Lidia came to visit for a week in early August. The kids and I picked her up from the airport and treated ourselves to dinner at Chiptole and had ice cream at this place in Baltimore that specializes in veggie ice cream. They have flavors like sweet corn, butternut squash, beet, and spinach. They actually taste much better than they sound. Sugar and cream go a long way!
We went Peach and raspberry picking at our favorite place, Larriland farms.
Elliott was not too sure about the peach fuzz
But, he came around and ate about 3 peaches
Gorgeous peaches
I had a hard time with all the peaches on the ground
Audrey enjoyed climbing for her peaches
My peaches
Lidia and I had 20 pounds of peaches to use... we had bourbon peach cobbler, peach tea, peaches and cream frasiche, and a lot of just plain peaches to eat.
We headed to the raspberry fields. Elliott was excited to get out of the stroller for a bit.
Elliott was a fan of raspberries
and was even willing to share!
Lidia and I got to spend the day together that Saturday of her visit and went to DC. We got to go shopping, see two movies, visit a museum to see the amazing painting below, visited Georgetown and had dinner at Le Pain Quotidien. It was a great day together, free of kids.
We went to Sherwood Gardens to have a picnic one afternoon. It was a cupcake picnic- we picked up some yummy gluten free cupcakes from my friend's bakery and enjoyed them in the gardens.
Elliott trying on Audrey's headband
Audrey posing in a tree
The kids got to climb the favorite climbing tree.
Elliott even joined in with some assistance
He preferred playing in the dirt and got pretty messy.
We had a great time with Lidia, even got to run in the rain (not on purpose and then again on purpose), watch the fireflies, and bake lots of yummy things. My new favorite cake- the chocolate whiskey bunt cake. Thanks Lidia for giving us a special week together!
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