Monday, July 8, 2013

4th of July

Happy 4th of July! Bright and early on the 4th and every patriotic holiday, the boy scouts go around the neighborhood and put up flags. It just so happens we have a flag holder right in front of our house. 
We got to the lake later in the day and had time to unpack and take a quick boat ride. Perfect way to end the day!

Lunch with Memaw

Memaw came to our neck of the woods recently and we met up for lunch! We wish it could happen more often, but will take what we can get!

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Pool Problems

When your pool is too small, what do you do?  Go spend $20 on a bigger one!  The high last weekend was 105 with heat index of 109.  That means walking outside felt like walking into an oven.  It's easy to say, well, just stay inside.  That can be challenging when 2 little girls want to burn up some energy outside.  We can only stand to be outside for an hour or so at a time, but that seems to be just enough for the girls to get worn out.
I found an indoor play place last week and took the girls there to play.  It was nice and cool and they had a blast!  You just have to be sure and check the calendar available online to see if any parties or field trips are scheduled.  We went on a morning where it was pretty quiet and only about 20 kids were there.  This place has a little cafe where they serve a variety of coffees, sandwiches, snacks, etc.  Most parents sat at tables chatting or on their phone, laptop, or tablet.  Me?  I was busy climbing rope ladders, crawling through tunnels that were too small for me and sliding down scary slides.  There is 'security' in place like they have at Chuck E Cheese's where everyone gets stamped on the arm and to get out they shine the black light to verify kids and adults numbers match.  We are having a play date here this week with a little girl from Addison's preschool class!  I don't know if I'm more excited for Addison to get to play with her friend or for me to get some adult face-to-face conversation!

Monday, July 1, 2013

More Beach

The girls loved playing in the sand and water!  Addison built sand castles and Alyssa tore them down.  That sounds about right!  Addison collected quite a few seashells, but unfortunately they were left behind.  This made me more sad than it did Addison.  I had plans for those shells!

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Beach Time

We stayed at the beach for the last couple of days of our trip.  The girls talked about it all week and couldn't wait to get there!  We arrived late in the day, but the first thing we did was put our piggies in the sand and water!  I'm not sure why we live an hour from one of the Top 10 beaches for families and we've never gone.  It is now on our list of things to-do!  Since it's only an hour, a day trip is very doable.

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Florida Birthday Party

We can't visit Florida without having at least one birthday party!  I don't know who 'Elyssa' is, but cake is cake!
Here comes my little 3 year old!

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Vacation Time

Our vacation began last Saturday with 1200 miles ahead of us!  After driving all day on Saturday, we stopped for the night to get some rest.  Sunday morning we only had 4 hours left of driving before reaching our first destination - Busch Gardens in Tampa!
Happy Father's Day - 2013
The rain clouds started to move in as we made our way to the park exit.  We caught the tram to take us to the parking lot and barely made it before the storm.  It was raining so hard that we had to wait before going to our car.  We made the best of it though!
This is what Florida humidity does to Alyssa's hair!
 Addison's curls were out of control too!
As we left Tampa we saw a beautiful rainbow!