July Beach Trip, day 2
Today was another fun-filled day at the beach! The kids were up bright and early as usual, and started the day by playing with Legos in their jammies. I played with my new camera some, it’s got a lot of fun features like selective color effects and even a “glamour” mode–which I’ll probably not use very much. 😉 Kendall really wants my purple camera case. We went out for breakfast, and Kendall took her prized mermaid Hello Kitty along–a special gift from...
Read MoreJuly Beach Trip, day 1
Today we started our summer beach trip! We hit up the Bojangles on the way down, and discovered they had special BoBerry biscuits! For the 4th of July they have patriotic red “strawberry” and blue “blueberry” bits to go along with the white icing. Awesome. We shared a couple of them for dessert and they were better than they had any right to be. 😉 Afterward we hit the road again, and like the Beach Boys sang, “we’ll get there fast, and then we’ll...
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We’re on vacation this week, and before we head to the beach, we’ve got a few days to fill. Today we took the kids out to Marbles! There’s a new energy exhibit they both enjoyed, and Kendall loved wearing the hot pink hard hat while learning about power grids and distribution. 😉 The kids enjoyed lots of their favorite activities, like the giant Legos, basketball, and Brian really got into the construction activity. He started making a wood frame with the hand tools they...
Read MoreLemurs!
Woo! Vacation week. Brian doesn’t have camp this week, Brandon and I have the week off, and we’re heading to the beach for July 4th. But, Kendall still had school today, and we knew she wouldn’t want to miss the Kinder Kixx soccer event! So we decided to do something special with Brian, and took him to the IMAX theater at Marbles to see the Island of Lemurs movie. I’d been wanting to see this one for awhile, so I was really glad to go. Brian doesn’t like 3D...
Read MoreDragon Fever!
Today the kids surprised me while I was getting ready with a cute bowl of stuffed animal friends! Aww.. We had a nice relaxing breakfast on the porch, with some mini breakfast sticky buns from Williams-Sonoma. Yum! Then, it was time for the main event of the day–heading out to Southpoint to go see How to Train Your Dragon 2! Oh, it was fantastic, really a wonderful movie, maybe even better than the first! Wow. I am pretty sure the dragons have moved in to stay–in our hearts!...
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