a day out

We went to a festival at Chadds Ford Winery. It was a beautiful day and the kids had fun running around.

Beach

We spent a week in Ocean City, NJ in a tiny little house. The house was small, but it was pretty much right on the beach, so we were happy. We had a great time and wore the girls out. Malaya was very happy to be there and spent her time in the water. When she was not in the water, she was building baths and beds for her baby doll with the sand. Jolie had a love/hate relationship with the beach. Sometimes she loved digging and playing in the sand and water, and sometimes she cried about it and wanted to be held. Jolie did, however, love chasing the seagulls and pulling apart jellyfish. We spent our evenings riding bikes to the icecream shop, playing at the park, or enjoying the boardwalk. We did have 1 day of rain so we went to a Please Touch Museum, Aquarium, and ended up at a restaurant in a casino for dinner.

I can see the headline now, "Tiny Tot Wins Millions!"

This was an old ride on the boardwalk. I just had to see what it was all about, so Jolie gave it a try.

Jolie has developed quite a funny little personality. She decided to embrace the sand and have a good time.

cute summer pics

bath

summer

Jolie loves to sit on things.

summer

All summer we had toads living in our rain spout. Recently some frogs moved in too. So, on this hot day Malaya decided to take a swim with one of the frogs. Being inspired by her recent trip to the circus, she decided to help froggy do some tricks. Unfortunately I was a little late getting the camera and I missed her funniest comment. She started out the show by putting the frog on the tree and saying, "Froggy in a tree...taaaa.daaaa!"

Dutch Wonderland

We had a great time at Dutch Wonderland. We didn't really have to stand in any lines. There were plenty of rides for Malaya to go on. It was clean and full of trees for shade and grass for Jolie to run around on. We had a perfect day!