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first group swim of summertime 2015!
planning ahead for the 4th of July
crossing the bridge from brownie to girl scout
Marvelous May 3M adventure!
“One of the best 3 Musketeers adventures ever!!”
That’s what everyone shouted out as we drove home from after a fun-filled day that included a climb up West Rattlesnake Mountain in Holderness, NH (overlooking scenic Squam Lake).. a visit to the world’s largest arcade, FunSpot, in Laconia… and an end of day visit to Hilltop Fun Center for go karts and miniature golf.
Some of the funny moments included:
- we went to a restaurant to buy lunch takeout for our hike, but they didn’t have anything for us to order (it was more formal). So I asked the waitress for a recommendation of another restaurant in town but she told us “This is the only restaurant I ever eat at.” We thought that was hilarious… she probably thought she’d be in trouble if she recommended another place… but come on! She only eats at one restaurant… ever?!?! We walked outside, looked across the street and there was a sub shop where we ordered our food!
- Ben had soccer practice later that afternoon and his Mom said he had to be back in time. We were over two hours away and knew it would be impossible to do everything we wanted to do and get back in time. You guys started lobbying for me early on to see if I could persuade her to change her mind. You really wanted to stick together; you have so much fun on these adventures. After a rousing chant of “call her, call her, call her” I placed the call, explained things and got the Green Light for a full 3M day! You were so excited!
- You won so many tickets at Funspot that you could barely carry them to the cashier. Look at the photo for evidence, it was a funny moment.
Spring soccer is back and you’re playing great!
a beachy keen Easter egg hunt in 2015
You had all searched for eggs, top to bottom, at the beach house.
Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
No eggs to be found anywhere.
Grammy said “the Easter bunny told me he definitely left eggs behind.”
Jack said: “The Easter bunny didn’t come because you don’t have any kids.”
There was no place left to look, nowhere else to go… except for outside, which is exactly what did. There before you was a vast beach, sand and white sea shells all around. And no eggs in sight.
All of you – except for Ben – started making your way toward the water. Ben kept studying the scene, trying to figure it out. He kicked over one of the white shells, and there was a red Easter egg buried in the sand, hidden by the shell.
“Hey guys,” he shouted, “they’re up here.”
You ran up toward the sea wall and soon a full scale frantic Easter egg hunt was in process. Under nearly 100 white sea shells – we counted them later – were brightly colored eggs, each one containing money and candy. You took your blue and white bags and began filling them up with the holiday treats.
Soon the hunt was over and everyone was back in the beach house, munching on chocolate, counting money and dreaming of what to buy with your gift cards from Grammy and I.
It was a memorable Easter, the first one we’ve ever had at the beach house, and the first time we’ve ever had an egg hunt outside. Cool, fun, different! Goodbye giant Waterloo house in Dover… hello vast beach sand along the Atlantic ocean!
answering one question with four possibilities
“If I could be anyone” was the name of the paper your class had been asked to write.
Here’s what you came up with:
“I wish I could be THE GRONK! And I would go to disney and I could go on the Haunted Maunsion. And I could also go get all the jerseys.
If I can’t be him, I would be Juilen Edlmen. And go on the duck boat and wear the minnion hat!
If I couldn’t be him, I would be Tom Brady and be the amazing quarder back!
And I would be the president. And make the school day science and recess and lunch and special!”
Here’s what your teacher said about it:
“Excellent work!”
I agree, Emma, way to go. I like the way you wrote about four different possibilities and gave reasons why each one would be a contender.
February ski weekend craziness!
escaping the biggest snowstorm of the year for the wonders of disney world
Our plane was stuck at the gate, with us in it, waiting for Logan Airport crews to “de-ice” the plane. It had started to snow (again), was bitter cold, and all we wanted to do was take off for Orlando ASAP before getting trapped.
An hour and a half later, they did their thing, transforming our icy Southwest bird into a warm bird. It was time to fly.
Three days later we heard the stories. New England was socked with 30 inches of snow, nailed in one of the biggest storms of all time. Our friends and family back home were posting Facebook photos and stories, lamenting the agony of shoveling driveways and dealing with the hassle of too much white stuff.
While it wasn’t warm in Orlando (40 in the morning, mid 60’s during the day), but it was at least 40-50 degrees more balmy than home as we toured the Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot and the Animal Kingdom. We had a b-l-a-s-t as the following photos reveal:
