A little static

Mom, I'm bored!

Perfecting his climbing skills the other day while we had a house showing.  Two hours is a long time for a toddler, even when it includes a walk to see the ducks and time at the park.

Good night kiss

Clark Elioak Farm

This past Tuesday we went to Clark Elioak Farm in Ellicott City.  It is a petting farm with lots to do for the little ones!  They have pieces from the "Enchanted Forest," the first theme park in Maryland, and the 2nd oldest in the US (the first is Disneyland).  The Enchanted Forest closed in 1988.  Those that I have talked to that grew up in this area have wonderful memories of this park, even though it had no mechanical rides.  It was really neat to go to the farm and see some of the pieces from the park, which are nursery rhyme-themed.

Hayride

He didn't go down, but I did!

Somewhere over the rainbow

This is about as close to the animals as he would get (note there are no animals in the photo)

The only slide he went down.  He actually had to push himself to get to the bottom.

The Three Bears' house

There is a slide in the shoe.  He didn't go down this one, either.

Quinn tried to help Jill up, but she was too heavy

That black speck he is looking at is the tiniest frog I have ever seen!

From the side, the yellow slide looks like cheese, and no, he didn't go down this one either.

Annemarie Sculpture Garden

We had a great day yesterday at Annemarie Sculpture Garden in Solomons, MD.  We had another picnic there, and enjoyed plenty of interesting artwork.  One of their exhibits was "Fairies in the Garden,"  where they had small, fairy houses hidden throughout the walking path.  It was fun to look for them and admire their differences.  My favorite was the "Tower of Tara," which was a round house that had three doors, all with arrows pointing to the next one stating "Please use next door."  Quinn didn't really enjoy dressing up as a fairy, though I enjoyed taking the pictures.  He did enjoy the play area, where he could go inside the houses, make music, and draw designs in the sand on the floor of the houses (who knew pine cones made such neat designs in the sand?  OK, I'm sure my mom knew that).  We also stopped in Solomon's Island, where we walked the boardwalk and toured an old oyster factory. 

And a bonus video: