Baltimore Zoo - Baltimore, MD

On the 21st of August we took Lily to the Baltimore Zoo. 

We had a good time until we got to the tree slide, then we REALLY

had fun! She wanted to keep going down it! Oh the joys of being young

and entertained easily!  We will have to take her to the San Diego Zoo

one day so she can see a lot more!

National Aquarium - Baltimore, MD

On the 20th of August, we took Lily to the National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD.  She loved it!  Lots to see, but also lots of people!  She really enjoyed the dolphin show, especially when they jumped out of the water! Definitely going to have to take her to Sea World some day!

Sesame Place

Today we took Lily to Sesame Place in Langhorne PA. The trip started out on a sore note....literally...Lily threw up breakfast all over the cute outfit her day care
provider made her - but I was able to find another one just as cute! 
Oh well guess we will have to come back next year! :o) 

When we got there she was super excited! She was a little scared when she met
Big Bird but was ecstatic when she met Elmo! Her favorite ride was the cups! 
We weren't even in the car 5 mins when she passed out on our 
way home (the last picture). 

Lily snoring is a sign of a successful trip ;o)

Sesame Place

Big Bird's Balloon Race

Grover's World Twirl

Sunny Day Carousel

Face Paint - "Bird Mask"

Joint Color Guard

Even as a GySgt/E7 - there are times you have to step in and do things you normally wouldn't do. I've been in almost 14 years and this was the first time I was in a Joint Color Guard. I did great representing the Marine Corps :o)

Lily's many faces

Lily has a fabulous day care provider that she goes to while Craig and I are at work. She is so talented and every so often she paints the kids faces! Here are just a few of what she has done!

I'm sure there will be a couple more before Lily leaves us the 3rd of September.

Swimming

This summer we have tried teaching Lily to swim. She has done fantastic! She went from

being completely afraid of the water to swimming all by herself! We are going to pay for swim

lessons throughout the winter so when we take her to Lake Powell next summer she will be

really comfortable with the water!

Random

These are just some random photos I took of Lily and Craig!

4th of July 2011

This year we took Lily to Fort Belvoir Army base to watch the fireworks.

We had a great time and she loved the fireworks!