Allison visits!

We had tons of fun, even with the new teeth and ear infection.

Gettin' clean.

We planned our garden, started seeds and planted the window boxes. Oly was such a huge help.

When she was tired of doing manual labor she and Andrew pretended to be tough guys.

We took an amazing trip to Longwood Gardens, a 1,000 acre botanical garden nearby. The land was originally owned by William Penn but was developed by Pierre DuPont at the turn of the century into one of the finest collections of trees and flowers in the country. We spent 6 hours there. It was remarkable. I took lots of pictures but am not posting them because they just don't do the place justice.

There's a huge conservatory that seems to go on for miles. It's a wonderful place to put a baby to sleep, with the warm, humid, sweet smelling air.

Oly was awake at one point and reached out to lightly stroke this flower with her chubby fingers. While I grabbed for the camera she crushed it in her fist. Oops.

She's so bad.

We are very sad that we had to do this in Kennett Square, PA and not in the Skagit Valley but.....

Tiptoeing through the Tulips

And now Allison is gone and we're super sad. It's nice having another hand during the day to hold this giant kid. Would it do more psychological damage to a child to have an Au Pair who is periodically mistaken for it's mothers twin? Or less?