Mommy Musings

Father's Day was a pretty low-key affair this year.  Unfortunately we mixed up our dates and forgot to have Skip take off for it.  So we only had him home in the morning with us.  The girls and I tried to make the most of it by letting Skip sleep in and giving him breakfast in bed. After a few presents and a little relaxing, poor guy had to leave for work, and the girls and I spent the rest of the day playing outside. Skip was off the next day though, so we packed up and headed down the shore to spend time with my dad.  It was a perfect  beach day and we were all sad to leave the sun and sand. I love getting to celebrate the two amazing dads in my life.  And if this is a preview of what are summer is going to look like, then count me in!

Last week we headed down to my parents house again to spend one last visit at the beach before school starts.  We got up real early and headed down, as to spend as much time there as possible. We dropped Shiba off at the house and then headed to Long Beach Island with my mom and sister.  It is my most favorite  place in the entire world!  We spent the morning on the beach, and the girls just loved playing in the ocean! We were all very hungry after that, so we went to the best pizza place ever!  The girls just wanted to sit with my mom and sis, so it was like Skip and I had a date all to ourselves. Of course I had to stop and take a picture by the gorgeous sunflowers outside! We went back to my parents house and spent the rest of the day relaxing down there.  I was even able to get in a quick run with the most gorgeous view ever! The next morning we got up early and headed over to the smaller beach by my parents house.  It is on the bay, so the waves w...

A few weeks ago, I took the girls on a little South Jersey get away for the night.  We had a baby shower to attend for one of my Marines Girls who is having her second baby...a sweet little girl!  The girls and I were then going to spend the night at my parent's house. Sadly, as is the norm on a Saturday in the summer, the girls and I hit a lot of traffic on the way down.... a lot .  What should have been an hour and 40 minute trip turned into 4 hours and a stop at a very  crowded rest stop. We were obviously late to the party, but the girls were angels in the car, so it really wasn't that bad!  Plus, getting to see some of my favorite ladies was totally worth it. Thankfully there was no traffic on the way to my parents house and we got there just before dinner.  We got lots of time to relax with them and my big sister! It has been a struggle the past year to get the girls to bed down there, because they share a room.  But this time they went down with...

Monday morning dawned way sooner than I would have liked.  I was so sad to end our vacation, and was also dreading the drive back a bit.  I was able to keep the girls happy on the way down by hyping up Disney.  I assumed the drive back would be much harder. We got on the road by 6:30 and were hoping to stop somewhere in Virginia for the night.  As they always do, the girls surprised me and did fabulously in the car.  Sure there were moments when they {and I to be honest} would get a little whiny, but after the busy week we'd just had, they were pretty happy to just sit, relax, and watch TV all day:) The girls were tired of eating in sit-down restaurants after our week in Disney, so we just stopped at McDonalds and Subway for lunch and dinner.  We still made sure to go in and eat, since it was good to stretch our legs, but we wanted to be as quick as possible. We did make a detour at an outlet store and picked up a toy for each of the girls, just to take a l...