Whoa!  Yesterday was one of the coolest birthday parties my girls have attended recently.  Brooke’s classmate was turning four and invited her to his pirate party.  Pirate party?  Yes, you read correctly!  Pirate Adventures on the Chesapeake gives an awesome pirate experience:  face-painting, dress up, sailing aboard the Sea Gypsy VI, water canon fights, and treasure hunting!  After all of these adventures, we came back for some Rocco’s pizza & birthday cake.  My kids, and me, slept very, very well.  Thanks for a wonderful party Blake & Pirate Adventure crew!

You all might remember Ian from “Pirate Day” at Fells Point in Baltimore.  Well, his dad, Dustin, asked me to secretly design an album for his wife for her Mother’s Day gift.  If you know me, asking me to keep a secret is probably the worst thing you could ever do!  I hate keeping secrets, people know I can’t do it very well, and it’s just not a good idea.  However, I was able to just tell the secret to everyone but Dustin’s wife and she didn’t have a clue!  Dustin ordered an 8×8 album with a “chocolate” fabric cover – very similar to Justin & Samantha’s book.  The only difference is he chose a “lay-flat” style book.  Here is Ian’s virtual album!

Ian from joshsroka on Vimeo.