we love grandparents!

Grandma Joanne and Grandpa Lee are visiting and helping take care of Ava while Tina is on vacation. They've been on grand adventures, including the aquarium in Baltimore.  We all visited Grace's chickens on Sunday.

blueberries

Thanks to Tina for these wonderful photos!

Monday music hour.

She loves her frozen penguin ice pack from Grandpa.  It comes out of the freezer frequently.

Diapering Rhino and putting him to bed theoretically immediately precedes Ava becoming diapered and napping herself.

 In practice, however...

We picked blueberries in western Maryland at the beautiful, wonderful Frog Eye Farm on Sunday.

 Library story hour with the librarian.

4th of July

A recent playground photo from Tina:

4th of July parade, DC:

The battle of the hat concluded with Ava sporadically wearing her hat and convincing Daddy to wear Mommy's hat for a while:

Excited about the Metro train arriving:

Backpacking in Catoctin Mountain Park over 4th of July weekend:

Helping Daddy hang the food bag:

 Hiking:

Radishes

Picking radishes from the garden and washing them has been a favorite activity lately.  A few days ago there was a big rain that made a puddle next to the garden.  She got to wash the radishes in the puddle before washing them in the house.

Washing radishes on the porch.  The red liquid is fruit-flavored Celestial Seasonings tea--she's a big fan.

Celebrating picking another radish and showing Mommy:

What do you mean you don't dunk your cucumber in your tea?  Cucumber from the garden.

Tina is master of pigtails.

We went to Great Falls National Park west of DC on Saturday.