Festival of Trees

On Friday, we met up with the other side of Billy's family to take the kids to the Festival of Trees, a Christmas Bazaar at the Maryland State Fairgrounds.  Nora was a bit too young to enjoy all the special features they had for kids, but she liked looking at all the people and decorations!

Afterward we went to Mary and Gary's house for Thanksgiving leftovers and to let the kids play together.  Now that Nora is walking and used to being around other kids at day care, we really noticed a big difference in how much she was able to interact with her second cousins, Cash and Lily.  Here are some pictures of our afternoon, mostly courtesy of Jacelyn.

Cash was excited to show off his basketball "skills," and we all took a turn getting frustrated with his new car track set before Billy had the idea to give up and lay it flat on the floor.  At that point Cash said "All right! Now this is cool!"

Lily is 13 months older than Nora, so we spent last holiday season in disbelief that Nora would be toddling around by this time this year... but sure enough, here we are!  Lily has always been my little buddy, so it is extra fun for me to see them learning to interact with one another.  We can't wait to see them again soon!