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Let There Be Light!

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Why do we have day light saving time?

Well, we can thank Benjamin Franklin for this wonderful idea.  Yep, it was Benny himself who conceived of the extra hour of light, you know spring ahead.  Love it!  Love that extra hour of light.  But what is given is quickly taken away.  I hate to give up the light during the fall back season…NO MORE EXTRA LIGHT!

Except, I love the extra hour of sleep that I lost when we had to spring ahead.  Hmmmm, extra light, less sleep, no more light, more sleep…can we really make up the lost sleep, they say yes we can.  So I guess if I have to lose the  extra light at least in return I can get more sleep.

Is that an even trade?  I don’t think so.

For in my book I can always make up lost sleep, but lost light, now that is not something we can get back.

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Family, Time of the Season

Halloween with the Grandkids

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I look forward to Halloween more so now then when my kids were little.   When Sophie was born Halloween had a different meaning for me.  Yes, I took my kids trick or treating, but as a young mother I never appreciated the whole idea.  Now with the wisdom that comes with age, I see Halloween in a different light.

I loved going door to door and watching Sophie get her treats and smile with excitement.  This year we had an added treat with the presence of Christian, his first real trick or treat adventure.   It was amazing how quickly he caught on to what he was getting and where he had to put the candy he got.  Even at 16 months they know that this is truly a treat.

Watch out Batman and Pippi Long Stocking, Michael Meyers is right behind you!  RUN!

Oh, I forgot that they are use to seeing Michael in front of their yard. See their daddy loves to watch the movie ” Halloween”  I remember when I first saw Halloween it scared me for days…I would wake up and imagine Michael peeking around the bedroom door…

Batman is off to save the day I think he could care less that Robin is missing.

Sophie you look good in red hair…well the freckles do have to go.

This car seat is not the bat mobile, but is sure is the only way to get around.

After trick or treating we always go out and have dinner.  This is something we never did with our kids, I always went home to cook dinner.  This Halloween we had a special treat, the other Grandma came with us…How wonderful that Sophie and Christian have two Grandma’s to share their precious moments.  Damian, my son, always makes sure he shares in this special day and of course Grandpa who joined us after his long day at work.  I can assure you that he makes a special exception to be apart of this…he really loves going home to the couch…

Holding Batman down was not easy.

Our Halloween was coming to an end.  But if Christian is anything like his father…his adventure as Batman has only just begun.

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Travel

Baltimore And The Aquarium

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Every year for Christmas my parents give me and my husband a gift certificate for a night at the Marriott Hotel.  It is really a great gift. So what we do is have a little weekend getaway.  This year we decided to do a two night stint in Baltimore, Maryland.  I have been to Baltimore…heavens, it has to be more than 25 years since I was there.  Boy, have things changed in Baltimore,  but then what has not changed in 25 years.
My husband standing in front of the Hard Rock Cafe…no we did not visit HRC, just took a picture of it.  See I have been to the HRC  in New York and honestly, I have a been there done that attitude when it comes to the HRC.

What we were doing was getting our tickets to visit the Baltimore Harbor Aquarium.  If the tickets were not part of the package deal that we managed to purchase from the Marriott I would never have opted to do this aquarium tour.

We got to see some very interesting sea life, and let me say what a life it is…I loved the sea horses…so tiny so amazing…I wonder what tiny fishs get to ride on these guys.Can you guess what this is…never saw such beautiful colored  sea life.  I can see these little guys being used as pompoms by Elmo and his friends.  10 tentacles and not a octopus?

Rip-it, Rip-it… I wondered if this Frog  could have been a prince.  This frog was not giving out any information.

An unbelievable Sting Ray…all I kept thinking about was how Steve Irwin was stung by one.  I was foolishly hoping to see it come flying out of the water, no such luck.  Of course we were all out of harms way incase this ray decided to give us a show.

I called this fish a leopard fish, actually this fish was a shark and when they are little they have these spots and as they grow the spots dissappear.  I was impressed by his color and all he did was swim in a circle.  Well, they all swam in a circle, but the shark swam faster.As beautiful as the shark is I would never want to meet him in the waters…nice sharkie…. Bobbi Ann and Carmine in the jaws of  jaws…well not really, all the teeth in this jaw came from different sharks…still a pretty big dental bill….This was the best part of the aquarium the Dolphin show…I wondered how I could get a job working with Flipper…

Jumping dolphins are always entertaining.

Except when they jump high enough to cause a splash that comes down on the audience.  Not so much fun getting wet in the month of October.Dragons in the water…no, just boats.  This was not part of the aquarium, but certainly a harbor treat…again, water activities in October was not a go….standing on shore and watching them sail was fine by me.

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