Hockey
Hockey has moved from recreation and entertainment into full-blown obsession at the Perkins household. Brian had a house league game in the afternoon. Brian was instructed to sweep the floor and did it “his way.” And then we went off to the New Jersey Devils at Carolina Hurricanes game at PNC Arena. The ‘Canes won 3-1 capping off a great hockey...
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Today we wrapped up our trip to the beach. Brandon brought us some Hardee’s cinnamon raisin biscuits for breakfast, yum! Plenty of energy for us to pack up, clean up, and hit the road. Also included, lots of Brian’s notes from the week. 🙂 I like his otter picture–showing how streamlined they are when they swim (or as Brian said, “they get long and skinny so they can swim...
Read MoreSpring Break Beach Trip! Day 4
We took things a little easier today, since we’ve been pushing pretty hard, and it was rather soggy and windy this morning, anyway. Lots of whitecaps out on the water! The kids played around the house, with their new puzzle, and their Lego suitcase kits. The weather cleared up this afternoon, and we went out for dinner at Sanitary for some yummy seafood. 🙂 Kendall loves the little balcony outside of the yellow bedroom, and the high winds made it even more fun! “Now we have to...
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The spring break fun continued today (after a “healthy” breakfast, of course!) Today we were off to the aquarium, always a good time. 🙂 Brian really liked this gigantic plushie sting ray, but it’s nearly as big as him, pretty impractical. We convinced him that just taking pictures with it was okay. 😉 Brian did get a shark tooth necklace at the Wings store, something he wanted to do after seeing a coupon for a free one in the guidebook magazine we’d picked up. We...
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We visited the aquarium today! We let the kids do the fun green screen photos again. 🙂 It’s cool that they email you all the different photos! Really helps avoid the indecisiveness and meltdowns at checkout....
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