It didn't turn out as we had hoped, the bacon was burned and the eggs smelled so strangely that they ended up in the trash. :-(
Thankfully, all the girls were content with grapes and frozen waffles.
There weren't too many frozen waffles, so I decided to cook up some pancakes (in the wrong kind of pan).
They were not the fluffy kind of pancakes that we normally enjoy eating at our house, but they were edible and tasty enough.
Brad played Richard Scarry's Busy Town game with the kids (much to their delight).
This was the pretty view from our bedroom.
This was our specious "cottage"! There were three bedrooms upstairs with a bathroom and two bedrooms and another bathroom downstairs. It was great for our two families!
After breakfast, our family did a little exploring on our own of Solomons Island while Brielle took a nap.
It was so calm and peaceful.
We saw the Rachel Carson research boat for the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.
And then we were given the opportunity to visit the CLOSED Solomon's House! We saw a friendly local lady as we were walking around the pier and she invited us in for a visit.
We had a special tour and saw some pretty neat crabs and learned a lot about the need to protect oysters in the bay!
Back outside, we read about the War of 1812 on the Chesapeake. It was a good introduction to the significant war in Maryland's history. (Shortly after our trip, we read the Caroline American Girl book collection. The girls and I really enjoyed it.)
Then, we went to the Calvert Marine Museum to meet our friends.
First, we went digging in sand for treasures. Each child was able to take one "treasure" home and they had specialists on hand to help us identify what fossil or shell we had found!
Then, the girls did their favorite thing of all...DRESSING UP!
I didn't do much dressing up as a little girl but I love that my girls have so much fun doing it!
They really appreciate history and enjoy pretending that they are living in another place and time.
Anna enjoy "reading" (looking at the pictures) a book at the bottom of the lighthouse.
The kids even went on a sail boat ride while we were there. :-)
It was a great museum with a 35 ft skeletal restoration of the extinct Miocene giant white shark!
Anna enjoyed viewing the fossil preparation lab.
We all had the opportunity to touch different marine life too!
We decided NOT to touch the sting ray but they were really neat too!
We had a beautiful view of the lighthouse from next to the river otters.
The river otters were extremely active and fun to watch. This photo was a little boring, but it was hard for me to get a photo of them without it being blurry. :-)
Then it was our turn to go explore a real-life lighthouse ourselves.
It was beautifully restored and included many furnishings from the early 1900's,
including one of the first telephones!!
After our lighthouse adventure, we went to the beach.
Adam and his mom created a scavenger hunt for the girls. "X" marked the spot and Jillian found the prize star!
The water was perfect.
Little Anna and I had so much fun practicing her kicking together! 
Then, that evening, we had a taco dinner and celebrated upcoming birthdays! 
We sang "Happy Birthday" to Jillian, me, and Faith! Faith especially was delighted by all the special attention and all the treats.
Then, we went to the back deck to enjoy popsicles 
and to admire the sunset.
That evening, we ate popcorn and played some Bohnanza ("To bean or not to bean") with our friends. It was a wonderful, relaxing trip with our friends.
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