Crabs, the Worlds Largest Beachball and a Celebrity Sighting

The girls and I had our first girls weekend this weekend! My bff Erin came from Ohio and we all drove up to Baltimore to visit our old friend Jayna and her adorable 3 year old daughter Lexie. Paul took Jacob to Florida to visit his grandmother (and though I really, really missed him I totally did OK with the separation). They had a great time in FL and the girls and I had a great time in Baltimore.

After we dropped the boys off at the airport we headed out on our road trip. The first stop was Aunt Pam's where we had lunch and a nice time running around her yard to get out some energy. Luckily we missed rush hour traffic in DC and got to Baltimore late in the afternoon. On tap for Friday was a crab dinner and we were not disappointed! I've had crab legs a ton but never whole crabs. They were good but a lot of work. Emma and Lexie had a great time using the mallet to smash the crabs. Helpful really.

Saturday we decided to spend the day at the Inner Harbor. Another old friend from Philly met us down there. It was a beautiful day and when we got down to the Harbor we discovered that Carnival Cruise Line was holding a Festival to promote their upcoming sailing from the Port of Baltimore. First up was pictures by the Worlds Largest Beachball. As we were waiting in line we overheard two promotions girls talking about Ace of Cakes. We made Emma go ask them if Ace of Cakes was coming and lo and behold they told us Duff was on his way! We love, love Ace of Cakes and on our list of to-do's for Baltimore was to drive by Charm City Cakes. We were so excited when Duff came out and we got to see him do some filming for the show. If I can figure out how to upload pics from my phone I'll post one! It was very cool!!

The rest of the day we spent checking out the Carnival attractions and the Inner Harbor. We did go up to the Top of the World or whatever that tall building is there and check out the whole city. The girls had a great time though I did have to bribe them to keep from waiting in a one hour plus line for a balloon animal! We did drive by Charm City Cakes and I got some pics...sadly the bakery is only open by appointment. Saturday night we ordered pizza and watched a movie.

Today we went to a park and lunch then headed back home. A return to stop to Aunt Pam's to visit was also on the agenda. All in all a great weekend! Lots of fun with just the girls, lots of fun catching up with old friends and lots of fun visiting a new city and seeing a celebrity!