August 19, 2007
So I’m a total internet addict….Dee and the boys are now in bed, they were watching a movie when I left, and I’m at the local McDonald’s using their Wi-Fi connection to post pictures to the blog. Seriously! I’ll check myself into rehab when I get home for my addiction for sure.
Anyhow, we got up this morning and Linda and the girls, and Papa B and Sandy came out to go swimming. Papa and Sandy didn’t swim, but Linda and the girls did and we had a great time. This time Trey went under as well as Carlos. Don’t know what it is about this pool but we were right there both times and grabbed them up real quick and they both kept swimming so all’s good. We got back up to the room to change and Dee said, “You know, I don’t want to leave today…I’m not ready.” So we made some calls and got the jobs taken care of, the dog watched one more day, speech postponed for Carlos and a call into the pool to cancel swimming lessons tomorrow. We even got to stay in the same hotel room. Great decision, we were having so much vacation fun and not ready to return to the daily grind. I know the boys are just going to lose it getting back to daily life.
ok, power is running out on the computer…damn….post more later!
August 18, 2007
After naptime, we headed back out to Linda and Scott’s for dinner and to hang out some more. We got some more time to chat with her dad and Sandy and Linda and Scott before we had to head back and get the boys to bed. We had promised them that we would go swimming when we got home, so there we were at 9:30pm…heading down to the pool. Crazy. It was fun, although Levi scared us half to death by almost drowning himself. There is a ledge on one of the rounded corners of the pool where the boys can stand. Dee had the little ones and was playing around while I had swam to the opposite side of the pool and turned my head for a split second, but when I looked back, I could only see Levi’s eyes. Poor guy, I swam over as fast as possible and scooped him out of the water. After he’d coughed up a bunch of water and calmed down, he said that he had been trying to push off the side and swim across like he does in swim lessons. Don’t think he’ll be trying that again real soon. That was about it for us in the pool so we headed up, got jammies on and settled in to bed.
Today has been BUSY!!! Papa B, Sandy, Linda, Scott and the girls came out to Shores to join us for breakfast, then we went to “Jolly Rogers” (a pirate store here in town) where we got the boys eye patches. They are big into pirates right now, not sure why.
Then we took off to the Jetty where we walked around on the rocks, Scott brought up a couple of starfish and the boys got to touch them. We walked down past the Jetty to the beach/ocean and the boys couldn’t wait to get in. They kept walking out almost to the water, then when it would come back in they would screech and run back in. Eventually they just stood there and got wet. They loved it.
We took them for ice cream and a ride on the slick track (a go kart track that is smooth, with no tread go karts and a wet, soapy track…basically it is just like it sounds, slick.) There were double go karts so the kids got to ride, too! LOVED IT!
Off to have seafood dinner at Linda and Scott’s…blog ya later.
August 17, 2007
Seeing Dee’s dad and meeting his girlfriend was great, the boys were a little shy but warmed up quickly. We really like Sandy, too. She seems very sweet. Linda was making a sandbox for the girls and all the kids were around and helping spread the sand out a little. We got them some “dinosaur bones” to bury and play with and that went over well. We hung out awhile before the boys started melting down and we knew it was time for lunch and a nap. Got to the hotel, got all checked in and now they are all sleeping awhile before we head back to Linda and Scott’s place for dinner.
There’s a pool here and Levi can’t wait to get in it! Also, it’ll be fun for all of us to try sleeping in a King size bed….Dee turned the couch around so that it made a little place for one of the boys, we’ll see how that works out!
August 16, 2007
August 15, 2007
I’m not feeling so creative this year and am hoping there might be some creative, inspired Islandmoms that have an idea. I want it to be fun for them (I personally think “Rock, Paper, Scissors” would be hilarious but what preschooler wants to dress up as a rock!?), too!
Thanks in advance!
August 12, 2007
August 11, 2007
The boys have been wanting to watch a Veggie Tales Silly Song video non-stop! It’s funny to be up driving the van and hear them sing along, then all three start belly laughing.
Here’s their favorite, Endangered Love. Carlos knows all the words and is funny when he sings it, ask him to sing about Barbara Manatee for you next time you see him, you won’t be disappointed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzuiWinyCW0 – veggie tales version
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-187944277294079158&pr=goog-sl
– Carlos singing Endangered Love (it’s better in person!)










