Wildwood Days

Dyllan had her first trip to the beach for the 2011 summer season. It was a mini trip and just myself, Dyllan, and my parents headed down from Thurs morning through Friday night this past weekend. Still, we fit a ton in and Dyllan had a blast. I will admit she was a bit of a pain in the condo- it was like a crazy bird trying to get out of a cage!! I think she just didn't have enough space to run wild (and she is a wild girl these days...jumping on my furniture and getting into other trouble if I turn my head for just a few seconds). But at the beach she was in heaven-- miles of space for her to just RUN (and play in sand and water!). We missed having "Daddy" along but he was at the very special and important Relay for Life event supporting Heather.

I've included a few pics from our little trip...


Dyllan was pretty brave with the water, but the waves did make her uncertain at times

This shovel was her favorite beach toy

I was SO excited that Dyllan fell asleep during her normal "naptime" so I could read my Kindle for a while (I was worried with all the excitement we'd be skipping naptime!)

Filling a bucket was another favorite pasttime

My parents pushing Dyllan in the jogging stroller on the boardwalk. Not sure if you can tell from this photo but YES my dad does have a black eye...sorry, no juicy story there. It's a basketball injury!!

One thing about the trip that was revealing was that Dyllan was really scared of rides. With how crazy she is on the bouncy-bounces at Monkey Joe's and on my furniture, I thought she'd love rides. But they scared her a lot. Even this carousel ride with mommy was kinda scary for her...

A New Yard

Since having two enormous trees from our backyard removed (bye-bye tax return!), Joe has been working hard to try and get grass growing. That's included having 19 cubic yards of dirt delivered and hauled to the backyard on his own. Then came spreading grass seed and hay. That's where Dyllan thought she could help! I had just picked up a little wheelbarrow at a yard sale for a quarter (can't beat that!!) and Dyllan wanted to be just like Daddy. She filled it with hay and helped him spread it around. More importantly, she had lots of fun being Daddy's little helper...