Strawberry Shortcake

Stella loves Strawberries!! She was introduced to them a few weeks ago and can't get enough of them! She ate one or two while we did a little picking at a farm nearby. After her second one I said, 'No more little girl...you might get a tummy ache.' She said what sounded like 'no' (but sometimes that is actually 'yes'...you have to look for the nod) and crammed one in her mouth as quickly as she could! Naughty Monkey. We went in the afternoon to friends Bev and Jim's for their annual end of the school year party (Bev and I taught together for a few years). We had a great time visiting, eating lots of delicious food, rousing games of bocce and badminton. Stella added a little more juice to her strawberry stained shirt.

Two Little Dancers

Finley doesn't have a very pleasant look on her face, but actually this is two happy girls dancing; I forget what I was playing, but both girls were rockin' out with me and doing their own little dance. Stella looks like she is doing the 'robot.'

Just Ducky

Stella found this little ducky and fell in love, she walked around giving it hugs for most of the day!

Lunch With Daddy

We went into DC to meet Sean at Rock Creek Park for his annual work picnic. The rain held off, but it sure was humid!

Who's Feeding Who?

Recently, Stella has taken to feeding us bites of her food. It is very cute, except for when she takes food out of her mouth and tries to pawn it off on us; we love her...but we have to draw the line somewhere!

Is That Nanny...or a Banana?

We went for a little visit with Nanny--whose name conveniently sounds like 'nana' which is Stella's word for banana. Stella was extremely excited about our conversation about going to visit Nanny but I think that's because she thought we were talking about going to visit a banana (not that she doesn't love Nanny, just that we eat a lot of bananas here and they are very popular).

We also saw Aunt Ginny who brought us a yummy lunch of kebab :)

Relaxin'

Our neighbors hosted an impromptu cookout on Sunday night. We enjoyed some good food, a few beers, and a nice relaxing evening. Stella took a little tumble and got her first skinned knee which I proudly showed off for the whole week :) No doubt the first of many!