Lurene is Cameron's grandmother on his Dad's side. She had her 90th birthday last week. I went all the way to Maryland to celebrate with her.
Here, in this picture, I am in a museum that features a lot of things that are in Maryland. One of the things was this model of the skeleton the biggest shark ever to live in the world, the
megalodon.
It was over 50 feet long and two to three times the size of a great white shark. I think
it is awesome because it is huge. In one of the pictures I saw of it, it was eating a whale for food.
At this museum, they also had otters, which were awesome because I thought they were pretty friendly. The otters would come up to the glass and push off of the glass over and over again. I also saw sea horses which were cool since I didn't remember ever having seen one before.
Also, we were able to sort through a bunch of sand and pick out a fossil to take home. I chose a piece of a gray shark tooth. We were supposed to have gone on a hike that day but instead we went to the museum because it was too hot to go hiking.
After the museum, we went out to eat at a seafood restaurant on the Chesapeake Bay. For an appetizer, we ordered crab balls. I enjoyed them very much. I got fried shrimp for my meal. We had a good time.
When we finished eating, we went for a walk. It was hot. We got to a picnic table under the shade of a nice tree and stayed there for awhile. It was cooler there.
Mom took a few pictures of Cam and me by the Chesapeake Bay.
The Bay is an amazing thing that makes travel by ship easier and makes it easier to get places.
I hope that it never gets dried out or evaporated by
Global Warming.
That night, I had fun hanging out with Cameron's family. This is Cam's cousin, Kenan. They hadn't seen each other since Kenan was my age. He and I had fun playing with a ball that was green. We were playing tug of war with it and I managed to win somehow. I think because I never gave up.
Now, it is the next day. I am at
Annmarie Garden, It is a place with a lot of artwork that people from all over the world have done. It is basically like a national park as in that it is outdoors and there were some living creatures including all of the trees you see behind me. You might think this is a painting that I took my picture next to but it is actually real and the tree guy is taller than me. A carved wacky tree guy with a beard and very long hair that is blowing in the wind (that there was basically none of).
Here, there were a lot of
standing stones and seats made of stone. In the middle was a Council Circle. I was sitting in the middle of it. There were two circles. The inner one was smaller. The outer one was bigger. Even though my mom thinks it looks like I was thinking about something very important, I was not. I was just sitting there.
Me and my mom. My mom is standing next to me and I am sitting on one of the standing stones that were behind me, in the last picture.
It is fun to sit in high places.
We went to the garden with Cameron, Jim, Liz,
Eric, Sarah, and
Baby A and Baby B.
I heard they have come up with names for the babies but that they aren't telling anyone. I think that's cool. I think the fact that that they are having twins is awesome because I will have two new cousins. Seeing Eric and Sarah was fun. They are nice and I can play with them.
After the garden, we went to another seafood restaurant to meet the rest of the group for lunch.
For my meal, I ordered the kids crab leg cluster. Crab tastes good.
I enjoyed cracking and eating the crab legs. I sat next to Cameron's cousin Kayhan's son, Sinan. He is fun because he is a kid and plays with me a lot and is nice.
I don't know what he thought about my crab legs. Obviously, he was surprised or interested. I can't tell which one, though.
I liked crab. Eating it from the shell was fun because I had to work to get food.
We had a little bit of time before the boat ride so we went back to the hotel. My mom and I exercised a bit in the workout room with the air conditioning running. I thought the sprinting machine was fun because it stretched my legs. I also ran on the treadmill. I had used one of those before so I knew how to work it. I like using exercising equipment.
Then, we went on a boat to celebrate Cameron's grandmother's 90th birthday.
Happy Birthday!
As the boat was leaving, we saw a couple of swans guarding a nest.
Here, Cam and I are sitting on the boat, looking at the water, all-in-all just having a good time.
I am trying to listen to Sarah's twins. I couldn't hear them on the boat. Another time when I was listening, I heard some popping sounds but that was it. I think it will be nice when I meet them.
Here, I am sitting with mom. During the ride, my mom sat next to me near the front of the boat. I thought it was nice.
In this picture, I am sitting near the tip of the boat with
Kayhan and Sinan. They were nice. I liked being with them.
Here, Sinan and I are sitting on the front of the boat together.
Here, Sinan is driving the boat and acting like the captain. He looks like he is having fun.
Here, I am captaining the boat. He asked me to try to turn us close to the Harbor and I did. It was hard.
Sinan and I enjoyed rocking this rocking chair back and forth.
We took turns rocking each other in the chair.
Sometimes, we would sit in it together.
On the way to Maryland, I listened to
The Best of Bill Cosby, two times. I kept cracking up and laughing out loud.
On the way home, I fell asleep while listening to
System of a Down.
(My favorite SOAD song is B.Y.O.B (Bring Your Own Bomb) from Mezmerize.) I still had one piece of the headphone on my ear. For awhile, the music was still on while I was sleeping.
I liked our time in Maryland. It was wickedly awesome.
On his 11th birthday, Sam went kayaking in Birch Bay, Washington.
