While we were at my sister's house a few weeks ago, I got to enjoy one of my favorite things about Maryland.... Blue Crabs! We had a cook out and Dad and Lisa bought the crabs. Thanks guys!
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Evan preferred the watermelon and hotdogs. Both of the kids tried a bite of crab meat but they both wrinkled their noses. You can tell my kids haven't been raised in Maryland.
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Devin made quick work of his watermelon. Katie's kids loved crab meat. I was hoping that would rub off on my kiddos but no such luck.
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The highlight of the whole visit for Evan was a ride on Uncle David's lawn tractor. David let him steer it all by himself. It was only moving about 1 mile and hour. Evan's face was so serious with concentration. When David turned off the tractor, Evan said, "Want to drive more!".
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Devin finished parking it in the garage.
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My brother, Chris and my Dad had a battle with pop ball shooters that Dad brought for the kids. It was fun watching them play like kids.
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Then Chris turned the shooter on Katie who was taking the picture.
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The next day, Katie and I picked the crab meat from the half bushel of crabs that were leftover. We split the 2 pounds of meat between us and froze it. Now I have a pound of blue crab meat in my freezer for crab cakes this winter!