<---Jonah enjoying a brewsky on the beach. (he found Grams' empty beer can) ...What do you do when the oldest two punks are at school and the youngest two punks are taking a nap; you're exhausted and not feeling well and you could not fold any more laundry if your life depended on it? You Blog! Like I said, the oldest two punks are in school. For the next hour anyway. So far they seem to enjoy going to pre-K. I love it when I pick them up, ask them how school was and did they learn anything new today, and they start telling me about their day. Usually at the same time, then we have to calm down and take turns. They usually have a new song that they are learning and they'll both start singing it. It's so cute! Nile is usually raring to go in the morning, but Noah tends to have a meltdown until he is actually in the classroom and realizes that he's not going back home. We pretty much have our new morning schedule down. It helps when you have most of their lunch/homework/school bag ready to go the night before. This past weekend we went to Corpus to spend some time at the Coast. It was really fun! And I wasn't as stressed out as I thought I would be. You know how it is when you travel with kiddos and they're out of their element. But James and Jonah did suprisingly well. They slept good and we, somehow, managed to pretty much keep them on their regular schedule. We stayed at the hotel that Ken has been staying at all summer and it was nice. We had a two room suite with a kitchen and fireplace (but we couldn't get it to work). Ken took Nile and Noah down to the pool, which they absolutely loved and wanted to spend every minute in. So, pretty much every free minute was spent at the pool. On Saturday afternoon, we headed down to the beach. Of course we took HoWhee and it was great! We drove down on surf side, found a nice little spot and parked it. Nile and Noah had a blast but were a little disappointed they couldn't find any portuguese man-o-wars. We did get to see a Coast Guard (dolphin) helicopter and jet fly right over us, and there were plenty of periwinkles and crabs and other little stuff to play with. Unfortunately, Noah lost his snorkle. We had just bought them a new mask and snorkle set the day before and he left it sitting on shore and the tide came a rollin' in and just sucked it out to sea. So somewhere out there, there is a sea creature with a neon green snorkle. LOL That was the only explanation that would calm him down. As for James and Jonah, they were content to just sit there and eat sand and seaweed. Does that count as their fiber for the day? We did get them in the water (which was surprisingly warm) for a while. Once the initial shock wore off, they seemed to like it. They kept trying to crawl into the surf. After about an hour and a half, everyone started getting hungry and cranky so we cleaned up and headed back to the hotel. I tell you what...it was so nice to have a shower in the van. We were able to get all of that sticky salt water off and rode home relatively comfortable. We had packed some snacks, so we started a movie and snacked our way home. And while the punks bathed, Ken made buffalo burgers on the outside grill. By the time everyone was clean, it was supper time. All in all, it was a great day. The kids had a blast... I kept my promise to Noah about getting him to the beach this year... And we're planning another trip in the next couple of weeks. Of course it all depends on huricane season too. Man it's been active this year! Gotta go...the little one's are waking up. We have pictures, but I used my SLR instead of the digital. So I have to get them on CD and download them for ya. Anyway, the weekend was great.
