Race #2

Last Sunday, the girls ran in their second (and last for a long while) race!  Last year I ran in the 5K race at this pumpkin farm and it was a lot of fun, so I decided to let the girls do the 1 mile run this year.  Leah did GREAT!  She would have run the entire thing if it weren't for...ehem...a little diva named Bella.  Bella was not into the running thing.  She cried for a while because "her legs were tired." Then, when we got towards the end...after being carried for half of it and walking the other half...she cried because she wanted to win and there were other people crossing the finish line before her.  Ha ha.  I like the competitive nature...but the tears have to go!

 

We ran the race with Caleb and our two little neighbors Zoe and Ellie

Leah at the finish line (I had to leave a crying Bella to finish with Leah...then go back and pick up Bella)

This picture makes me so sad because Caleb's Dad got a job in South Carolina.  So my really good friend Jen and the girls best friend, Caleb, are going to be moving to Charleston next month.  Don't know what we are going to do without them!

Arrrgh....The Pirate Ship

This day (at the end of August) was a bittersweet one.  We got to go on a SUPER fun pirate ship!!  We went down to Annapolis, got dressed up like pirates, with face paint and all, and then got to go out on a pirate ship cruise while doing things like finding treasures in the water, attacking bad pirates with giant water guns, and all the while speaking like pirates.  The kids L-O-V-E-D it!  It was perfect.  The downside was that the reason we were out on this boat was because my friend Heather, her husband,  and her son (and the girls good friend) Ian were moving to Florida and this was their big goodbye to all their friends (can we say GENEROUS!).  What a super idea they had to have one last fiesta for their son before heading back to Florida for a great job opportunity for Heather's hubby Rob!  We are really missing having them here!  Ian was in the girls' preschool class and they lived right down the road in our neighborhood, so having them gone has been sad, but we are happy for them and the new adventures they have yet to come!

 

 

 

Pulling up the treasure

Posing with the booty!

All the kids got bags of "treasure" to take home

Heather, Rob and Ian