Chesapeake Bay

Hunting for shark teeth at Brownie Beach, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland






It is no fun going to the sea with a broken arm, but this poor adorable nephew of mine was such a trooper....his cast was removed a few days after we returned from the beach, and his poor little arm was full of bug bites!!!!!





This is what our mornings looked like....good book, cup of coffee, and beautiful view!





One of the many shark teeth we found. Maybelle found 94 the first day.



My dear brother and his beloved canine companion.



Great hunting for shark teeth.



Sometimes using a sieve is more productive.



All four cousins



Greta was hoping against hope that we can bring this horseshoe crab home!





jumping for joy




My girls kept journals of the whole trip, here are all the ladies writing their daily entries .



Walking up the BIG HILL to go back to the cottage after being at the beach.


This is where the children ate all of their meals.....beautiful!

more D.C.

Maybelle on the phone with her Papa




We went on a walk for Crohn's disease around the Tidal Basin....one of the cousins seven year old friends suffers from this and we walked on his team called "Walt's Rocket's" Our team lead the walk which was quite well attended, and we walked through the famous cherry trees, past the Lincoln memorial and the Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial. Afterward there was sandwiches, snacks, and live music.


This is Greta here, so you can see how many folks were behind us!









This was the half-way point of the walk....we started at the Washington Memorial as seen behind the girls.....it was a bit hot that day which may be why Maybelle looks a bit displeased.

Washington D.C.

The children at the metro station





on the train



At the Smithsonian museum of Natural History




Looking at the Hope Diamond

Great Falls Park

The Potomac river.....


This is a canal that dates back to the 1700's and runs along the Potomac .





this centipede was HUGE!

First plane ride

We have just returned from our holiday out east...I will be posting loads of pictures....here are the first few.
The girls enjoyed their first plane ride...

Greta missing her brother

So the boy moved out on Saturday....tough day for all of us, but not so much for him. He is thrilled to be starting a new chapter in his life.....This is some stuff that Greta doodled that day.....sad girl







Notice in the picture that the whole family is sad except the boy, who is smiling!

Hair today gone tomorrow

Maybelle woke up yesterday with dreadlocks......she has been to the pool a few times....there was no way I was going to brush through THAT......so out came the shears, and off came the dreads!
She is so excited to be able to swim and shower without having to go through the torture of keeping all the tangles out of those curls!!!!!!