We did not go to Busch Gardens this year, even though we had a 4 day weekend(almost). Allison still had school on Friday, but Scott was off. And Allison did not have to work. Last year she had to help clean up the Sports Center over the Labor Day Weekend, but this year they had everything done ahead of time. Allison also did not have any Field Hockey games or practice, so we could have gone away without missing a thing.
What was missing was Scott's ability to ride anything at Busch Gardens. And they did not schedule a big, end of the season concert like they have in the past.
We tried to reschedule activities since everyone was free and available, but then the weather did not cooperate. We had remnants of Hurricane Isaac for the past week which included extremely hot temperatures, scattered rain and thunderstorms and 500% humidity. Not much fun.
We wanted to go to Hershey Park on Sunday, but instead we had scattered tstorms. Sadly, they would have allowed SCott on their rides, even with the cast. We decided to try to attend the Renaissance Festival which sadly was not as enjoyable since the weather was so miserable. It was not terribly comfortable sitting outside watching shows in the drizzle and humidity with no breeze. But we did manage to enjoy eating a few items on sticks(everything tastes better on a stick). Including chocolate covered frozen cheesecake. And Allison shot a few arrows, Scott threw a few hatchets and I found a lovely tapestry to hang in the foyer. Tom managed to get himself into a comedy show without even trying.
We decided we needed to have some fun over the weekend since I went to work on Saturday. In the morning we took the kids to the library to get them passports. Finally.
On Monday Tom wanted me to visit the one and only Sony store in nearby Virginia to pick out a replacement television for the one we gave my parents. With football season here he wanted to have every opportunity to keep up with the games. He tried a Samsung but we did not like the picture. Instead we settled for a Sony the same size as our current tv. He needed me to pick out the set with the best color. So far everyone that has seen the new tv loves the picture. Including Tom.
The Sony store was in the Tysons Corner Mall which is gigantic. We had to drive around in the parking structure to pick up our tv, but they brought it out to us so it was easier than it looked. I am just glad we did not have to carry the big box around while we shopped and had dinner out! Tom really wanted to take advantage of the tv specials through Northrop so we saved some money on the set and got a free Play Station to boot. Like we need another gaming system. Anyway, now we can enjoy that bright Purple Raven color. And that is how we spent Labor DAy Weekend(besides cutting the grass in between storms and rain showers, cleaning out gutters and trimming tree branches).
We are also enjoying watching the bright Orange Orioles color as our baseball team is just under one game from the NY Yankees in the Eastern division. Boy were there a lot of New Yorkers in town this weekend for a 3 day game fest.
Baltimore has been crazy lately with the sports legends. Ravens are off to a pretty good start. Orioles are ending their season on a high note. Michael Phelps and a few other Marylander Olympians were visiting Baltimore today(monday). I wondered if Michael was up to the challenge of swimming across our bay or harbor. SAdly they had a also had a viewing at our Football stadium this past Saturday for Art Modell who gave Baltimore a football team when he moved the Cleveland Browns here and renamed the team the Ravens. They had Art's casket out under a tent on the football field so everyone who wanted to could come by and say bye. Crazy. And it was deathly hot out on Saturday.
I should know since I spent the entire day, from 6am until a giant storm rolled in around 4pm paddling a Dragon Boat across the harbor(8 times in 4 different races). We have to paddle down across the harbor and then race back. Our team did pretty well this year. We made it through 4 races out of 6. The best we have every done. And this was my 5th race held every two years. I started back in 1998 with St Agnes. I missed a few years in between with our move to Boston and before I started working for Erickson. We did not win a Division, but we did take 3rd place for the Hat Decorating Contest.
Hey, it was something. I can't wait until 2104! I just hope I can survive that long. On Saturday I was burnt to a crisp and my foot was killing me. We were invited to our neighbors for dinner. I made it through appetizers and dinner and then took myself home and went to bed with a cold cloth on my head and a hot pack on my foot. Plus I think now Scott and I have the same flu/allergy symptoms that we just can't seem to shake.
My family was not able to join me on Saturday for the races since Allison had a field hockey tournament instead. And it was terrific that they won the entire tournament(and the games count towards their season). And they were tough teams to beat. Tom and SCott stayed during the day to help out with the concession stand.
And on Sunday we headed out to the Comic Convention in downtown Baltimore. SCott made himself a costume from a character in his computer game. It looks like a big, green PEZ dispenser. He did an awesome job but was sad he did not win the costume contest which we stood around for several hours waiting for him to strut his stuff. He entered the contest with his friend Sammy who was also dressed very much like a robot. All the kids loved their costumes and asked for photos. Just like last year with his Zombie Mario. I think Scott would have had a better chance at winning if he had entered by himself instead of in a group with his friend SAmmy as they only had two winners for that category. But the boys wanted to stay together. Oh well, everyone enjoyed the amazing costumes and picking out comic books.
So the kids were back to school and a busy schedule. I enjoyed Scott's Back to School Night last week and chatting with all the moms. Scott has an incredibly busy schedule. He also managed to work on another requirement with Tom at his Boy SCout meeting(demonstrating lashes). Once again, we missed the camping weekend to Assateague Island. One day I will get there and see the ponies on the beach. I hope the boys survived the big storms on Saturday night. Looks like DC was hit worse.
I also had my first Girl SCout Leader meeting this past week. It's Cookie Time!
So we will keep on packing our schedule with lots of activities and schoolwork.
Tom is off to Dallas TX this week(I hope I make it without collapsing or breaking someone again!).
Enjoy the photos of the RenCen festival-snacking on turkey legs and crab cake pretzels, archery and axe throwing. Down at the Harbor for the Dragon Boat races and our winning hat(Michale Phelps against the Dragon)! Scott and Sammy as MineCraft characters. Scott's eyes lit up and he made a hissing noise. Plus he walked around the whole hall with his arms tucked inside. He was pretty worn out.
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