Cute Kid Pix April 2026

More photos that didn't make their own posts...

Since Easter Sunday was a rainy day, we did an egg hunt inside the house before heading off to Mass. Later on, we had brunch at a friend's home.

Checking the shelves

Into the living room

Geocaching took me to one of Maryland's haunted places...Cry Baby Bridge. The legend goes that a distraught young woman threw her baby into the river below to avoid the scandal of out-of-wedlock motherhood. Another version has her driving a car off the bridge and dying though her child was not found. On dark, windy nights the baby can be heard crying, or so the story goes. The other story about the bridge is that the Maryland Goatman can be seen by people hanging around after dark.

Not so scary on a sunny spring morning

Another geocache had me discovering one of the boundary markers for the District of Columbia. The markers were put down in the 1790s when a survey team that included Benjamin Banneker marked off the 10-mile square area for the capital of the newly-formed United States of America. This particular marker is now in Virginia, part of the square given back to that state.

Imprisoned boundary marker

Yet another geocache had me visiting Brighton Dam, which blocks the Patuxent River and thereby creates the Triadelphia Reservoir. Right next to the reservoir is the Brighton Dam Azalea Garden which was in full bloom.

Triadelphia Reservoir seen from the dam

Road on the dam

Azalea garden seen from the dam

Entrance sign--do not enter!

Pink and red

White close up

Brighton Dam seen from the garden

My son was in a school production of The Comedy of Errors in the role of Antipholus of Syracuse, one of the main characters. He was brilliant. They had a big cast, so they had two different sets of actors play the main characters in alternating performances. In the other cast, my son was part of the Greek Chorus that did exposition drops at the beginning, end, and wherever needed in between.

Talking

Fighting

Chorusing

Bowing

Cute Kid Pix March 2025

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We went on another hike in Wincopin Park, not far from the house (see other trips here and here). The Patuxent River flows through here, though the hike down is a bit steep.

Patuxent Pose

Mom lagging behind

Earlier on that day, our youngest had his final Pinewood Derby with his Scout Pack. He came in first in his den and seventh in the finals.

Scout faster than a car

Watching the finals

The den

My daughter's high school robotics team had their competition in March. We went to two different schools on two different weekends where the Ursa Majors showed their prowess.

The "Pit" area to fix problems between matches

Getting ready to drive

The arena

Refs in place

She drives

Leaders wear tutus!

Negotiating with other teams

Spring has sprung at our house, even before the equinox!

The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la!

We did some exploring in Baltimore and found a fun playground.

Pretending not to have fun

Avoiding the crab!

Fun slides

Hang on!

Cute Kid Pix March 2024

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Spring must be here, the flowers are starting to bloom!

Front yard flowers

Our dance studio, That's Dancing, had a masquerade ball which we enjoyed very much.

Our outfits

By the sign

My daughter made some totally awesome caramel in a sheet pan. I was not able to get a picture before someone sampled the bottom right-hand corner.

So yummy!

I was impressed by the game selection at a local independent coffee/tea shop called Sidamo.

Great game selection!

My son had his Spring concert which was delightful. All I took was a picture of the performance.

Spring concert

My daughter's high school had a fundraiser with a county fair theme. I took a shot of our winnings (and funnel cake!). A mechanical bull was available to ride but we did not try it out.

Winnings!

My daughter is a member of the robotics team at her high school. They had their competitions in March. Grandpa was around for the first weekend, which did not go so well for her team. They had some good concessions at the cafeteria.

Relaxing in the cafeteria

I tried to take her for a consolation treat at Pepperjacks in Annapolis Junction but they were closed. The neighboring place, Notch 8 Brewery, had the leftovers of their Saint Patrick Day party.

What was it that killed the dinosaurs?

The cub scout pack meeting including stacking cups as high as possible.

Webelos working well

Don't knock it over!

We also visited a local playground and hung out.

Good times!

Cute Kid Pix February 2023

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My youngest had his first school concert. He plays the bass and was in the very back of the orchestra, so hard to photograph.

The orchestra

Close up of him

At the cub scout pack, Pinewood Derby was fun. We built a Minecraft car. Poor Steve had to lose an arm so that the car's weight would not be too much!

Arms and the man

About to race

Goofy victory pose (sorry I didn't get a good shot of the serious one)

Victory ice cream later

I went to one of my older son's debates and volunteered as a judge. The judges waited between duties in the high school's library, which had this awesome chair.

Check it out...not literally, though

The flowers that bloom in the spring have nothing to do with the case...in this photo.

Our G&S front yard