Pirate Adventures on the Chesapeake Bay

Bryce, "Bootstraps Bryce" with his anchor tattoo and Chase "Chum Bucket Chase" got a sword tattoo. We had so much fun doing this Pirate Adventure Boat ride on the Chesapeake Bay with the kids.  It was darling and all the kids loved it.

The boys all geared up in the pirate clothes.  Chase was determined to have a sword.

Listening to their instructions on how they are going to find their treasure and how to talk like a pirate.

Chase was the youngest pirate that day and the cutest.

The staff was so cute with Bryce.

Getting ready to leave on the boat.

Chase is having a blast.

It was a beautiful day for a boat ride and fun watching all the sailboats.

Chase getting the bad pirate with their water cannons.

Chase found the key and they are opening up their treasure.

Some of our views.  Love it.

After the pirate adventure we found a good crab lunch.  I had a portobello stuffed crab and Tig had a soft crab sandwich.  It was really good.

Park Playdate with Bryce and Bike Time

While Chase was at his first day of school, Bryce and I hit the park.  They seem to have a lot of these funky swings at all their parks around here.  While I was at the park, there were maybe 6 other toddlers there that day, and they all had nannies there watching them.  I actually was talking to one thinking she was the mom, but she was the nanny.  There is a lot of money around here and a lot of working moms. But so thankful I get to stay home full time with my sweet boys.

 Bryce's favorite word of the week, "tunnel", and "come on".  Bryce is so good at repeating words.  It is a lot of fun that he is constantly saying new words and trying to repeat tough words, which was so different from Chase.

 Chase cruising on his Birthday bike.  He likes to ride when it is flat, but the slightest upgrade/downgrade freaks him out.  So we are working on it.

 Chase reving his handle bar, it is a hot wheel bike.  And cute Bryce on the push along bike.  Chase rides and we push Bryce around the block.

New Car and New(Old) Home

Here are a couple pictures of my new car that I am loving.  It feels good, it tells me where to go, and now that I have the new iphone it makes phone calls for me.  It is sweet.  Thank you sweetie, love you!

Here is a picture of our new place in Rockville, Maryland.  We love our neighborhood and the house is old but really cute.  Wish I could update some things, but now that all our stuff is all set up inside it feels like home.  And the boys have a play area on each level, so they are happy and we usually play on all three levels every day to change it up.

We have two good side yards and a decent size back yard.  Although we stick to the front yards since we usually have bike toys out as well as sport toys.  

This is our cool butterfly bush that is right at the start of our driveway.  When we first moved in, it was in full bloom and there were lots of beautiful butterflies hanging out on the flowers.

Bryce in front of house starting to head down our street.  Loving all the sidewalks.  Our favorite thing to do as a family is to take walks around the neighborhood at night.

Heading down our street towards the park.  We have 3 great parks by us.  One at the end of this road that is a 10 min. walk.  One that is a 5 minute walk heading the other direction.  And then the pictures below we are heading to another park that is about a 15 minute walk from our place.

Chase's First Day of Preschool

Chase has one more year of preschool before he starts kindergarten.  My friend recommended the preschool he is going to this year, Good Shepherd Lutheran Preschool, and so far it is great.  It is only about 8 to 10 min. drive from our place, and Chase is going 3 days a week from 9:30 to 1:30.  Chase and I were both ready for him to start and he loves that he gets to take a lunch.  The picture below he is telling me, "Let's go."  My favorite quote from the morning was when I walked down the stairs and Chase looks at me and says, "Mom, I like your shirt."  I said thanks and just grinned, it was so sweet.  I have now heard him say that to a couple of kids he meets at the park.  It cracks me up.  It does feel weird just to have Bryce while Chase is at school, so we are always excited to pick him up when 1:30 rolls around.

 This is Chase's classroom.

This is Chase's teacher Mrs. Parrales.(Tough name for a 4 year old to say.)  But she is really nice, and Chase has a second teacher named Mrs. Carivan that is really nice too.  I think there are 10 to 12 kids in  his class.

Chase's playground that Bryce was checking out.

This was Chase's first homework assignment that I was so proud of him.  They brought home the painted yellow house and were told to decorate it with family pictures and put their last name at the top and anything else they wanted.  Chase did the whole thing, I only printed off the pictures for him that he taped on himself.