Natural History & Annapolis

 We recently went to the Natural History museum as a family and had a marvelous time. Calder loved the little explorer room where he could examine butterflies under the microscope and touch all sorts of shells and skins. He loved the turtle shell and listening to the ocean in the seashells.

 The next day we went to Annapolis. Jason had only been there once about a year ago, so it was fun to go back again. We explored the pier and then went to a park to kill some time before we went to dinner. This is the second park we went to in Annapolis and we have been happy both times.

 Calder thought this large pay phone was a gas pump. He hasn't ever really seen a pay phone and the dial does look like the one on the gas pump.

  Then we went to Mike's Crab House. It was delicious as always. My only complaint is the lingering smell of crab. No matter how many times you wash your hands, they will smell like crab the rest of the day. It is so worth it though.

And, I'll leave you with a funny conversation we had the other day.

Cami [while rubbing Calder's feet]:  When you get married, you'll have a nice wife who will rub your feet every night.

Calder:  No, I want you to rub my feet when I get married.

Cami:  Ok.

Calder:  My wife can rub daddy's feet.

July?

I don't know where the month of July went but we were sure busy. Here's a quick list of things we've been doing:

• Bar taking (Jason)
• Cookie making (Calder and I)
• Finishing work (Jason)
• Lounging (all of us)
• Sewing (me, of course)
• Taking many trips to the library (all of us)

• Going to the Building Museum (finally all of us)

•  Newspaper reading (all of us)

•  Blackberry picking and pie making (Calder & I)

•  Holding family drum circles (Calder's request)

August is shaping up to be a great month around here. It has been so nice to have Jason around ALL THE TIME! I can't tell you how much we've enjoyed it. He turned down our invitation to go to playgroup today but otherwise we've been dragging him just about everywhere.