More Memorial Day Weekend Fun with Nana and Granddad

After church on Sunday, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and headed out to the Lawrenceville Hopewell Trail.  We are so thankful to have this beautiful trail system near our house and take advantage of it weekly.  It was fun to show my parents where we walk every week.  We parked at Village Park and walked through the Pole Farm section of the park.

Did I ever mention how much we love this BOB stroller?  It has been a fantastic purchase!

Samantha loves going for walks.

And so does Lanie.

However, Samantha also loves to get out of the stroller and walk around.  The first thing she always does when she gets out is check the back pocket to see what fun stuff mommy has been hiding from her.

While Samantha was getting out her jitters, we read all the historic signs about the Pole Farm.  I always just pass those signs when I walk so it was so cool to see how historically important the telegraph poles here were to US-Europe communications before, during, and after WWII.

On the way back to the car, we stopped at the Village Park. Samantha LOVES the little tot lot here, and we now go here all the time.

Also S has taken to saying "woah" when she's on the swing.

After our walk, we headed home for nap and then a wonderful dinner outside.  We made filet mignon, potatoes and tomatoes on the grill.  Andrew is like an expert griller, and his first time grilling filet did not disappoint.  Get this- the girl who has been on meat strike for the last five months ate the filet and kept asking for more.  Chicken-no, Pork-no, Ground Beef-no, Turkey-no, but Filet-"Yeah."  Who knew our daughter was this high maintenance?!

After dinner Samantha wanted to ride on her tricycle.   Nana was happy to oblige.

Tyler and Kevin wanted in on a picture, too.

Here we are carrying rocks. Again.

Samantha didn't want to say good-bye to Nana and Granddad!

What a beautiful and fun weekend!

Grounds for Sculpture with Nana and Granddad

After realizing that neither us nor my parents had Memorial Day Weekend Plans, Nana and Granddad decided to head down to NJ for part of the long weekend.  They haven't been here for more than a few hours since last summer, so it was wonderful to spend a few days with them.  Right after they got here on Saturday, we headed straight out to Grounds for Sculpture.  My parents had never been, and we hadn't been there since before Samantha was born.  What a neat place, and it was extra special because they had a special exhibit going on which added lots of extra iconic sculptures to the mix.  It was really fun to explore the gardens and the works of art.  We're definitely going here again!

Peacocks wander the grounds.

Samantha seeing the peacock!

If you're in Central NJ, definitely check out the Grounds for Sculpture!

Random May Movies

Samantha is very active and opinionated, and of course very happy.  Hoped to capture a little of that on video!

Sliding on our little community playground.  Such a brave girl!

Balancing!

A somewhat failed attempt at showing me her body parts.  She can do most of them.  I'll have to work on a better movie of her pointing them out.

Working on stepping up stairs instead of crawling.

Random May

Sorry for the slight Lieucrew break - we've been having some technical difficulties around here.  But I think we're back up and running again.  May continued to be a good month.  It's sooo wonderful to spend time outside, and it's very fun to watch Samantha understand and try more and more things every day.

Just hanging with daddy :)

Also sitting on mommy.

Penne vodka.  Pasta = favorite food.

S is obsessed with balancing on things.  Books and my shoes are her favorite.

Outside.  All the time.

Found this tricycle at a consignment sale.  She loves it.

Our neighbors passed on this lawnmower.  She loves it.  But she only mows the sidewalk.  Don't even try to suggest she mow the grass.

Hanging with our neighbors.

 And with her friend Logan on the playground.

Other favorite food = berries. If Samantha could eat only pasta and berries she would be set.

I bought S her own adirondack chair at Wegmans (I know of course).  And she climbed into it continuously before we could even get it outside.

On Memorial Day the husbands joined us at bootcamp.  Fun to do a family workout!

"Yum"

Wanting to sit in chair all by her self.

Oh and we also wanted to drive. Big girl these days!