Maryland Half Marathon

Here I am running in the Maryland Half Marathon with some excellent running companions.

And a bike ride

Wrapped up the fun outdoor activities with a bike ride. The girls rode a little over two miles, which is the farthest ever if you don't count 100 laps around the pool -- I have no idea how far that is.

Tadpoles

The girls spent some time observing the tadpoles we found in the drainage ditch near our house.

The parade

We went to the parade again this year, but the kids did not want to watch the parade itself, or get the candy from the people on the floats. So, we mostly played at the fair. Which is largely indistinguishable from playing at the school playground, except that there are a lot of places you can spend some money. Also, Annie got to let Flat Stanley get a picture with the Maryland State Police.

Good Plan?

The plan here was to two the kids in the wagon behind the four-wheeler. I am not so sure the exhaust alignment was ideal, but I hope it builds character.

Construction

Annie fell in the hole that Jen dug to move the butterfly bush in to. That butterfly bush had a habit of growing in to the pool. Zoe avoided the hole, but not the camera.