In honor of Lauren

Mermaid girls!

Oh, Mom......

OK, so the boys wanted to dig a hole and bury each other in it. Of course, I saw a special recently where kids had died on the beach doing that very thing and said no. We compromised and I let them bury J just over his suit, not too cool. Hence, the unhappy look in the pics.

Jellyfish!!

OK, so I don't have any great pictures of jellyfish, but I do have a story. We thought the lifeguard was just a great supporter of ECU b/c she had yellow and purple flags flying form her stand. Well........purple means jellyfish. J was the first to get stung. The lifeguard washed it off with vinegar and he seemed to bounce back just fine. In the picture all you can see is a small red area just about an inch below his shorts. My neighbor wasn't so lucky. She and I were enjoying body surfing and talking when all of a sudden she starts flailing around. I knew what it was and started hauling myself out of the water as fast as possible. Poor thing, when it stung her hip she instinctively reached down and tried to get it off of her but instead managed to get it wrapped around her arm. As we were quickly exiting the water she kept flinging her arm around tyring to brush it off. People were just watching her because there was nothing on her arm.....it must just make it feel like it was still there. She got rinsed off with vinegar too and tried to convince her DD to pee on her arm. THAT didn't happen so she called a nurse friend. Tip for if you ever get stung by a jellyfish. Take a credit card and scrape the area in an upward direction. That helped her the most! She still had welts that evening and into the next day and hers hurt much longer than Js did.

Cherry Grove

Our neighbors condo is in Little River, SC so they hop in the car and drive to the public beach access in Cherry Grove. It has a bathroom, a small parking area, and a lifeguard so it's perfect. They live there most of the summer so they have the beach thing down pat. Note the really cool table/umbrella set up. Plus, we didn't have to hall everything ourselves as she has a cool cart. We stayed for about 3 hours and had a lot of fun. On the way home we got to see one of Cherry Grove's most famous citizens out on her front porch watching the gardeners do yard work.....Vanna White! Check out the next post for some exciting creature interactions!

Back to the beach

The kids and I got invited by our neighbor to go to their condo at Myrtle Beach. Of course we said yes! The girls had fun playing in the great set up they had there. One room slept 5 with two bunk beds, they had another bedroom that had a double, and then there was the pull out couch. It was just the moms and kids and we really had a great time! The funny thing is that I showed her a picture of the twins and asked her who Junebug looked like and she immediately said J. I told her that we thought that must be somewhere from the Gay side of the family. Well lo and behold, her MIL is a Gay from Franklin county around Bunn. We've checked with grandma, who has check with great grandma, and yes, she does have some relatives there. We found one name in common (our neighbors great grandfather) and we're trying to track down if there is a connection. Needless to say the kids have been calling each other cousins for the last 3 days and trying to learn the family history. The girls are just excited that there MIGHT be a possibility that they are BOTH cousins with L! Funny!

Football Camp and other stuff

J has been going to football conditioning camp this week. He has survived very well and is really enjoying lifting weights. He's also proud of the fact that he hasn't thrown up yet either! We'll keep you posted on how try outs go after school starts. We're headed out tomorrow for a short trip to Little River, SC to meet our neighbors and enjoy the beach a little bit. The kids seem excited! "E" got his high school schedule in the mail today.....aaawwww.......I'm feeling very nostalgic......

Fashion Designer?

When boredom sets in you just get creative. The front says "Rock On!" She's thinking of becoming a fashion designer when she gets older (along with being a plain old mom, a teacher-part-time, and a weekend cheerleading coach------I have complete faith in her abilities to do it all). It brings back memories or the 80's. Don't deny that you don't know someone who wore a large black one to school on Punk Rock day...don't deny it......