Beach Or Bust

The morning was busy finishing packing bags and Gloria's car for our beach vacation!!! We booked our July 4th weekend vacation last year when we were at Rehoboth for our first beach vacation.  I love the beach, I always have.  I hope Baylor shares my love for it as he grows up.  We had to make a few stops before hitting the road, neither of us ever plan ahead and fill up the car before the day we leave for anything.  We stopped for lunch at a Ruby Tuesdays about half way there.  Baylor was having a hard time watching his movies so we tried a tent out of his old swaddle blanket but it was not dark enough and kept drooping down blocking his view. 

So I found a large beach towel and made a better tent.  He finally could see his movie but after a bit things were a bit too quiet.  

Because he fell asleep in his tent!!! He slept until we arrived at the Walls.  We never hit any dreaded beach traffic which I was worried about and were able to check in right away.  Our room was on the second floor of an old house that was broken up into four apartments.  Lugging everything up the stairs was a pain but I was excited to be there.  

We have only stayed in the cabins so this was a nice change in space.  The first room was a combo kitchen, dining and bath rooms.  The old porcelain sink was in perfect condition!  We had a small stove and a fridge.  The bathroom and shower were on the same wall between the two rooms.  

The second room was the bedroom and of course Baylor wanted to sleep on the top bunk,  The story of him possibly falling off all the way to the floor made him change his mind and choose the bottom bunk.  We used the top bunk for our bags. 

We did not put anything in the dresser but we did use the wardrobe for our hanging clothes.  It was spare and clean and just enough for the three of us.  

The door lead to a screened in porch which we called our living room. 

Looking back from the porch door to the kitchen door. 

 The living room was a welcome place to sit when we were there and a nice playing place for Baylor. 

And a great place for coffee and breakfast.  

And for hanging our towels and wet suits.

One of the plants I love to see in this town are the hydrangeas, they are so much more beautiful in this town for some reason.  They must love the salty air.  

Mostly in blues and lavenders. 

But some were in pinks.  

Gloria was tired and asked to stay in a rest while Baylor and I walked to the beach for our first sandy visit.  We stopped at Ryans for some new sand toys and found a nice spot to dig.  

There was a Mennonite family on the beach as well.  They were feeding the gulls!! And then Baylor would chase them when they got too close to us.  

Our first beach selfie.  

Baylor wanted to play in the water and of course I let him.  

Come in Mommy, it is not cold, he said.  

He made some friends with a family of boys from Dover who were there for the day.  They all were soaked and had fun in the water.  Until the sun went down behind the stores and it got cold quickly!! 

After the boys left Baylor and I got an ice cream cone (two for just $11.00)  I love beach prices but I love this little guy more and he is worth every penny of that $5.50 cone.  

On the way home he hide in the rose bushes.  Can you spot the Baylor? 

When we got back to the room Gloria was watching X-Men on the laptop and Baylor joined her.  I made Ramen soup for dinner and then went for a walk to see if I could see the full moon over the ocean. Sadly it was too cloudy but I did pick up some over priced milk and paper towels at the local shop.  Baylor was asleep when I got back and Gloria decided she her back would not do well in the double bed so we moved him in with me and she took the bunk bed.  First day down, five more to go!  

Back To School Shopping Already?

I was in Dollar Ge.neral this week for a bit of shopping and found the back to school section.  His last day of school was just four weeks ago!!  I will soon be buying my Halloween decorations I guess.  

When I came home I got to see Baylor's new tattoos he did.  Apparently he wanted some dinosaur tattoos and did some DIY versions while Mama was not paying attention.  

This one was nicely colored in as well.  We talked about writing on ourselves, again, and that paper would be better next time.  But he did nice work.  

I was at Kohls looking for a swimming suit for vacation and a blimp went by.  I cannot see one or talk about on with remembering Baylor's first sentence, "Bump sky bye-bye."  He hates when we bring it up, but I think he secretly loves it as well.  

Thursday we celebrated Bob's birthday, which is really on the 4th.  I usually make his cake and if he does not ask for something special, I make old black joe cake with peanut butter frosting!  One cannot lose with chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting!  He even dressed for the celebration and I had party horns for everyone.  

Baylor and I usually race to the mailbox when we get home. He runs the long way around the back of the house and I walk, or if I want to win run, the shorter way around the front of the house.  The orange daylilies are blooming now.  They are children from my grandma's garden and the original plant was given to her when my dad was born.  Aww, the history in my gardens.  I love it.  

I have a lot of lilies actually, but none have the history of the orange day lilies.  But they are just as beautiful.  

Tonight was a full moon, actually it was last night but we missed it.  I try to get Baylor outside when I can to see these things so he grows up at least knowing what is going on in the sky.   He took a red flashlight on a neck rope with him and we played with it swinging it in circles.  

The red moon and a red flashlight. 

Summer Water Party!!

Baylor and I got out of the house early this morning to go to the flea market (love the Lego mini-fig stand) and then headed south to Tara's for a Summer Water Party!  Being a putz, I totally missed the bring a dish on the invite and showed up empty handed.  I rarely show up anywhere empty handed and vow it will never happen again.  Sorry Tara, I let us both down!  

But the party was amazing, even though Baylor was a bit sensitive and off and on grumpy.  For the most part he played with the kids especially with James and especially the badminton with me.    

I lead the boys in the first game of croquet but with boys, clubs and balls, it was an all out bash fest.   It was a good party, with a lot of little people and their parents enjoying various amounts of parenting young ones and talking to other adults.  Definitely a good day!!! 

I stole a few photos of my niece from FB and she is such a cutie pop!! She looks so much like my brother too.   

Another Busy Saturday

We went to Landon's birthday party at Monkey Joe's at 10 in the morning.  Baylor was excited to see his friends again.  At Baylor's birthday Landon had asked me to make him a figure like I had made for Baylor' cake so I did for his birthday.  Of course I waited until the last minute and ended having to make two heads because the first one cracked in the oven.  And this one cracked a bit too and the arm fell off in the oven so I had to buy fimo glue.... it was a rushed disaster but it turned out cute.  He loves wearing camo and has a hoodie with orange trim.  The party was fun and I spent most of it holding Molly's baby sister and talking to Kartikey's mom.  

I asked if we could have him come over to play and Baylor took him down to play games on the Wii.  We had a play date with the McGraws as well and I learned a valuable lesson with Baylor:  either have one friend over or forty.  Three does not work for him.  Cullen was left out and Baylor was not very nice at times.  

He does love his Kartikay and his Cullen, he is just not ready for the two of them at the same time.  

Love is Love

Today the Supreme Court ruled basically there is nothing stopping LGBT marriage in all the states.  It is a good thing!!! 

Funny story:  a co-worker who is a vegatrian read the lable on these chips to see if they were made with real hot dogs.  I just rolled my eyes, but retold the story the next day to Jarrett.  

And Bob picked up this bag of snacks and said, "and these are made with real fire!"  

I cannot stop giggling about it!  

It is Good To Be Home

After unpacking only the essential items, I had to start getting ready for the Aunt's Meeting on Saturday, at my house!  I had to run to the store for groceries because there was not much in the house and I needed several things for the breakfast.  I had a dragonfly craft planned and rocks for painting and set that up at the picnic table. I moved all the cleaning supplies to the garage for easy shopping.  Mom and Dad arrived early to help out but for the most part I had it all covered.   It was a good meeting and Baylor had Connor and Brigid to play with.  I picked raspberries and had them on the food table and ended up picking a quart for Heather to take home as well.  

Sunday Baylor and I spent the day at home, unpacking more stuff from the car, doing laundry, swimming and picking as many berries as I could reach.  I love picking berries, I don't love the major scratches the thorns make on my hands, arms and legs.  But for me that is part of Summer.  Grimm had to check out the berries because he never knows what will interest him. I think he missed us while Baylor and I were on vacation and could not get enough of us!

I know Baylor missed him as well and gave him a lot of lovin's and attention. 

I did not buy anything for my coworkers as a gift for covering my accounts while I was out so I looked online for a recipe using the abundant berries I had.  I found a sugar cookie cup, cream cheese filled mouthful of deliciousness!  I had all the ingredients and they were a hit!  

Baylor and I went swimming as often as he wanted to go.  I wanted to take a photo of his spiky, goggled cuteness and he said he did not have to smile because he was cool enough.  Yes you are little man, yes you are.