Pittsburgh

Here are some pictures from the first few days in Pittsburgh.

Playing with Mr. Potato Head at Great-Grandma Gloria's

Drawing with sidewalk chalk with Grammy

Being SILLY!

"Helping" Papa J at the store

"Look Mommy! I have a PEN!"

Reading with Daddy

As you know, Lily loves to read. The other night, after dinner, Lily and I read for about 45 minutes in her room. At one point, I had to ask Sarah to bring me some water because my throat was so dry. While she was up there, Sarah decided to take some pictures of us reading Ella the Elegant Elephant, one of Lily's favorites.

Kathy and Bill's Pool

For 4th of July weekend, Grandma and Grandpa came to visit! On Saturday, we went to pick Grandma up from her visit with Kathy and Bill. While we were there, we got a chance to swim in Kathy and Bill's rooftop pool.

Blueberry Picking, Farm Animals, and the Dairy Moo-seum

Yesterday, I took Lily to go blueberry picking with our friends Sara, David, and Sadie at a blueberry farm called Farm at Home. Lily loved picking the blueberries, but did not eat any in the field. Instead, she informed me that she doesn't like blueberries, only strawberries!

After picking blueberries, Lily and I stopped at Homestead Farms to look at the animals. While she liked the goats, pigs, and chickens, her favorite was a cow who was resting in her pen. Lily walked up to the cow and said "Hello cow" and the cow turned her head to look at Lily before going back to her rest.

Finally, Lily asked to go "to a new park" so I took her to the South Germantown Recreation Center to a Tot-Lot she likes a lot. What I didn't know was that it was also the grand opening of the Dairy Mooseum. After we played for a little while, we checked out the new museum which included life-size wooden cows that Lily liked reaching up to "pet."

Jaxson's Ice Cream

During our trip to Florida, we visited a Florida ice cream institution, Jaxsons. Lily had vanilla ice cream with sprinkles and rode the "merry-go-round" with Papa J!

A Visit to Florida

This past weekend, we took Lily to Florida to visit Granny. Lily had a great time on the plane in both directions, going swimming, and playing jewelry and Playdoh with Granny.

"Water in Florida is warmer than in Maryland, Papa J"

"Granny, do you want any ice cream and tea?"

"Look Granny, I can make playdoh hair"

"Pretty Straus Girls!"

Lily's First Orioles Game

This afternoon, we all went to Baltimore to see the Orioles play the Mets with the Krakowers. We stayed for 5 innings and Lily had a good time eating french fries, ice cream, and playing with Eli. Today was also kids floppy hat day, so Lily got a cool, orange, floppy hat!

"That was a great play Eli!"