Well, we've gone to the beach and went camping, and we still love each other! So I guess we are no worse for the wear! LOL!!
My parents took us and my sister and brother-in-law to Seaside OR for a long 4 day weekend trip. The thing about the North West coast is you can never tell what the weather will be like. We don't often believe the weatherman when he says it will be sunny, oddly enough we generally do believe him when he say it will rain. Poor guy. Anyways... to our greatest surprise the weather was B E A U T I F U L. Unbelievable. The only other time the kids had been to the beach was during the New Years holiday...yea, we went to the beach when it was 30-40 degrees...we are that stupid. lol
We had just the best time though....Flew these awesome $1.00 kites we got from the dollar store for the kid and they got to fly them by themselves, although truth be told I think Bryce enjoyed them more. We spent almost all of Saturday down at the beach building sand castle, which to Dani means piling a mound of sand and putting a stick in it, and playing in the 65 degree water. Both kids and parents alike go wet wet wet and sandy sandy sandy. It was so much fun, until we got back to the cabins and realized that we had forgotten to put sunscreen on the Guy's legs...so we had 3 lobster leg men in our group!
We also rented trolleys...bikes where you sit side by side and petal together....and it had a bench for the kids to sit in the front. They look so cute. It's fun to see all the people on the sidewalk smiling and pointing at My kids saying how cute they are. While we were on our "bike" ride we wanted to take a break and try some paddle boating. Bad idea. Parker didn't want to wear the life vest, at all, and screamed bloody murder for at least 15 minutes while we were out on the water. I ended up have to get off the boat with him and letting everyone else have a spin around the lake while I tried to calm Parker down. The second that life vest came off, he shut up. So annoying. He was so loud people shopping at the Biker fair were talking about the 'poor little boy' who was on the paddle boat. AUGH!
After all the fun and sun and shopping and bikes and beach walks we packed it up and came home Sunday. Only to pack up different gear and leave Friday to go camping 45 min away from home with my Aunt and Uncle and sister and Brother in law.
Our first tent camping with the kids. Boy were we nervous. But for no reason whatsoever! The kids once again soared through the challenges with flying colors. Bryce even opted to stay another night alone, with Dani. During that trip we got dirty and stinky and Dani learned how to ride her two-wheeler bike with training wheels. Poor Parker was left in the dust of Dani and cousin Bea. His little push along bike wasn't fast enough...we also went swimming in the cold river. Both kids seem to love the water. And again Bryce surprised me by getting in the water himself. He is such a good Dad and a wonderful husband.
All in all we are busied and scraped up but no worse for the wear. We still want to be near each other and can't wait till Daddy gets home from work so we can all be together again.
My parents took us and my sister and brother-in-law to Seaside OR for a long 4 day weekend trip. The thing about the North West coast is you can never tell what the weather will be like. We don't often believe the weatherman when he says it will be sunny, oddly enough we generally do believe him when he say it will rain. Poor guy. Anyways... to our greatest surprise the weather was B E A U T I F U L. Unbelievable. The only other time the kids had been to the beach was during the New Years holiday...yea, we went to the beach when it was 30-40 degrees...we are that stupid. lol
We had just the best time though....Flew these awesome $1.00 kites we got from the dollar store for the kid and they got to fly them by themselves, although truth be told I think Bryce enjoyed them more. We spent almost all of Saturday down at the beach building sand castle, which to Dani means piling a mound of sand and putting a stick in it, and playing in the 65 degree water. Both kids and parents alike go wet wet wet and sandy sandy sandy. It was so much fun, until we got back to the cabins and realized that we had forgotten to put sunscreen on the Guy's legs...so we had 3 lobster leg men in our group!
We also rented trolleys...bikes where you sit side by side and petal together....and it had a bench for the kids to sit in the front. They look so cute. It's fun to see all the people on the sidewalk smiling and pointing at My kids saying how cute they are. While we were on our "bike" ride we wanted to take a break and try some paddle boating. Bad idea. Parker didn't want to wear the life vest, at all, and screamed bloody murder for at least 15 minutes while we were out on the water. I ended up have to get off the boat with him and letting everyone else have a spin around the lake while I tried to calm Parker down. The second that life vest came off, he shut up. So annoying. He was so loud people shopping at the Biker fair were talking about the 'poor little boy' who was on the paddle boat. AUGH!
After all the fun and sun and shopping and bikes and beach walks we packed it up and came home Sunday. Only to pack up different gear and leave Friday to go camping 45 min away from home with my Aunt and Uncle and sister and Brother in law.
Our first tent camping with the kids. Boy were we nervous. But for no reason whatsoever! The kids once again soared through the challenges with flying colors. Bryce even opted to stay another night alone, with Dani. During that trip we got dirty and stinky and Dani learned how to ride her two-wheeler bike with training wheels. Poor Parker was left in the dust of Dani and cousin Bea. His little push along bike wasn't fast enough...we also went swimming in the cold river. Both kids seem to love the water. And again Bryce surprised me by getting in the water himself. He is such a good Dad and a wonderful husband.
All in all we are busied and scraped up but no worse for the wear. We still want to be near each other and can't wait till Daddy gets home from work so we can all be together again.
