TIIIIIIIGER

we went to the brandywine zoo recently,, it's a pretty small zoo, but they have a petting zoo area with goats.  but the best part of the zoo is the tiiiiiiiiiiger!!!  vera ran up and down sidewalk next to the tiger cage saying 'come here tiger! tiiiiiiger!  come! oh the tiger is there! the tiger is there!  come tiger! hiiiiiii tiger!!!"

although the hand sanitizer dispenser definitely gives the tiger some stiff competition for the best zoo attraction....

power wheels

our neighbors gave vera a hand-me-down power wheel!! wooh!

riley visits

we had a nice visit with riley recently.  and the girls had a great time playing with baby toys...

and then some bathtub fun!

digging a hole

more more beach pics

more beach pics

sept beach

we did a late summer/early fall trip to the beach in september.  it was a little too chilly for getting in the water, but still a great time getting our toes wet and having a bbq.  grandma, grandpa, and aunt jane and uncle jim joined us... there will be a few days of these pictures - we took alot apparently!

ocean city 2

and a carry over from yesterday's post - another comparison between the OC trips.

2012

2011

ocean city 1

we visited ocean city, md recently - same trip we did last year (for JP's work conference)... my mom joined me to help out with the two kiddos, and we were VERY busy having fun, and didn't capture too many pictures.

but i figured i would do a comparison of vera last year and this year - it's fun to see the difference!

2012

2011

hike to the brandywine

we hiked over to the river and found rocks and sticks to throw.  nellie fetched the sticks and tried really hard to fetch the rocks too...

smiles with ava

all fun and games with ava

labor day fire

dad worked really hard to get a fire going for us on labor day after it had rained all day...

and, i have a feeling vera will be rolling her eyes at her parents alot as a teenager...



but the hard work payed off, and we had a great fire that night - finley's first fire!

the loud tower

splashing

LOUD tower... which vera is still talking about now

queen of the garden

hanging out with daddy