Blueberry Picking with Grammy

Grammy Cookie came to visit us this weekend. On Saturday morning, we decided to go Blueberry picking at Butler's Orchard. Lily had a great time wandering around the field, riding on a tram, and picking (and eating blueberries).

"Grammy, this is bucket is a lot of fun to carry! Can we put blueberries in it later?"

"I love tram rides!"

"Mommy, can I help you put the blueberries in the bucket?"

"I love conducting quality control studies of the fruit. These berries are yummy!"

Peek-a-Boo

Papa J, Aunt Rachel, and Uncle Steve came down to visit this weekend. This morning, Lily and Aunt Rachel played a rousing game of Peek-a-Boo.

Daycare Summer Kickoff Carnival

Last Friday, Lily's daycare had a summer kickoff carnival. They had a petting zoo, moonbounces, music, and snacks. Lily had a great time looking at and petting the smaller animals and walking in the moonbounce with Sarah.

"This ducky is very soft!"

"Mommy, that is a very little piggy. Did he go wee, wee, wee, all the way home?"

Strawberry Picking with Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit this weekend and we took Lily strawberry picking again since she liked it so much. This time we went to a different farm (Homestead Farms) and took a tractor ride out to the field. Lily had a great time eating berries while we were picking!

"This is a neat way to get to the strawberry field."

"I remember how to pick these! We did this a couple of weeks ago!"

"Yummy!"

"This was a great idea, Grandma."

Strawberry Picking

This morning, we went with our friends Sara, Dave, and Sadie to pick strawberries at Butler's Orchard. We were not sure what to expect from Lily and were a little concerned about mud following rain the last few days. Lily had a great time picking and eating the berries. Turned out mud wasn't what we needed to worry about, it was strawberry juice!

"Here Lily, I'll show you how to pick the berries."

"Picking berries is fun!"

"See the berry I picked?"

"All done, I'm going to put them in the big box with Mommy and Daddy berries."

Blue Slide Park

While we were in Pittsburgh this past weekend, we took Lily to the "Blue Slide" Park. It is right down the street from my dad's house and has a giant blue slide that Lily loved going down first by herself (from about a 1/3 of the way down) and then on our laps.

Pittsburgh Children's Museum

We just got home from spending the weekend in Pittsburgh and we all had a great time (especially Lily). Among our activities, was a trip to the Pittsburgh Children's Museum. We were encouraged to go by our friends Erin, John, Caleb, and Emma, and we were not disappointed.

On the first floor, they have an area dedicated to Mr. Roger's Neighborhood (he was from Pittsburgh, if you didn't know that). Lily loved playing in King Friday and Queen Sara's castle and stopped running around just long enough in the trolley to pose for a picture with Sarah, Grammy, and Aunt Rachel.



On the second floor, they had a whole area dedicated to toddlers and younger children. Included in this area was a fish tank and tables with sand and birdseed to play with.

"Fishies!"

"Grammy, can you help me scoop the birdseed into the funnel?"

Also on this floor was a giant, wall-size, light bright. Lily loved picking up the colored pegs, putting them in the wall, and watching them light up.

Believe it or not, the museum has even more, including a water play area on the 3rd floor. We will have to go back to experience that!