First Picnic of 2012!

This week has been absolutely gorgeous with temps in the 70s! Yesterday Meredith and I visited 4 different parks in between errands and her afternoon nap. :) At the 4th park we had a lovely picnic dinner with Daddy in the evening. What a wonderful day!!

Welcome Spring!

Sunday Blue

weekend rest

We cozied-up by the fire during the evenings with the Cockley family.

Music, knitting, games, conversation, tea and dessert together.

Good rest.

Meredith followed her special friend, Vivian, all weekend. :)

Erik had fun introducing the kids to his old autoharp. By the end of Sunday, they had formed an ensemble together and were each playing a part - with Erik leading the singing! :)

Center City Philly

We enjoyed a lovely visit with our dear friends the Cockleys this weekend. They arrived Friday evening and Saturday morning we headed downtown for some city sights.

The Benjamin Franklin bridge was so elegant against the cloudy sky.

chillin' in Elfreth's Alley (the oldest residential street in the USA)

We had a blast exploring the Fire Fighter's Museum.

We had lunch outside of the Betsy Ross house.

A very fun day!

Experimenting

I had another random free find a few weekends ago....a sweet chair, just the size for MJ to curl up and read in. In fact, as soon as we brought it in the door, Meredith promptly brought her dollie and had her own reading session there for the next half hour.

So...since the chair was already so well-loved by the wee one in this home, we decided it needed a facelift in order to stay around. :) Erik went to work pulling it apart this weekend to see if we could experiment with recovering it on our own. I had some IKEA fabric I'd had for a few years now...waiting for the right project. We had just enough fabric, so on Saturday evening Erik and I had a date-in evening and worked on the chair together.

And now...we have a jazzy "new" chair for MJ to read in! :)

Little Tree House

This month we had our first experience at the Little Tree House an indoor playplace in Chestnut Hill. Wow - what a fun place! Meredith played with her friend, "Ju-Dah" (her favorite name to say!).

The hand-washing station was a huge hit! :)

Two Peas in a Pod

Meredith and Lila had a blast together this weekend. We packed a lot of fun and activity into a 24 time frame - it was great! These two cousins lived it up playing all sorts of games together.

bedtime stories with Daddy/Uncle Erik

Then...romp and roll time before bedtime!

(sorry for all the blurry shots - these girls are fast movers!)

um...yes, Meredith is pretending the large magnet in her hand is a touch screen phone... :-/
Still giggly at breakfast! :)