Maryland

 As soon as we got to Maryland,

we met up with Alden, Kato, and the newest member of the family:

Baby August!

(Oh, my... need I even comment on how adorable he is?)

 It didn't even take a second for Orin and Alden 

to come up with the latest

only-in-a-three-year-old-mind-does-this-seem-like-a-good-idea plan:

stripping off their clothes and jumping into the kiddy pool

despite the fact that it was not all that warm out

(Orin has, to my knowledge, never missed an opportunity to swim)

  

 After their swim we headed to the Chesapeake Bay

where Atlas and Paley got to take a swim of their own.

 It was a beautiful day so we posed for some pictures...

 The kids threw some rocks in the water:

and Casey threw some sticks:

(Atlas retrieved them)

 Exhausted from the activities,

we took a brief moss nap,

 before heading home to jump back in the pool

(this time with proper attire)

 And later, with blue lips and wrinkled fingers

the kids played some group ipad games

 before Alden's birthday dinner

and, of course, pink cake.

It has been a wonderful trip.

And now, back to the Cape.