Just back from ten days away from home. And just put my daughter to bed after she was crying huge crocodile tears about missing Maryland and wanting to move there, so obviously we had a blast. Here are some highlights from the trip, selected quickly from over a hundred photographs. Road trip to Lolo and Lola's house:
Ninth hour in the car:
We spent two days at Anthony's folks' main house and visited his sister and family on her 41st birthday. The girls headed out to catch fireflies and here's Bea with her first ever catch!
Crazy girlies jumping with joy!
Lucy & Matt, The Forondas, and us:
After a sleepover with the girls, and destroying Lola's living room with some awesome blanket forts the next morning, we then headed to the beach house and spent 24 hours just the three of us. Mini-golf was one of the first things we did:
The next day, Lolo and Lola, as well as my sister, and my brother and his family, joined us. Sula had her first vacation in a couple years, and enjoyed chasing rabbits, getting some long walks, eating lots and lots of handouts from many a hand, and trying on my sister-in-law's flip flops:
Here are the three musketeers enjoying a dessert called "DIRT."
Crazy Elton John glasses are around yet another summer!
This picture represents three things that shocked and frightened me. A) My daughter is a carnie wanna-be...she loves those ridiculous games,even more than rides! ; B) She chose this redneck "Pirate's Booty" game at Rehoboth beach as a must-do; C) She picked up that rifle, aimed, and shot four for four. Dang!
Here's the only pic I got from the water park Thunder Lagoon in Fenwick Island. The kids had a blast, but Bea wouldn't go near the big slides. And my cautious girl was the only kid in the park with floaties!
She fit just right under the Dumser Dairyland ice cream ordering counter:
We visited the beach a few times, and the fun for Bea consisted of digging holes, filling holes, refilling holes, avoiding waves, and posing ridiculously for cell phone pics with cousin Hankie:
Here she is at Assateague with Daddy:
Making sand angels:
Out to lunch with Lola and Hank:
On the Fourth of July we rolled around this ice cream ball for 30 minutes making some delicious, albeit incredibly soft, vanilla ice cream. Fun!
Lolo and Lola posed for this picture before heading back home:
My sister treated the three kids to a pirate's adventure boat ride and they had a blast:
Bea forewent the patch/sword/costume and chose this random princess crown necklace instead:
On our first night, she did her first ever go kart ride with Daddy:
And after nearly giving up, we were treated to a visit with seven wild horses at Assateague:
Can't cope with the long ride home! (in all seriousness, both she and Sula were awesome crammed in the back of the Civic. We still have yet to pull out any electronics for car trips and Bea entertained herself today for hours with a stuffed mermaid in a shell bag that she bought with her own money at Candy Kitchen. She had her eye on it from day #1 and finally was able to get it on the last day.)
Card games, late nights, movies, constant entertainment and attention, ridiculous amounts of junk food, loads of laughs, surrounded by loving family...no wonder there were tears. See you next year beach house!!!
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