Ducks, Crabs and some Mallets

We headed out to Cantler's this morning for an amazing lunch. We had a great meal, with great company. After lunch we spent some time down on the docks checking out the fish, crabs and ducks. The kids loved seeing all the animals.

L with her mallet

Avery going to town with hers.. we were the popular table at the restaurant 

Avery and L checking out the boats

Lunch time-Clay's Mom- Chris was visiting 

George

Avery spots the ducks

They decide to sit down and check them out

Ducks start to approach-- check out Esther's expression... the ducks were after Avery's fry, so she swiftly grabs it from Avery, tosses it into the water and saves Avery. I think Esther might have been a tad more traumatized by the event than Avery was. 

L checks out the ducks

Love this, Esther, Avery, Lonna and George

Saying bye bye, to our friends the ducks

Kisses for Nana and Papa

Laurelea misses her Nana and Papa. She asks for them all the time. At night she can't go to bed without finding their picture and kissing it. We were talking about them at lunch over the weekend and she needed to say hi, so I pulled out their picture and look how her little face just lights up when she sees them.

Sunday Afternoon

I am one buff gal to hold both these little ladies at once

On Sunday, Jackie, Pete, Lonna, Clay and George came over for a send off to my parents. 

Jackie loved the new turtle slide

L and Jackie playing

Snack time

George was a fan of the turtle slide as well

Pool time

MLK

Me, Cory, L and MLK

Nana, Papa and L picked us up from the hotel and we headed down to the MLK to check out the newest monument in DC. I run past it several times a week, but it was the first time that Cory and L had seen it too. 

L was a tad tuckered out so she opted to not ride in Bob

Tidal basin

Us in front of the water by the Roosevelt monument

Looking back at the MLK from the Tidal Basin

Roosevelt and his Dog

First Night Away

Cory and I had our first night away on Saturday night. We have both been away at different times, but this was our first night away from L together. We stayed at the Carlyle Suites Hotel in Dupont and had a great afternoon and evening all to ourselves. While we were away a certain someone was up to all sorts of fun things with her Nana and Papa.

She got to play with water in the bath

And drink the water from the tub (this is generally discouraged)

And play on the new turtle slide 

Swim with Papa in the poo poo

Read lots of books with Nana

Brush her teeth with Nana

And got to go to the park in her jammies and party shoes

Day at the National Harbor

L and Papa counting cars

Mom and Dad have never been out to the National Harbor so we opted to spend our morning out there. We managed to stay dry in between storms but it made for some incredible shots.

Marina at the National Harbor

They have a free kids museum and L loved the Olympics themed things to do

In front of the Gaylord Hotel

Inside the Gaylord

L won the cutest kid award at the London Games

Outside the hotel

Side view of the hotel

Off to the beach!

L playing in the sand

Sandy Point, was calling us and we headed out to the beach for a picnic and fun time at the beach.

Lunch time

She was very independent this go around and would head down to the water herself

Walking with Nana

Playing in the water with Nana

Playing with Nana and Papa

It wasn't until the very end that a certain someone decided to eat sand

So we played a little more and then headed home

Zoo, Zoo, Zoo how about you, you, you!

Nana and L in Amazonia

On Wednesday afternoon we headed to the Zoo. We hit up Amazonia where L got to get close to a monkey. They we went to the petting zoo, saw the lions and monkeys and came home.

L and Papa with a monkey

fun times

L decided that she would walk around the zoo.

checking out the chickens

looking at a monkey

Papa and L looking at a Gorilla