Orioles vs. Pirates

I'm not sure why the stadium staff doesn't get that the whole point of getting your picture taken at the park (center picture) is so that you can tell from the picture what park you're at.  Luckily, we went to a Red Sox v. Orioles game at Camden Yards two years ago and my parents took a better picture, although looking more closely at it, it doesn't necessarily tell which ball park we're in either.  Argh. It is however better than the family picture above which is just us and stadium seats.  Sadly, the Pirates lost... by a lot. 

Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD

 B has been wanting to take us to Fort McHenry in Baltimore since we moved here.  It's where Francis Scott Key penned what became the national anthem during the War of 1812.  The Pittsburgh Pirates were playing the Baltimore Orioles (an unusual match up) so we headed to Baltimore for the game (which I told B counted as an early Father's Day present, even if I could only convince one of our kids, PS, to cheer for the Pirates).  Little did we know, there was a huge Flag Day celebration (or Sailabration as they called it) going on at the fort and the harbor.  We parked forever away from the Fort and walked in (no parking due to crowds they were expecting) and just as we neared the fort there was a LOUD noise and fighter jets flew over.  It turned out to be the Blue Angels and we got to enjoy watching them for about 30-45 minutes. 

Cub Scout Bike Rodeo

On June 7th Buddy's Cub Scout pack had a bike rodeo.  Luckily Buddy and Princess Sparkley just perfected riding their bikes without training wheels.  Little Guy had a lot of fun as well.  PS is in the purple shirt in the back of the bottom left picture. 

What's been going on...

6/1/12   Me at 30 weeks and 1 day.

6/3/12     We went on a family walk/bike ride to the park near our house and B got bitten by a giant Mastiff.  He thought it mean that I gave him a dog shaped ice pack.

6/5/12      Buddy got the flu which meant his nice Daddy moved our teeny tv and the Game Cube box up to his bed and Buddy spent about 6 or 7 hours playing Lego Star Wars.

Little Guy has been putting this USA magnet puzzle together once or twice a day for a few weeks now.  The other day I came across Buddy teaching him how to play Risk with is.  For those not in the family, Risk is the board game that all the brothers and brother-in-law play when the family gets together.

Finishing up the Girl Scout year

Towards the end of May, the girls earned a sewing patch.

And with some of their cookie earnings, they had enough money to go to Build-A-Bear and get the 100th Anniversary Girl Scout Bear.  This was Princess Sparkley's first time to Build-A-Bear so she was super super excited.

Awards Night where the girls got all their patches, etc.

The girls in green vest are the Junior Girl Scouts.  There were just three of them, PS, Mya and Jojo.  Ms. Shannyn was their leader (in the black and white), her daughter Eden (in black with the tan sash) helped, and Ms. Caren (in the white t-shirt) worked mainly with the Juniors.

Grandma and Grandpa fly home

 It was fun having them here for two weeks, but Grandma and Grandpa L eventually had to return to California, their home, their other grandkids, and, of course, their dog, Fenway.

Memorial Day

Our ward had a Memorial Day pancake breakfast.  Buddy, as a new Cub Scout, was asked to be there to help with the flag ceremony.  It turned out that only he and one other scout were there at the start of the breakfast to be a part of the flag ceremony.  Buddy had the choice to carry the flag or do the speaking part, he of course chose to carry the flag (which he told me afterwards was VERY heavy).  Here's what I captured with my cell phone camera.