Fun in DC – Part 1

A few weeks ago, Gwen and Sharon, friends of mine from growing up in New Jersey came to spend the weekend in DC - to catch up and hang out with the kids. We visited with each other as much as possible, but the kids did get in the way a bit ;) Saturday was kind of raity, but we braved the weather and hit the zoo. We were lucky enough to catch the sloth bear feeding demonstration when we arrived. (Note: The sloth bears might be my favorite animals at the National Zoo right now. They sucked these little buggies so loudly that I was sure there was some mechanical device doing the work, but the presenter assured us that it was just the bear.)

We also spent quite a bit of time in the bird house - it was a dry place to sit and eat lunch. We found a very brave blue-crowned pigeon.

Sharon egged on this little owl. He was quite offended at her attempts to scare him and responded accordingly – though I missed getting a good shot of it.

We spent some time at the end of the day with the prairie dogs and Collin and Paige got to run through the tunnel play area.

Family in Philly

My (Tim's) parents were in Philadelphia so we headed up to see everyone.

Reagan had a great time with Papa Armstrong...

At the diner

Playing with toys at Ikea

Checking out Grandmom Grillo

She got fed by Mom-mom

And then we all rode in a bumper car at the bar

As you can see, Reagan had a great time.

Too Tired for Titles

Dance Party

Reagan and I had a little dance party tonight. She really likes when you sing to her and likes it even more when there are fun hand motions to go with the song - like Eensy Weensy Spider. I was trying to think of other songs like that and for some reason came up with the Chicken Dance. This was pretty entertaining, so I found the music online. Thanks to YouTube, I was led to this video, which, in my opinion, is even better than the Lawrence Welk Show does the Chicken Dance and she thought it was great, laughing the whole time.



She wasn't too excited that I sat her in the chair for a picture in her newest cold weather ensemble, but I still think she looks cute!

Learning to sit and eating solid food

Reagan is getting stronger sitting up with help from us or in the bumbo.

According to the charts, since she can sit assisted, she can start to eat solid foods, so here is the first go around...butter-nut squash. As with all other things eating, she loved it.