Weekend Warriors

After a rough start to the weekend (I was very grumpy Friday night and Saturday morning for no particular reason) we managed to have a wonderful, relaxing, family weekend! Southern Maryland is full of bays, rivers and creeks and we hadn't taken much time to explore them with the kids yet. They have played at Ms. Jean's house which is on the Potomac River, but we hadn't visited any other water feature. So, on Saturday we packed a picnic lunch and went over to the Navy Recreation Area on Solomon's Island. The Rec Area is about 20 minutes from our house and its on the Patuxent River. They have a huge campground complete with yurts and cabins, a swimming pool, playground, huge fishing pier, and I would assume boat rentals somewhere. Anyhoo, it was a gorgeous day with warm sunshine and cool breeze. The boys had a blast playing and Max could hardly keep his eyes open on the way home!




My boys eating lunch.

Swinging with Dad. Notice the red tree behind them.

Max's turn.

Throwing stuff into the Patuxent River.

Max was a heartbeat away from sitting down and building a sandcastle! He was digging a hole and letting the waves fill it up with water. He called it "making a flood." Lately he has been really thinking about stuff. He might turn out to be my little scientist!


No weekend trip is complete without ice cream! We stopped at the Doo Dah Deli by our house on the way home. Max chose vanilla ice cream with gummy bears which is only appealing to people who still have all of their baby teeth. And Nolen chose vanilla with sprinkles.

If you know Max, then you know he is a good eater. He didn't let one drop of that ice cream go to waste!

Every evening the neighbors convene in someone's yard. Last night, we were the lucky winners. There was Joe and his daughter Katie, our next door neighbors Stephanie and Russ with their daughter Sarah (6) and son Daniel (1), our closest friends on the block, Jeff and Lara (from Miami, holla) and their son Logan (almost 3) and big Katie is standing there holding the yellow ball. Its so nice to hang out and let the kids run around. We have a great neighborhood! Ed did an excellent job finding this place!