Yearly Archives: 2016

Father’s Day

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This Father’s Day was a chill one for AJ because unfortunately he was sick the day before.  We started the morning off with him sleeping in and having a breakfast of a cheese omelet with chives from our garden, fruit, and real bacon.  Then he opened his second father’s day gift- rain boots!  He received a new prana swimsuit before our Sandbridge vacation as part one of his gifts.  We went to Five Guys for burgers for lunch, played in the back yard, and had dinner on the patio with ‘CHEESE!’ for dinner.  Happy Father’s Day AJ!  You are an amazing dad!

Zucchini From Our Garden

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Our garden has taken off in leaps and bounds yielding: zucchini, strawberries, onions, and cucumbers.  This is a picture of our first zucchini harvest followed by many more which necessitated giving them to several neighbors to share the wealth.  AJ says we can only have one zucchini plant next year because they are so high yield.  We are still waiting on our carrots and bell peppers to be ready a little later in the summer.  There is nothing as satisfying as going into your backyard to gather vegetables for dinner.

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Sandbridge Family Vacation

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I booked us a condo by the beach for 4 nights so we could have a family vacation this summer.  We hoped that Alex would do well traveling now that he was older and he had transitioned into a big boy bed.  He did a great job sleeping in a twin bed with Brooke in her own twin bed.  They had a lot of fun except Brooke was not very happy to be woken up an hour earlier every morning by him poking her in the face and wanting to play (I guess she didn’t realize that Mommy gets up everyday and plays with him until she finally decides to get up).  Both kids had a great time at the beach and we had better than predicted weather.  Mostly we stayed at our condo complex and went to the beach and pool everyday.  Our condo was north facing and had a great view of the ocean and Back Bay.  The great thing about Sandbridge is that with the exception of a few restaurants, one store, and one ice cream place, it is largely residential so it is very quiet and peaceful. One night we went to ice cream and the last night we went to a nearby park.  We really enjoyed spending time with each other on vacation, it was relaxing and fun for everyone.

Sprinkler Playtime

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Last time I was at Taylor’s I spent $6 on a multi-spray sprinkler head for the kids to play with.  Unfortunately, all of the settings except what Brooke calls ‘the baby one’ frighten Alex.  The kids still had fun running around with it on the ‘baby’ setting.  It was a good way to spend a hot day at home.

Harborfest 2016

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We were very excited to check out Harborfest this year (or as I was calling it for the kids ‘the boat festival!’)  We traveled up to Norfolk and as we arrived saw the start of the Junkanoo parade.  Then we sampled 757’s finest food trucks and ate in the grass by the water.  When we started to look at the boats we caught a hydroboard performance complete with loop-de-loops.  I kept explaining the hydro forces and propulsion to Brooke but she had a hard time understanding that water could force a person up, even when I used propulsion in air as an example (as it is in one of her books about aircrafts) she kept asking ‘how the water is keeping him up?’  We found a completely free arcade and did some family skeeball.  Then while AJ took Alex to get changed I looked up and saw real mermaids.  Brooke and I rushed over so she could see them, have per picture taken, and get a real mermaid scale.  There were lawn hammocks and games, including mini golf.  After looking at the tall ships, the kids got a carousel ride.  Water report: Good day to be at Norfolk harbor.