Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Maryland trip

The Thursday before Labor Day, we (meaning Nick, Shiloh, my granny, and I) made the 9-hour trek to Maryland to visit my dad and stepmom, aka Shiloh's Yoda and Mia (yes, she has decided his name shall be Yoda! That girl is so random!).

When we first got there, Shiloh got to meet "the boys" for the first time!

"Okay, just smell me already!"
Meeting Dexter

"Sorry, my dad won't let me kiss boys yet!"
Meeting Pokey

All four of the boys... (clockwise, beginning at 3:00 = Tigger, Pokey, Dexter, and Bandit).
Tigger, Pokey, Dexter, and Bandit

Shiloh ADORES her Yoda. And he's a little (just a bit!) smitten by her as well. Can you tell?

Yoda and Shi Shi

Kisses for Yoda

No wonder her kisses are so sweet! BUSTED!! Here she is licking cake batter with Daddy.
Busted!

After getting so messy, a girl needs to go for a swim to rinse off! And by now you know pretty well how our Little Fish feels about the water...

Jump!

Swimming

The Kiefers

(And I love this photo for some reason...)
Sweet girl

Then we decided to take our Little Fish to see... some big fish! We went to the National Aquarium at Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Heading to the National Aquarium in Baltimore

The Constellation

Her first glimpse at sea life... "WOW!" (Look at her facial expression reflected in the glass... priceless!)

Wow!!!! So cool!

The aquarium waterfall:

Aquarium waterfall

Yoda, Nana, Shi, and Mommy

And then Shiloh found Nemo ("Memo"):

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"WHATCHULOOKINAT?!?"

Whatchyoulookinat??

The sharks were pretty neat, but...

Looking at sharks with Daddy

Our favorite was the dolphin show!

Reach for the ball!

Dophins waving

Just playin' around

By then, Little Fish was pooped!

Tired little girl, waiting for the dolphin show

We found plenty of time during our trip to relax as well! The ladies went for mani/pedi's while the guys did some golfing, and we lounged out on the deck and around the pool. Shiloh's last big adventure of the trip was her ride on Yoda's tractor!

"Ooooohh, I get to ride on this thing, really??"
Oooh, I get to ride on the tractor, really??

"Hi Mom! This is fun!!"
This is fun!!

"Hang on a sec, let me change gears here...."
Shifting gears

"... okay, now we're rollin'!"
Driving the John Deere

All in all, we had a great time! Thanks to Yoda and Mia for their hospitality :) Shiloh has already requested to "go Yoda's house" again (when she saw a motorcycle on which she requested a ride, but Mommy wouldn't let her... I think this reminded her of the tractor ride). Anyway, as Shi would say, "See you in morning! Have fun! Be right back!" :D

1 comment:

Leslie said...

looks like a lot of fun!
that girl is too cute!
did you drive??? how long did that take? What kept Shi busy on the ride?