Good food, drinks, tiki bar, steel drums, great raffle & auction items & Dr. Pat Brown from John’s Hopkins, is the guest speaker. The event is a great excuse to spend an evening hanging out on the water in Annapolis supporting an important cause! Details on the event are below. You can register online at http://leukemiacupmd-eorg.eventbrite.com or by calling Beth Prensky at 443-471-1608. Go team Sam!!
Dear playground enthusiast, please pass this on to whomever takes you to the playground…
I LOOOOVE to swing, and climb and slide…wwwhhhhhheeeeeeee! Sometimes I get to slide by myself, with someone holding my hand, but much of the time, I ride on a grown-up’s lap (because they think it’s actually safer that way). Um. WRONG! A couple of weeks ago, I was doing exactly that, when all of a sudden, the rubber on the sole of my shoe caught the edge of the slide and YIKES, my little ankle stopped but the rest of us kept going and you can imagine how bad this HURT! Lots and lots and lots of tears, and eventually we went to the ER. (I will say that the Pediatric ER at AAMC is fan-tabulous so if you should happen to find yourself in an ER this is DEF the one to choose….but I digress). So after watching a little Nick Jr, and being looked after by some wonderful nurses and docs, Mommy and I were wheeled down for X-rays of my legs and sure enough, the left one was fractured (this is a fancy word for broken for you Fancy Nancy fans). Apparently, the spiral fracture I have is a VERY common result of sitting on a grown-up’s lap while sliding. I’m not one for statistics (and quite frankly, neither is mommy) but THIS article she read, says it happens to a LOT of children my age. I’ve tried to argue the point that wearing shoes causes more harm than good, but I don’t think I’m getting very far with that. Personally, I’d rather just be barefoot all the time, but she’s not buying it. I hope I’ve saved just one of you (and your limbs) from this injury…and can you believe swimsuit season is just right around the corner? You’ll see in the photo though, that my cast has in no way impacted my ability to play firefly fairy princess with my sister – she’s just about to put my wings on me 
Wishing you all a beautiful and happy Mother’s Day! (and hopes that maybe, just maybe, you get to sleep in)
Look at the fabulousness that is under Heath’s seat while she is traveling this weekend.Don’t you just LOVE that orange ?!?! Happy Week!