All week R kept saying, "I go to O-hi-O!" and on the way home she was none too pleased to find out that we were not going to Ohio, but to Delaware instead. But we cheered her up by telling her she would get to play with her friends and stay at R's house.
I've been trying to put her in pigtails more often. This was the 2nd day we were there, but the elastic bands broke later that morning so she was only in pigtails for part of one morning. Here's the best picture we got of the pigtails, with Grandma.
Later that day we went to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, which has the cutest fairy-tale like children's garden. R loved it. There was a fountain, an area where you can fill watering cans using water pumps and water any of the flowers in the area, a sandbox, a little farm house with a table & chairs in it, a tree house, and all kinds of other pint-sized fun things to do. 
I absolutely love this butterfly outfit Grandma bought for R. I think she does, too!
We took a couple trips to Lake Erie. As with the ocean, R did not like being near the water. Even though she says she wants to "play in the sandbox" (aka the beach), she starts screaming "No way, Jose!!!" when you approach the water. One day we went it was really really windy so the water was very choppy, which I think is part of what scared her. The picture below is from the second time we went, and she was less frightened. We watched some geese navigate the water and talked about the waves with her. 
The day before we left, we visited with my aunt and uncle, who were having an open house in honor of my cousin, Girl Scrabbler, who is visiting the country for 2 weeks after spending 2 years and 2 months serving in the Peace Corps in Guyana. I am so impressed with all of her accomplishments-- and the things she did in Guyana were simply amazing. She, almost single-handedly, with other volunteers and community members, assembled a public children's library with 4,000+ books. This included, of course, building all the shelves and organizing the books and training librarians and others to maintain the library. Amazing. Now she's headed off to teach English in Chile for 4 months before going to graduate school this fall. We also got to see Great-Grandma (who R is named after), and had a wonderful visit with everyone.
Here's Great-Aunt L and Great-Grammy with JW, Little Frog, C, Grampie, Grammie, J, me, and R.
R had a lot of fun hanging around with J's cousin, Little J. At one point, she tried to trade him her pink stuffed hippopotamus for his PSP. He wouldn't go for it, though.
And I know I've said this before, but seriously, is this not the cutest Little Frog you've ever seen? I have lots more cuteness to share but my camera cord is at home, so I'll add those later--these photos are all from Grammie's camera.
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