Happy Halloween!

As always, we got many many trick or treaters on the Hill (easily 1,500, if not more)...we had many helpers this year, a party with food etc...
And...Graham and Julia .. Graham was a monkey and Julia, a 'spring fairy' (whatever, she got to wear wings and sparkly pink shoes!)...
We all had a lovely time...here are some shots...

If the shoe fits (or doesn't) ...

Ah, breaking into daddy's closet was such fun recently...Graham (first shot) got to try on his father's shoes...
And Julia found her grandmother's necklace and wanted to know if it matched her shoes (ahem) as well...

Graham shakes the maracas

October Beach Days on the Eastern Shore

We visited "Nana" on the Eastern Shore a couple of weeks ago.

The weather was lovely...hot. Graham and Julia had a chance to don their beach clothes again, play in the sand and chase seagulls.

Hay ride and apple picking photos

Here are Graham, Julia, and Mariden on the "hay ride" ... as well as a few other images.
Enjoy!

Apple picking and hay rides and pumpkins!

Today was a very busy day. Graham and Julia went apple picking, then went on a hayride that took them down a 'spooky' country road filled with Halloween decorations and many scarecrows!

Alas, Graham and Julia were more focused on the wheels of the John Deere tractor pulling the 'hay ride' ...

They were thrilled when they got to sit in the actual tractor, with Mariden holding them up! Graham was sure he could steer it if we would just cut him loose.

Graham played Hercules by picking up two pumpkins at the same time...ah, youth!

June 2009 River Series Concerts

Graham and Julia took in the River Series Orchestra in St. Mary's County, Maryland this summer. Late to post the photos, but the two enjoyed the music, the water, and being held -- and chased after -- by lots of friends. Here are a few snaps from this past summer's series.

Our dear friend, Jeff Silberschlag, conducts the River Series each summer and brings in musicians worldwide. Graham was fascinated with the large poster taken of Jeff. See for yourselves.