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!"

Sunday at the JCC Pool

Lily loves the pool. We got her a "lifevest" to wear to help her feel more secure. That and 2 noodles and she was ready to "swim" by herself... kinda.

"Maybe I should clean my feet a few hundred more times before I get back into the pool..."

"Look at me! I'm SWIMMING!"

Memorial Day Weekend at the National Zoo

Yesterday we went to the National Zoo. We saw lots of animals. Lily's favorites this time were the elephants and the meerkats. We got to the zoo early and got to see an elephant training session. When the elephant did what he was supposed to, he got a snack. Lily thought that was neat, especially when the trainer told her some of the treats were apple pieces.

"Daddy, do you like the elephants too?"

"That elephant is having a snack!"

"I can pet this bear!"

Lily has always liked the small mammal house, because she can run around and look at the animals behind the glass without being picked up. They also tend to move around more, making them more interesting then the pandas and the lions, who don't move around much. The meerkats were running around and she thought that was HILARIOUS.

Strawberry Picking

This morning, we went to Butler's Orchard for the first day of strawberry picking. The field was full of yummy strawberries, and Lily had a great time picking and eating her way through the field.

"Can I eat this one?"