Kacy Turns The Big 8

Who's excited that she turned eight years old yesterday? This girl. We can't believe she is eight already.

We hosted a birthday party on Saturday at the yacht club. There were challenges, including a fun donut-eating contest. (Note to mom: Next time, get powdered donuts, not glazed. That or bring baby wipes for face-cleaning post-event.)

Just in case enough sugar wasn't consumed during the donut and other contests, there was cake, in the style of "Frozen" of course.
More pictures to come.....from the party and the "big day" (yesterday).

Kacy is an amazing, funny and sassy girl. She is great with the one-liner and just loves to have fun. We couldn't ask for anything more. Happy birthday, Kacy Claire!

Halloween 2014

We started off the Halloween festivities with a party at the club the Saturday before. The weather was perfect for trick-or-treating on the docks, after some fun games. And lots of candy consumption.

 There was of course Elsa...

 And what Daniel deemed "scary zombie skeleton". Completely, 100% his costume choice.

With cousins Caleb and Katrina.

Grandma with mini Superman Henry at his first BYC Halloween party.

Relaxing post dock trick-or-treating.

 The kids and Dave got into (really into) decorating the house this year.

Ready for official trick or treating on Halloween night.

 We hit up a friend's neighborhood for a change of pace.

Stowaways

We were stowaways (welcome ones) aboard Memory Maker earlier this month for a cruise across the Chesapeake Bay to Worton Creek Marina. The weather had turned fall-like just in time for our cruise.

Road Trip!

We took our dapper selves and headed north to Connecticut to visit friends for the weekend.

Kacy and Daniel enjoyed spending time with Katy and Tyler Maduri, and their (ever-patient) dog, Maguire.

The focal point of the weekend was celebrating the birthday of some of our favorite twins, Mike and Chris Maduri.

Chris and Lyla were nice enough to let us crash at their pad for the weekend.

It was so good spending a night kid-free and with some really good friends whom we don't get to see nearly enough.

Maryland Renaissance Festival, 2014 Edition

We made our annual pilgrimage to the Maryland Renaissance Festival. Great weather welcomed us (and about 8 trillion other revelers) and we had a wonderful day.

Daniel is still the right size to partake in the free pony rides. Kacy made do with petting the horses in the stall.

There was face-painting once again. Coordinating with our Renaissance Fair best, of course.

All around, a great day.....Can't wait for next year!

Back to School...Back to School....

Back to school.....summer's over. 

Kacy began second grade, and Daniel is making his debut in pre-k.

Here's to a great school year!

August Recap (So Far....)

August is half over. Summer is reaching its finale. How did that HAPPEN?

The kids spent another fun week at Baltimore Yacht Club. They camped out on the boat with one brave and wonderful Grandma for Week on the Island.
Daniel spent a lot of QT with his monster trucks.

 Daniel got to participate in his first WOTI auction. Members donate treasures from their garages, etc for other members to buy.

 Daniel had his eye on a fire truck/tow truck combo. Luckily we had an in with one of the auctioneers and this item jumped to the head of the roster. It was pretty close to bed time after all.

The bidding was fast and furious but Daniel came out on top.

Mom and Kacy took a quick girls trip to Rhode Island. We crashed the Young/Walsh annual vacation in Narragansett. The weather was just as spectacular as the company.

The house had great views of a bird sanctuary, and the beach beyond.

We enjoyed linguini with fresh clams for dinner one night, with a side of just-off-the-boat swordfish.

We of course had to get some Del's before we headed out of town. (Or ice cream for the under 8 crowd).

Boots and GranDan were in town for the week to help with kid duty. We took a drive down to Annapolis for brunch with the Gorman/Wolfe clan on Sunday.

It's been a busy few weeks. No signs of stopping any time soon. Stay tuned!