really liked Sam

Teamwork learning to ride the boogie board

The gang all dressed up for dinner (Madeline, Lily & Sam)

Back to the wave pool

A noodle, boogie board, and running race

The gang in the wave pool, sans waves (Madeline, Lily & Sam)

The gang + Chloe (Sam's little sister)

Morning at the Zoo

Saturday morning we had a chance to get to the zoo early to check out the new baby panda.  We got to see her hanging out in the tree like a little fuzz ball, but the pictures weren't all that good.  Instead we got some great pictures of Lily's favorite animals:  the meerkats!