Elizabeth at Woodside Farm Creamery

One of Hockessin's famous places is Woodside Farm Creamery. This historic, family- owned farm makes the most delicious ice cream from their very own contented cows. Fawn insisted on taking Elizabeth here and showing off how well she eats her favorite banana ice cream!

Elizabeth and Sunday Afternoon Pedis

After a few beach trips our feet were looking pretty shabby, so off for relaxing pedis at Tulip Nails! They do great $20.00 pedis.

Elizabeth and Sunday Morning

It's Sunday morning and church time! We opted for 9:30 mass at St. Mary's... Then breakfast at The Perfect Cup...

Elizabeth in Rehoboth Beach

Today was a perfect day! Blue skies, low humidity, and a slight breeze from the north... so we headed off to enjoy a well-known DE beach. We left early so that we could make sure to find a parking space, and luckily, I'd been saving my quarters for a while and they were handy to feed the meter: one quarter for 10 minutes. Guess this is the way Rehoboth Beach earns its revenues!

 The beach when we first got there in the morning...

Of course, somewhere during the day we had to enjoy a bucket of Trasher's fries! So much for the diet... these always taste soooo good at the beach!

The crowd moves in...

Beautiful, foamy waves crashing on the beach...

Love that ocean!

Camp Bishop on the beach!

And that's a wrap for another relaxing day at the beach!

Elizabeth in New York

Then, we took Elizabeth to New York for a few days. I went along to finally meet Tait, Sophia's significant other. We took the bus from Wilmington...

Then, after walking 10 blocks and up 3 flights of stairs and then 6 more blocks, we finally had a lovely brunch at a little French place. Here's my beautiful gang! After brunch we parted company as they went on to the Mermaid Festival on Coney Island and I went back to catch my bus back to DE at the Port Authority...

Here they are racing surreys with friends. Heard about this! No hands, no brakes???

Watching the World Cup outdoors. 

Sleepy time...

Nightime NYC from the top of Tait's apartment building...

This must have been taken on the ferry going to Governor's Island, where they watched the World Cup outdoors. This was also the famous ferry ride where some fool, on a dare from friends, jumped off the ferry...

Kayaking on the Hudson...

Libby & Lili in Central Park...

On top of the Empire State Building...

At the MOMA...

Don't these two look like sisters? 

On the bus ride (that I almost didn't get on) to NYC. Peter Pan buses (owned by Greyhound) require that you produce a paper ticket in order to board the bus. I was so busy making sure the girls had all of their paperwork that I left mine on the kitchen table, and only through a last second plea to the bus driver was I able to get on. 

Elizabeth's Amish Buggy Ride

We also learned a little bit about the Amish by taking an Amish buggy ride on a rainy Thursday afternoon... we found Abe's Buggy Rides in Bird-in-Hand, PA and negotiated an educator's discount for a 4.5 mile buggy tour. Here is Abe hitching up the horse...

We passed by beautiful Amish farms...

And the rain didn't bother us at all...

The Amish always have such good-looking horses!

Love their barns! They look so neat and tidy...

Here's a one-room schoolhouse...

It's raining...

This buggy ride was so peaceful, even though at times cars were anxious to zoom around us. 

 The house below dates back to the 1700's. 

 Amish houses often built additions on to the main house as aging parents then move into the smaller house and the main house becomes occupied by the younger (and growing) family...

This is what our buggy looked like...

And that was our Amish tour! A great afternoon learning about a different culture...

Elizabeth's Visit

Elizabeth has been visiting us in Delaware and we've all been busy showing her some of our favorite places and having her help me run my errands!!! This morning we dropped off old comforters and a bag load of old sheets and towels at Faithful Friends...

Next, we went to the Christina Riverfront and checked out the Wilmington skyline and river...

Here she is in front of several old cranes used during the WW II shipbuilding boom. The Dravo company built small sips for the war effort and this riverfront was a booming ship building industry...

Then we stopped at Wilmington University's campus and picked up t-shirts and sweatshirts at the bookstore...

Last, but not least, it was stopping at the Hockessin Bookshelf to get a copy of The Fault in Out Stars so that E could do her summer reading.

That was Thursday morning :)! Next, off the Amish country...