Maryland Day 2008

Univ. of MD celebrated it's 10th anniversary of Maryland Day. We decided to take the kids and attend the event on campus and we are so glad we went. It was a gorgeous day - low 70s - lots of kid activities and games. The first thing we saw was the balloon man and he made Sydney a flower and made Caleb a monkey on a tree. Then Sydney wanted to jump in an inflatable castle. We got to see the 50,000 cupcake give-away and that was neat too. Sydney couldn't get enough of the icing and Caleb just gobbled up his cupcake. The Student Union had an indoor Kids Carnival that had a variety of games for young children. Everytime Sydney participated in a game, she received a ticket that entitled her to win some prizes at the end. At around noon, we started walking back to the parking lot because the kids were getting a bit tired. As we were walking back, we saw a tent set up where some students were doing some free caricatures of people. When we got to the tent, the artist was just finishing up another girl and we were next in line. After Mike finished drawing a picture of Sydney as a princess, he offered Sydney a chance to draw himself. Sydney took the offer and did a great job. Mike said he would put the picture on his refridgerator at home. This was Sydney's first time drawing a person with facial hair - so that was interesting and amusing to her.

When we came home, we had lunch and the kids took a LONG afternoon nap. To learn more about the event, you can read http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/scitech/release.cfm?ArticleID=1650