Mother's Day 2008:

Mother’s Day 2008: Casey got up with Alex at 6:30am and I went back to sleep. The kids made me hand-drawn cards and each gave me a grilling tool that was on my wish list (I cook on the grill almost every day, even in the winter). I decided that I wanted to go out in the canoe since it has been a lawn fixture for almost a year and we’ve never used it. A quick google found a ramp at Truxton Park where we could launch and off we went. It was about 60F and overcast, which turned out to be perfect weather since even with two of us paddling the 4 of us in one canoe, it was enough exercise to keep me warm. We paddled down to the Eastport bridge and could see some of the taller landmarks of downtown Annapolis like the State House. When were back in the smaller creeks, people would greet us from their docks with friendly hellos and wishes for a happy Mother’s Day. One mom voted us the cutest thing on the water. For lunch we went to the same Thai restaurant that we we’d gone to the previous 2 years. The kids sucked down the satay but weren’t enthusiastic about the pad thai noodles. Chloe ate most of the fried green beans and all of the shredded carrot garnish. Then we headed to Grammy Carole’s for a party for Great Granddad’s 86th birthday. The kids played very nicely with Natalie and we got to show off our usual 100 pictures from the trip. Their youngest cousin Aidan is 4 months old and loves watching the big kids and giggling when they giggle. He’s quite a ham! When we got home Chloe informed me that she needs a new lamp because her lamp that I bought to go with the nursery furniture is “for babies” and she’s “a kid now”. I’d say she’s right! I'll download the pictures later. I've been at this for over 2 hours tonight!