So without further ado, here's a quick round-up of what we have been up to in the last month and a half.
The weekend after the Twinkies came to visit was the weekend of the neighborhood summer party. Elliot spent most of the party in the moon bounce and took a brief break for tug-of-war. That's Elliot at the front of the boys' side. You can't tell from the photo but there were at least 15 boys pulling on the rope. Beatrice spent the party trying to steal the balls from most of the homemade carnival games. She also took a turn in the moon bounce with a bunch of other toddlers. It was pretty cute.
We spent the 4th of July at Mimsey and Gramp's house. I wasn't feeling too well over the weekend but we all managed to have a good time. We took lots of trips to the pool (where Elliot did great with just water wings), and had fun playing with Aunt Lindsay, Uncle John, and Natalie who were also visiting. The 4th in Williamsburg is always fun. Mimsey and Gramp's neighborhood has a parade (which Elliot and I made a hat for) and a party with fireworks. Unfrotunately there were no fire works due to wind, but there was a giant moon bounce slide.
Elliot, Beatrice, Brian and I left the day after the fourth and Elliot stayed in Williamsburg for a week at Camp Mimsey. He was on his own at their house for an entire week! He did great and had a wonderful time. Mimsey and Gramps kept him very busy with trip to museums (a children's museum and military transportation museum), parks, the pool, and playground. He even went with Gramps to buy a new new fish for the pond. Elliot named the fish Rocket.
We haven't had any weekends away from home since the weekend after the 4th, but that doesn't mean we haven't been busy. We've spent lots of time playing in the yard. Elliot is quite the explorer and loves finding cool bugs or other "amazing" things like the mushroom pictured. Elliot and Beatrice have also helped with the garden which produced the giant zucchini pictured. Elliot and I made zucchini muffins out of it one Saturday. We have also spent some time playing in our new kiddie pool.
There have also been lots of outings to the playground. Elliot and Beatrice both love the swings.
Two weekends ago we went to our friend Conor's 4th birthday. Elliot had a blast and Mommy enjoyed seeing her friends. Especially Tasha and baby Anja - who is getting so big!
Finally, last weekend we went to Wheaton Regional Park to ride the train and carousel and have a picnic. The last time we were there Beatrice was in the sling the entire time. Even though it was hot, we had a great time. Beatrice was a little nervous about the train and carousel at first, but quickly decided she really liked both.
Wow, we have been busy! Now that I am done with this post, I am happy to report that my new computer has made this a much faster process!
