Showing posts with label boardwalk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boardwalk. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Off to the Beach, Part 1

The third week in July, we packed up (with less stuff than we had taken in the past four years!) and headed south and east to the beach! YAY! If we ever needed a vacation, it was this summer!

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We had a pretty easy trip down and didn't hit a ton of traffic until very close to the shore. The kids were good travelers, but were very happy when we arrived! After a quick unloading of the car, we headed down to say HI to the ocean. And, silly Mommy should have KNOWN to put them in their suits. Wading. YEAH RIGHT.
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After a change of clothes, we got some pizza and the kids hit the sheets. After I did this to their room...I'm so classy.
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(WHY do all beach houses come with eastern facing windows with no coverings???)

Sunday kicked off a string of beautiful beach days. Waves, sand, running, icees. Perfection.
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Gillian laid in the sand like this ALL week. Like a little lizard soaking up the sun and heat.
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Lots of digging! A lot of it by Daddy!
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But Daddy did get the occasional break.
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The kiddos loved being in the water! It was too cold for ME! Thankfully Daddy, GraGra and Papa Greg are heartier than I am!
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Zach and Kevin entertaining the troops!
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There were LOTS of beach icees. LOTS.
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Sunday night we had to hit the boardwalk for some ice cream and game playing. Colin HAD to win some "friends." HAD to. Like his little life depended on acquiring cheap pieces of fluff. Thankfully his Papa Greg was along to increase his chances of actually WINNING something.
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The Monday of our vacation happened to be Daddy's birthday. So we celebrated. We started with donuts.
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Daddy got a Birthday Nap.
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The Lobster came for dinner.
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Then we did a round of mini-golf. The Shell We Golf is beginning to show some wear...but we had fun anyway. Although Colin STILL insists that we played hockey.
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Definitely a fun start to vacation! To be continued!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Beach Vacation 2012: Part 3

Another day, another hole!
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Snacking, playing, building.
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Peach on the beach!
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Fancy structure by Daddy!
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Decorated by kiddos!
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Hanging with Papa!
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That afternoon, Daddy and I got OUT on our own for a date! An anniversary date! YAY! First up, we went on a tour of one of Daddy's favorite microbreweries, Dogfish Head Brewery.
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They have a huge treehouse statue in their front lawn. They bought it from someone at Burning Man for $1. And shipped it to Delaware for $30,000. A steal right?
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It was a nice tour. Very informative. With free samples. Which were totally wasted on me. After our tour we had a great dinner and drinks, cruised around downtown Rehoboth on our own, and snagged some ice cream. Perfect anniversary date. And big thanks to GraGra and Papa for being on kid-duty!

Thursday was our other really nice day of the week, weather-wise. Hot, sunny, and perfect for the beach. It was so nice that Daddy and I ran back to the house, grabbed some lunch, and brought it back to the beach so the kids could hang out longer and enjoy themselves!

Mommy's turn to build the castle that day!
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Crab house!
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Having some fun with Zach!
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Lunch break!
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After a good nap, the kids KNEW what they wanted to do. RIDE. Yep, they needed to hit the boardwalk FunLand for some RIDES. They had to put up with parking, walking, and Mommy's picture request first...
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Colin refused to join us in this picture.....he need to RIDE.

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Oh the ball pit. Their favorite. Eww.
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Oh, this ferris wheel! Grrrrr. It took them 20 minutes to get LOADED on the thing. Never again.
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They did have fun though....
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