The Chesapeake Farmers Market is back for the summer and we could not be more excited. Of course with our garden doing so well we didn’t need as much as we usually get but we bought a few vegetables and PEACHES!
Farmers Market
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Category Archives: Family Time
Father’s Day
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!
Sandbridge Family Vacation
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.
Harborfest 2016
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.
Family Tides Game and Alex’s First Baseball Game
We decided since the weather is nice to take the kids to a Tides Baseball game and enjoy some family time. It was Alex’s first time to Harbor Park and the kids both had fun watching the game some but mostly running around the stadium, having hot pretzels, and playing with their fun balloon animals.
