Visit from Grandma!

Alex's mom came to visit for a week and we had a ton of fun and kept very busy! We drove down to Virginia to see Alex's uncle and aunt and stayed with them for a night. I forgot my camera so we don't have any pictures, but we went to the Manassas Battlefield and walked around there. Then we went up to the Washington DC Temple and Alex's mom babysat Nicole while Alex and I did a session. On our journey back to Philadelphia, we stopped in Baltimore at the Broadway Diner (it was featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives). It was everything a diner should be - a cool metallic boxcar building, the diner crowd, a huge menu with everything you could ever want, and a glass case full of their desserts!

We went to Fort Washington State Park and enjoyed a little picnic and walk there, and we went to Longwood Gardens. Nicole's favorite part was definitely the children's garden in the conservatory where they had water features for the kids to play in. She was soaking wet by the time we left!

We went into the city and had lunch with Alex at Rittenhouse Square. We got some falafel sandwiches (my first time having falafel) and they were delicious! We also stopped at a gelato shop and tried just about every flavor they had. Yum!

On the last day with Grandma, we went to Chestnut Hill and walked around all of the shops there. The highlights are always Robertson's Flowers, the Philadelphia Print Shop, and Penzey's Spices. We had lots of fun and Nicole already misses her Grandma!