Maryland for Spring Break

Ryan still had a spring break despite the ridiculous number of snow days this year so we went to Maryland. We got to visit with a lot of Ryan's family. We were also excited to meet our new nephew Zachary for the first time. We mostly stayed at the house since the weather was not cooperative but we made it to the National Zoo one day where Ethan had a blast.

 Ethan got to play his Uncle Austin's drums for a little bit.

 Zachary is almost as big as Lilly and he is 3 months younger!

 Lilly showing off her rolling skills and perhaps teaching Zachary

A family pic

Great-Grandpa, Great-Grandma, Grandpa and Grandma with Ethan and Lilly. We are glad Ryan's grandparents were able to come over and see the kids again.  Lilly was all smiles with Great-grandma!

 

 Brothers with the two newest Fisher kids.

Monday afternoon we went to the wooden slide. Ethan had plenty of chances to go down the slide

Even Lilly had a turn

Ryan was surprised at how fast he went with the help of a burlap sack

Another turn for Ethan

Ethan enjoyed having Aunt Brittany with us

Ethan insisted on having Lilly in the seat next to him.

 Good thing she didn't mind being in there!

Ethan was all over the park and enjoyed the little slide all by himself

He is such a silly boy, he kept trying to pick up the big rocks!

More wooden slide runs, this time with Aunt Brittany

I love this picture! Ethan wasn't scared but it sure looks like he was!

Once we got back to the house, Ethan had just as much fun playing in the backyard.  So much for trying to get out and do things, he's happy anywhere.

On Tuesday we went to the National Zoo.  It rained on and off which worked in our favor. Less people and the animals were out and more active than we have seen in the past.

Ethan liked the noisy flamingos.

The peacock was strutting his stuff for a female peacock. He even did a funny little dance, shaking all his feathers! It looked impressive to us, but apparently it wasn't good enough. The female took off and headed towards another peacock.

He was so close we could have sat down next to him

Lilly was happy to be in the Mei Tai almost the entire time.  She took a nap in there too!

Ethan fell asleep before we left the zoo parking lot! He wore himself out running around the zoo

Lilly is getting so big, she loves to sit next to Daddy

Ethan got into playing a bubbles game with Aunt Brittany's phone

It isn't a trip to Maryland without playing Rock band!

Can you believe she is already starting to sit up? We think she is a cutie! The last day there, the weather was gorgeous. Too bad it wasn't the same back home while Ryan and I were trying to expand our garden.

We enjoyed our visit and can't wait to see everyone again!