Charles County Fair

The county fair is a huge event down here. Kids get off from school the Friday before and many children participate in the 4H events, showing their animals. We got a sneak peak before the fair opened, we went to preview night to avoid crowds. Peter saw many cows, pigs, goats, a steer and sheep. He tasted his first official fair food, cheese fries, and of course he rode some rides. The Naval Ordinance Technical Division has an attraction at the fair, so Jeff and Peter got to play with a robot and sit in a Hummer. We spent a small fortune, glad the fair only happens once a year.

Happy 2nd Birthday !

Not a big fancy event, in fact next weekend will be a small party at my parents. However to celebrate I made a cake, which Peter couldn't get enough of. It started with him poking his fingers in it once I iced it, and carried over to the dinner table where he continued to poke. Peter will sing "Happy Party to you" and will tell you he is two months old. Peter insisted we wear party hats, Jeff had his Bell Atlantic hard hat, Lauren a Waldorf Fire hat, and Peter wore his snow hat.

Lauren's Home!

Lauren finally returned to the Southern Maryland area. Peter didn't miss a beat when she returned from waking up on Saturday morning asking for Lauren and even asking Lauren to feed him, bathe him and read to him. And to top things off, even our dog didn't sleep with us when Lauren was here this weekend. We played out in the hurricane, danced to Christmas music, did gymnastics and went to the thrift shop. A typical Lauren weekend.

Allen Pond Park and Recreation Center

Labor day wraps up the summer, and I am wrapping up being a stay at home mom with Peter. We decided to take Peter to another Maryland Park. We packed a picnic and headed north as we so often do around here. It was a great park. It even has an indoor ice skating rink, that Peter thought was great even though he could only see the outside. We had gotten almost all the way around when we got a phone call that our home alarm was activated. We scrambled to get Kahlua and Peter back to the car and headed home. Nothing was unusual in our home, so we had our picnic in our back yard. Peter did feed some ducks and did play at the playground. Kahlua had some quality time with us as well. We are seeing her grow old. She had trouble hopping into the truck and really struggles on the steps lately. Peter is still asleep and Jeff is working hard to complete the steps for our deck.

Pre-birthday celebration

Gator Golf from Aunt Coleen and Uncle Tony

Choo Choo Trains from Nana and Gramps

Unce Tony and Firefighter Peter

Night Night Hugs and Kisses to Aunt Coleen

Saturday was a big gift giving day in our home. First Nana's package arrived, and second Aunt Coleen and Uncle Tony brought Peter his birthday gift too! He really enjoys opening gifts. Coleen and Tony spent the night, and Tony helped Peter put out some fires.

New Deck

One of our first orders of business was to replace the deck if we were staying in Maryland. While Jeff was at work one afternoon, Joe, Dayle and myself began demolition of the old deck. That weekend Jeff and I began to cut and place boards, and by the following weekend my parents came down to assist as well. Peter was the biggest help of all securing all the screws in place. He can now go onto our deck without getting 100's of splinters!

The Wiggles Live

This was a big week for the Lewin Family. I headed back to work, and Peter headed to his daycare provider. On Tuesday we went with our friends Michele, Barry, and Claire to Pop go the Wiggles Concert in Baltimore. It was a nice time. Peter was a bit bug eyed because he was so tired.