We even had to skip a few activities since we were so busy. Bronycon was going on in Downtown Baltimore(My Little Pony convention). I took the kids int the past, but we were just too busy. They had 10,000 participants this year. Scott also had to work on Friday night. I did not even have time to visit with my mom. I was too busy running around. I spent Friday and Saturday picking up supplies for Scott's upcoming Boy Scout camping trip. I also picked up a few designer cupcakes for Allison's birthday celebration. One of my co worker's sister is a Master baker at a local bakery, so we tried out a few of their specialty cupcakes to celebrate Allison's 21st birthday on July 13th.
On Tuesday I took the kids to the Tie Dye class along with Scott's girlfriend Tori, and then out to dinner for Taco Tuesday. I thought the shirts came out nice.
On Weds July 13, we celebrated Allison's 21st Birthday! Now she is official for everything! She received one of the first, brand new Maryland Driver's Licenses. So new you can't use it to get on a plane. They cannot run them through security. And no one recognizes it as being real when they check her ID after she orders a drink. But it hasn't stopped her. Her first choice of drink was a Beergarita(a small bottle of Corona beer flipped over into a margarita). Interesting. She drank the margarita part and gave me the beer part. Worked for me. We all went out to dinner at a local Mexican restaurant along with Allison's boyfriend Tyler. We sat outside on the deck so they could also play Pokemon Go. Yes, our children(and Tyler)are hooked on the mobile game. At least they are smart enough to know not to drive and play, and to watch where they are walking! It has certainly increased their physical activity. They like walking the dog alot more as long as they can play Pokemon Go on their phones. However, Allison found out that she cannot ride her bike and play as she had a close call with a mailbox! Some people don't like the game. I think it is great-anything to get kids/young adults out and about. And interacting with each other in a positive way! We took Allison out to dinner for her birthday in Olde Ellicott City and the entire town was over run with young people playing Pokemon together in the parking lot and up and down the street at night! We also spent the evening opening up her gifts including some new clothes and jewelry to wear to her internship, new running shoes and sports clothes for Field Hockey and Frisbee and a portable camp stool to have something to sit on at the games, a room air purifier(darn allergies), some computer games, and a bird feeder for her Salisbury condo.
On Thursday night we celebrated Allison's 21st Birthday with her roommate Jen. Tom and I took the two girls to a wine tasting class. This was a white wine tasting class put on through our Community College. Tom is not a fan of white wines, but he ended up chatting wine facts with the instructor. It was a 3 hour class! The information was quite detailed, and we all learned something new as well as sampling a lot of different types of wine, including a few red wines at the end. The cashier at the registrar office at the Community college could not believe they actually had a class on drinking wine! Works for us!
Last weekend they had a Pokemon game day at our Baltimore Zoo. Scott, Allison and Tyler met up at the zoo on Saturday morning, all decked out in their Pokemon finest to collect Pokemon and do battle with other players. Unfortunately, on the morning of the event, the website went online in Europe and the entire program crashed. So the kids were forced to enjoy looking at the real animals until the server came back online! Actually we all really enjoy the zoo. And Allison reintroduced Tyler to the zoo as he had not been back there since he was in grade school. They were excited when the game came back online and they stayed longer to play and eat lunch. I needed them to get back home so we could finish packing Scott's chuck box for Boy Scout camp.
I also purchased tickets to see The Three Musketeers outdoor play at our historic Patapsco Female Institute. The school was built in the 1800s and was the first, all girl schools in the US. We have seen a few plays there in the ruins, including Dracula at night, and a Shakespeare play, Much Ado About Nothing. They kept as much of the original stone structure as they could, like the walls and window frames. All the original wood is gone of course, so they built up a few stages outside and inside the building. Our play was looking like it was going to be cancelled due to a thunderstorm. I had picked up a picnic dinner, so we unpacked and ate at home. The rain stopped just as the play was beginning, so the evening turned out well. I thought they did a good job putting on the story, and I even heard some giggles from Allison.
On Sunday we packed up the van and drove North of Philadelphia to drop Scott off to boy scout camp. He is really looking forward to spending the week at camp since he will be driving ATVs and Horses! I just hope he stays safe! He did not exactly have an easy time at Church Work camp this summer. It was an all day event , plus we picked up another scout for the ride and we did not get home until late in the evening. We stopped off for lunch at an interesting restaurant with the boys called Chicken, Wings and Other Things. We were a bit concerned about what the Other Things would be(chicken feet and beaks?). Turns out it was deep fried oreos and snicker bars as well as funnel cakes! We had dinner out on the patio at Bahama Breeze on the way back. Allison had to sample a Mango Margarita. We just could not believe they ran out of guacamole at a mexican restaurant. We needed to get back home so Tom could repack his car and head back down to Norfolk where he was working this past week.
Sending out another Happy 21st Birthday to Nicholas Bozyk! You guys are growing way too fast!
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