Baltimore

So we went on our first family vacation to the Inner Harbor of Baltimore. We have been on vacation before, but this was the first time that it was just Joe, Molly and I. I think it is safe to say that we all had a good time. Molly of course had some moments, but all in all it was a great trip, and much needed time away from the craziness of home!

Here is Molly on the phone at the Children's Museum. The museum was a lot of fun for her. This exhibit allowed the children to work with some of the art, and the older kids could pick up the phones and listen about the art. Molly didn't really look or work with the art - she just ran around and picked up all the phones and said "Hello....Bye!"
Another station was rock painting. You place the water on the rocks and watch them get darker and become shiny because of whatever is in the rocks. Molly takes her painting very serioulsy, so this was an intense station.
The first day we were there, we went to the Aquarium, which was the whole reason of going. Molly loves fish and the ocean. Surprisingly, this was our least favorite day of all! It all started though when we first got there and I was told to check in the stroller... now I had packed a lunch, and camera, and I had my 3 wheeled stroller. So that was not good. Molly didn't want to be held, but there were so many people at certain places that she had to be held. And what little kid wants to hold their Mom or Dad's hand for 2 hours??? Needless to say that we didn't really take our time to look at every little exhibit.

They did have a dolphin show though, which Joe and I enjoyed. Molly was so done with the day that she spent a majority of the time sitting down on the floor of the bleachers. But when I photoshopped this picture, I made it look like she had the best time ever! ha ha...

Then Joe's favorite thing - the duck tour. You take this bus tour throughout the whole city looking at different sites, and then it goes straight into the water! I had heard that these were a ton of fun to do, so when we found out that they had them in this city, I really wanted to try it. This was the only thing that we did that Molly had no moments.... it was the most relaxing part of our trip!