On our second day in Williamsburg, we went to Busch Gardens. Wow! SO much fun! This first picture is my favorite from the whole day. We had about 4 hours of terrible thunderstorms right in the middle of the day, and so most of the rides were closed. The storm started just after PB, Kiwi,…

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We’re back from our Williamsburg vacation! We drove down to Williamsburg with my mom, sister, and niece. We had two very full cars, but we made it! Our hotel was within walking distance of Colonial Williamsburg, so after unpacking the cars, we walked across the street for some sight seeing and a Colonial dinner. We…

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I took the kids to the Baltimore Aquarium today. Our season pass expires in a month and I wanted to make it out there at least one last time. We brought some friends with us to add some spice. We had so much fun, despite getting lost on the way out of the city (I…

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This afternoon, we drove down to a State Park close to our house for a BBQ with some friends that will be moving soon. We had hot dogs and hamburgers, chips and soda, pasta salad and cookies. Apple left a bench-full of vanilla sandwich cookies stripped of their frosting middles… After dinner, we played at…

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One of my good friends, Safire, invited us to go to a near-by beach for the day. We had so much fun! It was really hard to pull the kids away. Taco built mountains and moats in the sand all day long.Nerds, on the other hand, was in the water (which was surprisingly pleasant) all…

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My sister, Andrea, and her daughter, Vanessa, came up for some sisterly and cousinly bonding time. We like to pack in lots of fun when we get together! It’s pretty funny to put the two of us together…..we are snapping pictures constantly! My kids are so much more willing to pose when Andrea’s around! (Thanks,…

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Yesterday was a perfect day for the pool. Vanessa and Andrea joined us for some splash time.It sure helps to go swimming with another adult, especially one who knows her way around with a camera!Vanessa was curious about all of the silly things her cousins were doing.She decided that the pool water tasted yummy, and…

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A group of us from church met at a kiddie pool with all of the pre-schoolers. While we were baking in the heat and trying to stay cool in the pool, we were talking about the older kids getting out of school for the summer later this week….and I realized that I was the only…

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When we got to Peanut Butter’s company picnic this afternoon at 4:00, the outside temperature was fluctuating between 97 and 100 degrees. It was HOT. Poor Taco had a really hard time adjusting to the heat. His head was immediately sweaty.Apple, on the other hand, had already had a full and tiring day, and so…

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Yummy Strawberry shortcakes! Everyone enjoyed the special treat, with fresh, ripe strawberries. We have been eating strawberries like crazy. :) Apple had his own, unique way of eating his shortcake.