6/12/11: Homeward Bound*

This is how we found the girls in the morning. I couldn't stop laughing at Mackenzie.

The ride home was eventful.  About an hour into it Morgan threw up red gatorade and bananas about 8 times consecutively all over herself, her carseat, and poor Ducky.  I had Ducky on the ground pouring water all over him and Morgan got so upset.  She started crying "We can't leave him! Please don't leave him!"  It seriously broke my heart.  She thought because she had puked on him that it was her fault and we would have to leave him in the parking lot.  I assured he that he would come home with us.

Morganisms from todays LONG car ride home:

1. After barfing all over herself: "Oh no! I made the car sick!"

2. A few hours later in her new shirt, a gift from Aunt Mindy: "Mindy will be mad if I barf on this shirt!"

3. "Sing the chicken nugget song!" She meant Old Macdonald.  Clearly we go to McDonalds too much.

4. Making up her own songs: Bad Grandma, Punched Me..."

The girls also played a rousing game of hold/give me your hand. I'm not quite sure how you play other than give me your hand and let's giggle a lot.  Rylee's role was to pull her hand away while Morgan tried to grab it. It was cute and stopped the questions. For a moment anyway...


*I entitled this Homeward Bound just so I could tell you all that Paul cries every time during this movie when the dogs and cat run over the hill and they think the old dog didn't make it.  Makes me laugh every time.  At Paul, not the movie.

6/11/11: Carl the Crab and Sydney the Stingray

Let's start here.  Meet Carl. Carl the Crab. The water that day was definitely warmer and a large sandbar had formed.  The section of water between the sandbar and the beach had tons of crabs everywhere.  Lots of kids had nets trying to catch them and some of them had actually caught some big ones!  Paul decided to join them with Morgan's pink bucket and finally got Carl.

It was touch and go for a while with Carl after we set him free.  He sat for a long time without moving and I was sure Paul was a crab killer.  He eventually got spooked by something and took off.  All is well.

Then we saw these. Greg had gone out past the sandbar to boogie board.  At one point he thought he saw a sting ray and called it a day in the water.  A little while later Corey, Ashley, Morgan, and I had been walking down collecting seashells when someone came running down to warn their friend that something was coming her way.  It was a sting ray or maybe two.  It was also in the part between the beach and the sandbar so super close to where everyone was.  Paul again, decided he needed a closer look so he chased the damn thing all over the water to get a picture. I will admit he got a good one but he almost killed himself in the process.  At one point he was extremely close and finally the sting ray noticed and starting flapping around and swimming at him.   That was enough pictures for us!

The rest of the day we spend the time enjoying our last full day in North Carolina.

We got some incredible and I mean INCREDIBLE food and service at La Dolce Vita over in Timbuck II.  It was so freaking good.  It was hands down the best spinach artichoke dip I've ever had.

Than to finish off the night Morgan and Mackenzie rode the go carts with their Daddies! 

6/10/11: Just another day in paradise

You know the usual, hanging by the pool, taking naps, doing some shopping, and playing Twister with your cousin. It doesn't get much better than this folks!

6/9/11: Hot, hot, hot!

OMG - It was literally 100+ degrees today. Going to the beach was excruciating and we left shortly after we arrived there.  Rylee was not having it and frankly neither was I.  It was hot and the water was 58 degrees. This was definitely a pool day.

Have you noticed so far that the only pictures I have of Mackenzie, she's in her chair?  There is a reason for that.  She hates the sand.  Won't touch it, stand on it, let it get on her, etc. We got her to venture out a few times but not much.

Grandpa's hip was bothering him so he spent quite a bit of time horizontal.  Apparently the girls missed him. :)

6/8/11: Randomness

I'm almost positive in that first picture Rylee is doing her version of bobbing for goldfish. Hey it kept her from eating sand so whatever.  Like I said mostly random pics but I think we actually got some good ones with the girls where everyone is looking at the camera!