Every Tuesday is Sprinkler Day at school. According to her teachers, Lucy just LOVES the sprinkler. We often get comments about how brave she is with the water. We weren't surprised based on what a water baby she is!
Kenzie, Lucy and I took Brian for a ride on the Wilmington & Western Railroad as part of our day of celebrating what a wonderful Dad Brian is. As you may recall, last year we also went for a train ride and had a bit of excitement when a few train cars derailed! Luckily, this year was drama free. We rode the train, had a picnic lunch at Mt. Cuba and then returned to the train station. Lucy enjoyed the ride, but was a little scared of the train whistle. Brian covered her little ears for her. Other Father's Day festivities included a special breakfast (courtesy of me!), special mainly because Brian typically cooks breakfast, so he got to just sit back and enjoy. We also went out for dinner to one of Brian's favorite local spots - Two Fat Guys. Unfortunately, Brian also got stuck working for a good portion of the day - Dad's just don't get a break!
A couple of weekends ago, Brian, Lucy and I headed on up to Erie to celebrate Eric and Katie's wedding. Lucy did a great job in the car for the long trip. This was especially impressive because she was suffering from her first bout with bronchitis and her first experience with an antibiotic. We enjoyed visiting with Nana, Poppa, Uncle Mark, Aunt Rachael, Collin and Lauren. As you can imagine, Lucy was especially excited to play with Lauren who is so close to Lucy's age. Here are a few pictures of the girls:
This past weekend we headed out for opening night of St. Anthony's famous Italian Festival. Going to the festival always reminds me of the years I lived in Trolley Square and went to the festival just about every one of the 8 fabulous nights to enjoy all the yummy food offerings. These days we generally only make it there one night, so we better make it good! Lucy is an avid people-watcher, so she loves places like a festival. We enjoyed the food and Kenzie and Brian got to go on some rides. Unfortunately, little Lucy was too short even for the kiddie rides! We didn't realize there weren't any rides for someone under 36 inches. Before heading back to the car, we stopped in the park though, and Lucy enjoyed the swing set. This was actually the first time she was happy when we put her in toddler swing - hurrah!
Daddy and his girls
Love this picture of Kenzie!
Lucy is so sad because she is too short for all the rides :-(
Lucy did finally get to enjoy a ride - and it was Kenzie powered!
As I am sure you have figured out, I really love to take Lucy to Longwood Gardens. It is a really beautiful place and lots of fun for Lucy - especially in the good weather. She loves to splash in all the hands-on fountains and there is a maze she can run through and explore. There are steps sized just right for a toddler and fun chairs to sit in to relax. It is also a nice place to meet up with friends to walk, chat, play and have fun. Heather and Isabel also love to go to Longwood, so we often meet up so the girls (who are only a couple of weeks apart) can spend some quality time together. Yesterday we met again, and this time we had a special treat because Alex joined us too! Alex was so sweet to both of the girls and seemed to really have a lot of fun as well. I took way too many pictures, and here are a few of my favorites. It was so much fun watching Lucy run, play and laugh with Alex and Isabel. She really had a great time!
We had a fun-filled Memorial Day this year! Brian, Lucy and I went to a neighborhood party on Saturday and had lots of fun - we didn't take any pictures there though... Sunday Lucy & I met Heather and Isabel at Longwood Gardens and had lots of wet fun as usual.
Isabel is happy to cool off on such a hot day!
Lucy loves the Queen Bee chair!
The girls are having a great time at the rainfall fountain in the indoor children's water garden.
Lucy blows kisses to me...
Today was a beautiful day - it was sunny outside and in the 70s - who could ask for more? We had a great day full of outdoor time. We spent the afternoon at the Philadelphia Zoo. This was Lucy's first trip to America's first zoo. As we expected, she loved it! We got to see polar bears swim, lions roar and zebra run. Lucy visited the petting zoo and loved watching the wandering peacocks.
I think this is the closest Lucy Girl will ever get to petting a hippo!
Lucy followed this guy around for quite some time...
This isn't a real cow, but it was still neat to see Lucy try to milk her!
Brushing a goat in the petting zoo.
Kenzie with a zebra in the background
Back at home sitting at her table from Nana and enjoying a well deserved drink!
Supervising as Daddy assembles the Lookout Treehouse Slide from Poppa and Nana.
Wheeeeeeee!
Using the "lookout" to see Kenzie.
Watering the patio flowers.
