This is a conversation, of quite the typical variety, that took place last night. Important note: My parent’s bedroom and my Grandmother’s bedroom share a bathroom that is in between the bedrooms. (Dad heads to the bathroom) Mom: “Hey Vic…” Dad: “I’ll be back. I’m going to the bathroom.” Me, being sarcastic: “But Dad, it […]
A Lazy Beginning-Of-Vacation Post.
So this is a totally sub-par blog post made up of pictures and mere snippets of commentary. But hey – I’m on vacation. Lazy is what you get. Plus, no one has done anything terribly interesting yet. As soon as they do, believe me, I’ll let you know. Backing up to Wednesday morning, Oreo had […]
If My Child Has Nightmares About Boats…
We’re in Orange Beach this weekend visiting Chris’ Aunt Kitty and Uncle Leo. They live on the bay, so one of the things that Leo wanted to do this weekend was get their boat in the water for spring, and in so doing, take Ali for her first ever boat ride. Granted, it’s crazy-windy on […]
Eleven Adventures, Beach Style.
1. Pool Adventures: Ali got another poolside lunch. And, since she’s such a slow eater, she had plenty of time to get dry.. And then, a mysterious and quite gushing amount of liquid dripped down under her chair (to join the abandoned fry): …which reminds me…swim diapers ONLY hold in solids. Lovely thought, huh? Chris […]
Family Tradition
The third week in August is a week that we look forward to every year. It is our longest vacation of the year, from Wednesday to Sunday (we prefer a few short vacations rather than one long one), and we spend it staying on the beach with Chris’ Dad. He comes every year to the […]
How to Eat Steak, Fickle Photography, and Hippy Dogs.
I’m sitting here after having eaten too much, with no witty words to start out this post. Hopefully as I start writing my wit will find me. Or I will find it. Or something. Last night, we went to visit Barkley, Jeremy and Woods in Charleston (20 minutes from where we are staying), and they […]
Follies at the Beach
We are in Folly Beach, SC, enjoying ourselves immensely on our anniversary celebration. We have found that Folly Beach is a great mixture of beautiful beaches and quirky people. And since you know that I LOOOOVE me some quirkiness, Let’s start with the people: When we arrived yesterday, I read some of our condo’s guest […]
The One-Too-Many Beach Blog
We’re back! Now I was going to be done with blogging about the beach. However, Chris wanted to actually go on the beach yesterday before we left. I have this very strange quirk that I don’t like going on the actual beach the day that we leave. Especially if we hadn’t been on the beach […]
Kitty and the Cats.
I have had the song “Benny and the Jets” stuck in my head all day, because Ali and I decided this morning that Kitty and her three cats should be a band. So we’ve been singing it all day: “Kitty and the CATS”. Then, in a complete random twist of irony, the song actually came […]
The Perils of the Petting Zoo
Quick Note: Be sure to check out “A Dose of Humor” at 5 Minutes for Parenting – today I featured Jen Smithson from Rolling Through Looneyville, One Wave at a Time. I mentioned earlier this week about going to the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, one of our favorite family places to go. And yes, it […]