June 22 = Anniversary Celebration Day

Zachary's first real day back after this break is our anniversary- Friday.  I was so excited that our anniversary was on a Friday because I thought it'll be so fun to have an anniversary weekend!  Then the news came that all leave had to be taken before the 26th.  And so, as a military wife knows to do, I adjusted my expectations and we put the kids in the CDC today and had a day to ourselves.  We went to a place we'd never been for breakfast and it was delicious.

And then, Zachary planned a kayaking adventure for us!  We went to Quiet Waters Park and walked down a trail to this kayak rental shack and spent about an hour paddling around.

We saw a snake in the water, a couple of jumping fish and a few ducks.  There were some other people out paddleboarding but it was pretty quiet- it wasn't to busy on a Monday late morning.  Zachary would paddle us along for a while and then invite me to join in and we'd paddle as fast as we could for a few minutes just for fun and then we'd just go with the flow.  We talked about our memories and of course our kids.  We walked through some woods on the way back instead of taking the trail and then we came home and did nothing for an hour and then went and got our adorable little rascals.  It was a great day!

May 27 = Aquarium Day

We took Liam to the Baltimore aquarium a few days before Malia was born as our last outing as a family of three.  It didn't go so well.  We weren't allowed to keep our stroller so Zachary chased Liam around and wasn't able to enjoy the sea critters.  I typically enjoy a zoo more than an aquarium but keeping in mind that Zachary likes aquariums more and wasn't able to enjoy the last visit- I happily chose the aquarium for this day.

After the aquarium we headed home, stopped for lunch at Cracker Barrel and were finally reunited with our babies!  We all went to the playground for one last outing with Grandma and Pops and Liam persuaded them to swing him while they walked to the car- really had to twist their arms ;)