Chicago

This weekend, Sarah and Lily joined me in Chicago (I was already there for a conference during the week) and we visited with Uncle Phil, Aunt Lois and cousins Alayne, Dave, Sam, and Mikey. We went to the Kohl Children's Museum and to the Field Museum and ate deep dish pizza. Lily had a great time visiting, playing, and watching "the boys".

"Picking" corn at the Field Museum

Playing drums at the music exhibit

"Elephants!"

"This is a fun house cousin Alayne!"

"The Boys!"

"Love you Aunt Lois and Uncle Phil"

Pedaling Her New Tricycle

As you know, Grandma and Grandpa got Lily a new tricycle. She is starting to get the hang of pedaling it!

"First, I have to sweep up all the leaves in my way."

"Next, I put my feel on the pedals."

"I'm ready to pedal now!"

Cherry Blossoms

Today we went downtown with our friends Eli, Benjamin, Beth, and Howie to the Natural History Museum. We went to the dinosaur exhibit, the oceans exhibit, and the butterfly exhibit. The butterfly exhibit is a self contained area where live butterflies fly around. Lily was afraid of them and we had to carry her through the exhibit. Of course, as soon as she asked to leave and we did, she wanted to go through again. Too bad you can only entered with timed tickets. We'll go again soon.

"Daddy, are you sure these butterflies won't hurt me?"

After lunch, we went down to the tidal basin to see the Cherry Blossoms. Unfortunately, Lily was so tired from zooming around the museum she fell asleep, with her sunglasses on, when we left the museum and didn't wake up until we got back to the car.

Konked out. Everyone thought she was so cute sleeping in her sunglasses.

After we got back to the car and Lily woke up, we decided to go to Cabin John park on the way home. We ended up playing there for two and a half hours!

"I LOVE this park!"

Jenkinson's Aquarium in Point Pleasant

Today in New Jersey, the weather was very rainy and we took Lily to Jenkinson's Aquarium on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant. She loved looking at all the fishies and running from tank to tank. She especially liked the seals and watching the penguins get their brunch.

"Gently bobbing up and down is how a SEAHORSE gets around."

Seals!

"A Lily Seal!"

Sedar

Lily enjoyed the Sedars this year for Passover. Of course, she enjoyed the soup and matzah best.



In the Straus family tradition, Lily got a bike from Grandma and Grandpa for finding the afikoman!


No trip to New Jersey is complete without a visit to Wegman's. While there, we found Lily a tailgating chair. Of all the colors they had, she had to have...

PINK!

Cracking Eggs

This week we are visiting Grandma and Grandpa in New Jersey. Among the many toys Grandma has for her speech therapy clients are eggs to reward the children for saying colors, etc.... Lily has been playing with the eggs and making "waffles" with them.

Sunny Day

The weather today was amazing. High of about 75 and very sunny. The perfect day to go to the park!

"Can we come back to the park again soon?"