Then we walked over to scope out the live animals. We saw cows, sheep, goats, and bunnies.
There was pig racing at the Hogway Speedway.
But Mollie liked the chickens best of all. We had a great time and highly recommend it for any of you in the area (it's in Gaithersburg right off 270).
The next day we went with Grandma and Grandpa to Muir Beach. Grandma Liz found this really cool charcoal to color with. We had a great time.
After the beach, we went to Sausalito for lunch and a walk. We had a great meal at Fish on the water, and Mollie fed her noodles to the birds. It was really fun. Afterwards we chased birds and played with the fountain on the water in downtown Sausalito.
Friday we headed back to Forest Knolls for some more coloring and visiting.
And practicing holding pencils under our noses.
Later that day we went swimming at Great Grandma Naomi and Great Grandpa Bob's pool with cousin Jacob. Then there was Friday night dinner, which was awesome, but I have no pictures of it and I'm not entirely sure why that is :) Busy week...
Saturday we went to the farmer's market at the ferry building. Great Uncle Sam taught Mollie the fine art of flying.
And we had a great time hanging out with Riley, Greg, and Trisha. They were kind enough to let us stay with them for the remainder of our trip in their fantastic new house. The girls got along great and it was really fun hanging out with them!
There was a little kid boat, which was perfect given her recent affinity for boats.
We took her down on the sea lion viewing deck the next morning. For $2.00 per person you too can smell like dead fish for a whole day and stand on a ledge looking at this raft of sea lions. Seriously smelled like death, but she loved it. Mollie's other new saying is "bye bye babies" so here she is saying bye bye to her sea lion babies.
That afternoon, Mollie's god mother, Megan, met up with us and we went to the aquarium. It was awesome. In addition to seeing fish, turtles, sea otters, and tons of other delightful critters, there's a great kids' play area complete with a touching zone and a play place. Here's Mollie on the half shell in the kids' zone.
Goofing around with Auntie Megan.
The next morning we went to this Dennis the Menace Playground that was really fun!
Here's Mollie menacing Dennis :)
Devorah's cousins Madeline and Jordana made this gorgeous cake for the beach-themed rehearsal dinner. The "sand" on top is brown sugar and the shells are white chocolate. It was delish!
This is Mollie's newest friend, Baptiste (the bride and groom's new nephew). He's 4 months old and a complete angel - not a peep out of him the entire weekend. More of him and Mollie to come in the wedding post.
Mollie taking in the sites. She's also got these back molars coming in.
And here's a photo of her coloring with the bride-to-be!
If you have a kid in your life and you find yourself in Boston, I highly recommend the science museum. Not only are there tons of cool activities for the kiddos (including live animal shows, making and racing boats, and painting your own butterfly made of coffee filters) but there are also these super amazing people who walk around and show the kids how to do things. For example, this very friendly lady and her hand puppet who showed Mollie how to put this ball into a maze - over and over and over and over again.
Making boats...
After our day at the museum, we went for a long walk to Mandarin Oriental for a snack and cocktail. I must say that my mango margarita was excellent, but the mac and cheese was the star of the show. 
Mollie and Auntie Sissy did some intensive coloring.
That night we had an excellent Italian dinner and went to Modern Pastry for some cannoli. 
The next day was Fourth of July. We had a delicious brunch and Mollie got all dressed up in her festive gear.
We watched Thomas and Friends on the iPad while we waited for our table.
