Wednesday, September 10, 2008

My Eyes Deceive Me!

Could it be?? Do I actually have a shoe rack? Impossible!

Before Shoe Rack


After Shoe Rack


Great job, Ryan!!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Happy Birthday, Uncle Michael!!!



The kids are getting good at these! See birthday bloopers.


Happy Birthday, Michael! :)

Monday, September 8, 2008

Weekend Visitor


Normally, we enjoy our visitors, but I can’t say we were too pleased to see this one. The good news is that our ‘little’ spider was on the outside of our screened in porch. The bad news is we don’t know where it went… yikes!

While some spiders have made it through our screen to build little webs on our porch, I think we can feel pretty confident that Charlotte here won’t be able to fit her large body through the tiny mesh holes. Now we just have to hope and pray she doesn’t have babies.

Friday, September 5, 2008

MagiQuest


Funny name? Fun times!! This was a random little stop we made, but we’re glad we did.

What you do is buy these wands and then buy time on the wands. You can walk around this indoor magical adventureland casting spells on things and fulfilling quests. Each quest gives you more power, which gives you more ability to perform magic. It’s kind of a silly place, but once you have a wand you can come back and keep playing. Your wand remembers everything you do.

It turns out that Grandma and Grandpa C. have a MagiQuest near their house too. We’ll be bringing our wands with us this Thanksgiving! :)

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Ripley's Aquarium


The big attraction at Myrtle Beach (besides the beach.. of course) is the Ripley’s Aquarium! We’ve gone to aquariums before with the kids, but this one was a lot of fun. The best part was that you can get on a moving sidewalk that takes you through underwater tunnels. There were LOADS of sharks. Neat, huh?

Megan was a riot, too. She’s got a fish in her toddler room at daycare. The fish’s name is Moe. While we were peering through the tanks, Megan would point “ooh”ing and “ah”ing and every now and again blurt out “Moe!”.


Wednesday, September 3, 2008

"I Wish for No Parents..."


This is what our darling William tells us as he tosses a penny into the wishing well. I suppose a “Thank you for the fun beach vacation, Mom and Dad!” is a little too much to hope for.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The Beach


Three day weekends are not always easy when you have children. The weekends in general are a little chaotic. The kids are off their schedule, and they are a little wound up from sleeping late.

Ryan and I decided to get away this weekend and take a mini-trip to Myrtle Beach!

William loved playing in the sand and the surf, that is, until a wave engulfed his entire body. He came up fine.. a few sea shells in his hair, but otherwise ok.

Megan did not like the sand at all. In fact, a few tiny grains of sand on her toes is a disaster to our little princess. She did enjoy the pool... mostly because there was live karaoke, and Megan loved the music. In my opinion, not every singer could carry a tune, but Megan must have disagreed because she clapped after every song.