Missing Baltimore Already Part 2

The fact that I was able to work part time at Hopkins was great because it gave me more time to do activities with Lucy on my days off. I have really enjoyed our weekly activities. Every week we attend Hoppin Tots, a Music Class, and we usually go swimming. As most of you know both mother and daughter are full of energy (or at least I was until I got pregnant again), so these have been great opportunities for us to bond while being active. Hoppin' Tots has playground and gym equipment for the kids to bounce, jump, run, and swing on. Lucy looked forward to this class every week and is definitely going to miss it. The first set of pictures are of her romping around at Hoppin Tots.


We love going to our local library to visit Storyville, which is miniature town with different play areas. Many weekends have been spent exploring all that Storyville has to offer. Here Lucy is playing dress up at Storyville.
She always loved playing in the general store and checking people out at the cash register.
But her absolute favorite thing about Storyville (in her words) is to "rock in the boat a minute!"
Don and I enjoyed going on child friendly outings and exploring different activities around Baltimore. I was really surprised to find out how many family friendly events there were in the city. Don hit the jackpot when he took Lucy to the B & O Museum where she rang the bell in the little train over and over again for about 20 minutes.
Lucy has become a little fish and is almost too fearless when it comes to the water. This must be due at least in part to the fact that we have gone swimming very regularly at our health club ever since she was an infant. Lately though she says she is scared of the "hot water spout" and avoids it at all costs.
This past winter we got a membership to the Maryland Science Center. We definitely got a lot of mileage out of it. Lucy loves running around the kids room, and those of you that know Lucy know that she really never walks-she always runs! Every time we drive past the Science Center she asks if she can play in the "water table."