From Batman to bagpipes to pirate plunder, we’ve had a very interesting and fun Fall. Our September began by celebrating Daddy’s birthday. You and mom made it very special by giving me a little family, Batman-themed party.
Later that week we proceeded to get our Huzzahs on by visiting the Maryland Renaissance Faire on pirate weekend. You got to see a bagpipes band called Cu Dubh that you were quite fond of. Daddy bought a doublet (much to mommy’s chagrin), and we saw lots and lots of neat costumes. You even got to ride a PONY for the first time.
We visited Baltimore to see tall ships during the tall ships festival (even though our morning was delayed because someone pirated OUR tires and rims). Knocking around Baltimore harbor we saw several old vessels, listened to the Blue Angels roar overhead and you even had a moment to make a sailor hat at a craft booth. Later in the month, Mimi sent you a pirate costume that sent us down a very nautical path for the rest of the season.
From there, we took a few weekends of home improvement, a quiet little visit to Ellicot City and an awesome weekend of apple picking at Larriland Farms (where you discovered hay piles for the first time). Larriland Farms was fun for daddy, since you and mommy had already gone on a field trip with your class there. In addition to throwing hay on every inch of your clothing, you discovered giant pumpkins and had apple fritters for the first time.
The following weeks were filled with pretty routine stuff; art at the local restaurant, a birthday party for a new friend, and then creating some BOO bags for our neighbors (in secret, of course).
Before you know it, it was time for the Halloween season. We started it by decorating the house with some spooky stuff, which you REALLY really enjoyed. You painted pumpkins, which went on the mantle and you made a very nice Frankenstein’s Monster head in school. Using our new found pirate powers (from your costume), mom and dad joined in and we descended on the Maryland Zoo during the Boo Zoo weekend. After you plundered the candy and survived a hay maze, you gave one of the nice girls there a doubloon and for your generousity she gave YOU a stuffed raven! (We won’t tell her it was a plastic doubloon… yarrrrr).
In preparation for Halloween, you made a trip to Merkle to visit Daddy’s work Trick-or-Treat. You did pretty well and gave away lots of your candy to Kelsey, Kelly and Annie (your “work girlfriends”). Then, the big night arrived. Halloween!
Where the whole family dressed as pirates, you begged to have a pirate beard and then you and mommy caused some mayhem in the neighborhood. Mommy said you could hear daddy yelling “Avast!” to the ghoulies all the way across the parking lot. You visited lots of houses and came back exhausted. But we’re guessing you’ll keep your energy up by eating candy through the rest of November. 🙂
One other thing… you’re mom bought you a guitar this month so you’d stop messing with hers. (Though you have made off with her sunglasses in these pictures). Now you think you’re a rock star. You just might be right?
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