Goodbyes

We've begun the process of saying goodbye. There are so many things,
people and places that Maia will miss.Today we walked to school and
recalled what it was like in Kindergarten when we told each other
stories as we walked or looked for treasures. We're hoping to spread out
the hardest goodbyes so they don't hurt too much.

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Art, art, art

Maia's is the top right

The class painting was done by all of them for a fundraiser.

The Fun Run

Maia goes for the "Chef in the Kitchen" Brownie Badge

Tonight's Menu:

Toasted Fresh Tomato bagette slices (use lots of olive oil to make them extra crispy)

Lemon, garlic, and fresh herb spaghetti

Chocolate Salami

Thanks to Uncle Clarke and Kathleen for the awesome kids cookbook that takes kids cooking seriously - no grilled cheese sandwiches for our chef

Visiting Annapolis and NYC and DC

Over spring break Maia and I headed back to the land of her birth. We stayed aboard our friends' Cindy, Doug and Zach's catamaran in Annapolis and explored the area then headed to NYC for a couple of days.

In NYC we were so happy to see Asha and Willa again after so many years ( and meet Cade!)

Maia and Willa played as well as they did when they were babes!

Visiting a typical Chesapeake lighthouse at a museum

NYC

Maia and our fab NYC host, Sarah.

A day in DC

DC

Annapolis and DC

Hanging with Pete and Tracey

Sword fighting with Zach

Visiting Pete's plane

Spring Break - Annapolis/DC/NYC

We found a leprechaun while exploring Annapolis

Maryland's statehouse

Typical old Annapolis street

Port Annapolis Marina - Maia's first home

Playa Del Carmen Mexico

Maia came along on a work trip and had a few nice experiences including releasing a turtle,

relaxing with another writer's kid

hanging at the beach

leaping into cenotes

Maia visits Mexico

we also went snorkeling in cenotes

rode a sky cycle

and explored the jungle

It was your typical business trip. But she did her best to make due...