play date!

mercer and co. headed north to visit danielle and her parents joanne and dave in mahopac, ny today. it's the first time we've seen danielle (or her parents, I think?) since she was born. it was great. danielle is a beautiful little girl and her parents were great hosts. first, we stopped for lunch at a local barbecue place called holy smoke. then, it was back to the house for running, playing, running, homemade brownie eating, more running, and more playing. mercer loved danielle's toys, especially anything related to elmo. he also enjoyed a toy car that he scooted around on all afternoon. the kids tired themseves out quite nicely as mercer promptly fell asleep on the ride home.