We got back to MD and I was greeted with a house FULL of decorated signs, balloons and
a YUMMY dinner!! I had spent the afternoon baking cupcakes, so we had a special little party!
On Sunday we went over to Dan and Mary Lynn's for Spencer's 7th birthday party!! Aiden and Mia had a blast with their cousins and we enjoyed hanging out with family. It's amazing how the A and M really clicked with their cousins this year...somehow this getting older things isn't so bad:) Plus Aiden, Ethan and Spencer really had a blast playing their Nintendo DS's together...I can already say I have no idea how they are doing what they are doing...somehow they connect all three devices to one another...ahhh kids these days:) 
On a Mia note...she definitely has a thing for her Uncles...they are so good to her!! She is getting lots and lots of attention and love and she is LOVING it!! Uncle Dan spent a lot of time holding her upside down, swinging her around, tickle torturing her and she had a blast...and when she wasn't with him, she was chasing Bennett around, telling him what to do, which he was taking surprisingly well!! SO funny to watch.
As the week went on, it got busier and busier!! We met Bubbe Linda and Cousin Logan at the Rockville library and fountains...the kids made their own little reading train, which was adorable for us...maybe not so much for the other kids in the library:) SHHHHHHHhhhhh!!! Then the kids enjoyed the fountains...for about a minute until they decided they didn't want to do that anymore...what they really enjoyed was the frozen yogurt, and so did I, YUM!
Then it was back home to play more Wii with Uncle Ken and Grandpa!! Since Uncle Ken goes into work early, he comes home early, so we got to play with him nearly every afternoon!! Woooohoooo!
There is Grandpa mastering the Wii, while Mia and I got in a photo opp:)
We got more time with our cousins later in the week and Spencer showed us some of his super cool Irish step dancing moves!! Grandpa secretly had this incredible stash of Irish music, so lucky for us, Spencer really gave us a show! It was AWESOME!Then the boys were back to their DS's!! They are ADDICTED!!!
We had a special day with Grandpa on Wednesday !!! It was BLACKBERRY PICKING DAY! HOORAY!! This is our third summer in a row picking berries and it was just as fun as the first year! We brought our butlers orchard buckets (we are old pros now) and set off for the orchard...now the clouds were looking pretty dark and we even felt some raindrops, but nothing was going to keep us from our annual tradition!! As it turned out it was the perfect berry picking day! Not too hot, lots of juicy berries and even the bugs stayed away! We couldn't have planned it better!!! We came back with a huge bucket of blackberries, half a bucket of blueberries and our bellies were definitely full! SOO SOOO SO much fun! I even turned the blackberries into a blackberry cobler--Ahh so domestic!
After our berry picking day, the kids got another fun experience...the dentist!! Now it was Mia first time, so the dentist roled out the...ahhh...red chairs for her visit. Aiden was a champion and kept his mouth WIDE open for the visit..
Mia was a bit more traumatized,
so she ended up keeping her mouth open by screaming in fear...of course the highlight for me was the joy of holding down a screaming 2 year old to get her teeth cleaned...but the two kids survived, and they got the only thing you really need after you clean your teeth...ice cream (is that a bad mommy moment?) Mia was back to her happy self when we got home--see mybudding pop star?
We ended the week with a fabulous visit from our favorite friend first, roomate second, and SUPER comedienne, Carri Zoberbier Kessler!! My dad was a rockstar here, because he took Aiden out and Mia actually napped so I could have some good, quality, UN-INTERUPTED time with Zobes...we talked and talked and talked...and probably could have talked all night long if she didn't have to go, but it was SO wonderful to see her!! So thanks ZOBES for making an appearance! Next time, we are definitely going to Street Jam and we're getting some ice cream:)
As you can see we had a FULL week...off to family week at the beach, sun, sand and yummy fudge, what could be better!
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