by Monica on June 21, 2009
Awww...how sweet! You're back again! Hope you enjoy your visit with the Peapod Squad!
The road trip home from Florida took 3 hours longer than it should have. We seemed to require endless breaks; and everyone (grown-ups included) was getting fussy, whiney and just plain annoying. Snap was the least patient with all of this foolishness. I can’t even tell you how many times he desperately moaned, “It’s taking foreeeeeeever!”
Then he discovered a brilliantly simple way to block out the reality of his day-in-a-car. He quietly pulled his precious blue blanket up over his head and just stayed that way. If the car was moving, he was under the blanket. He wasn’t sleeping…he’d stick out his little hand and wave if we talked to him. But he was hiding out from it all. Just chillin’ out in a shroud of blue satin and fleece.
I wish I had his knack for finding the calm way out of a stressful situation. Maybe I need a big (yeah, it’d take a huge one) blue blanket.
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by Monica on June 14, 2009
The peapod squad experienced the beach for the very first time today. I’ll post more pictures of them playing in the sand and surf later. But tonight, I leave you with a picture of our very happy family. We are really loving our first family vacation. It’s great to get to spend time together away from the hustle and bustle of regular life. It feels like I’m seeing each of them through completely different eyes.
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by Monica on June 13, 2009
Just call me a lobster and melt some butter for me, please.
It’s day one of vacation. We spent a little while at the pool earlier today. Of course, we used sunscreen. You see that picture of me over there on the right? Yeah, that one. It’s not edited. I really am just that white. And I know I burn easily, so I was armed with waterproof SPF 50 sunscreen. I bathed in the stuff. Put it all over the kids, too. They are fine. Me? I’m in pain.
Apparently, sunscreen isn’t sufficient. I’m going to have to wear full body armor tomorrow to the beach.
Not that I’m complaining about covering up this cellulite. It may just be the kindest thing I do for the other beach patrons.
(photo by marcy)
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