Day 60: Will Trade Sister

Here we are back at the miniature golf course. This picture was taken after we were done golfing, after I'd almost thrown the kids in the water half a dozen times.

We bought this shirt for Jacob last year in a Cracker Barrel while we were traveling to a wedding in Virginia. As soon as I saw the shirt I knew they'd made it for Jacob; aside from the fact that he would never actually trade her. But he is such a good sport that he totally jokes around about it with everyone who comments on the shirt. And it is the most-commented piece of clothing thus far/

Lewes-Cape May Ferry

The last night of our trip we stayed in Delaware. In the morning we got up and drove to the Lewes-Cape May Ferry. I wasn't crazy about the ferry, but it was nothing compared to the tunnels we had to go under (which we're not going to talk about). I did get really freaked out when we went up to the very top deck because the motion up there was more than on lower decks. I was also really freaked out at all the people standing so close to the edge. One little shove and they could go right over. It took two pre-noon 'sedatives' from the bar to get to me actually enjoy the ferry ride. I don't know what's wrong with me, it seems like since I've become a mother EVERYTHING freaks me out.

(notice my mother holding my margarita so that I can
take the photo)

Behind Sabine in the left of the photo is the vendor who
charged three dollars for Jacob's ice cream sandwich.
We wouldn't have gotten it except he already had it in
his hand when we found out the price. So don't go there
if you're at the Cape May lighthouse.

Getting ready to dive into the sand.

A preview of next summer. We'll be there
next August with Zach's family.

Beach: Day 3

Just outside our room. I wish we'd just done this to begin with. It would have been awesome to have this room for two or three nights and pay a little more. But I'm glad we at least had it for the one night.
Wearing our matching t-shirts. These were originally purchased for me and my mother when I was a baby and had my first trip to Virginia Beach.


We called this the Beach Baby-Sitter. When we found out the kids really couldn't get out we decided to take advantage of the situation and grab a drink at the bar. Don't worry we gave them an umbrella for shade and a drink with a straw. We just had to be careful to make it back before the tide came in.

Beach: Day 2

The second day at the beach was much nicer and not very crowded. We did all the normal beachy things and had a blast. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

My mom will not be happy to see a picture of her on her,
especially in the bathing suit, but I think she looks adorable
with the kids so I'm posting it.

The biggest kid of all.

The Beach Pictures!

Zach and I are not huge beach fans, but when we were there with the kids it made all the difference in our level of enjoyment. It was so much fun being there with the kids. We loved it so much that we ended up spending a third day at the beach, trading in our tiny Norfolk hotel for a beach-front room on the last day. Ordinarily it would have been too expensive to do that, but everywhere we went you could tell places weren't at full capacity because of the economy, so there were many deals to be had.

The first day was overcast, but that was just fine with me because when it was sunny, the heat was hard to bear.

(Sabine enjoyed doing her Baby Yoga on the beach and
reveled in the attention it brought from onlookers)

Virginia

After DC we went straight to the hotel we stayed in for the wedding. We had two big rooms and stayed there three nights, the most nights in one place on our whole trip. We stayed mostly at Hampton Inns, as we're partial to them.

And here you have proof that we did attend a wedding, the reason for our trip. We didn't really get a good picture of the two of us, which I was a little bummed about because it's not very often I get to buy new shoes and dress up. We have been to almost 20 weddings together in the past 10 years.

There was much entertaining to be done on the many car rides. Here Sabine is practicing her Hollywood look:

"Please, no more photos. You're giving me a headache!"

At a pit stop at Cracker Barrel we found the perfect shirt for Jacob:

And here is the miniature arm chair that Zach and I each spent one night sleeping in. This was in Norfolk, VA. We kept the cost low by sharing rooms with my mom and Jamie. We asked for a room with two queen beds, as we did in each place because we know we can fit the two of us and both kids in a queen, but apparently not in a double because when we got to the room it was clear the beds weren't even full size, much less queens. They were doubles. We set Jacob up in the chair and made it like a cozy little bed but he didn't spend more than a couple hours there before migrating over to our bed, so either Zach or I had to go sleep in the chair. What memories.

We got lost in Baltimore for three weeks!

No, not really. But that would be a good excuse for not having posted since then. The trip just got very busy what with all the packing and unpacking we had to do almost everyday. We had a grrreat time and miss the beach, but are looking forward to heading back to Cape May next year for a 60th birthday celebration.

Anyway, we took some good pictures on the trip so I want to post them even though they're very late. Here's the next day (from where I left off) at the Maryland Zoo and then later that evening in DC. Sabine is reaching for the trees in the one below (she's actually doing an exaggerated 'tree' sign), she loves trees. Then there's the peekaboo ostrich (or whatever it was, I can't remember at this point), the cool leopard picture, Jacob feeding the giraffe for $2 that the zoo staff tricked us into, and a dorky penguin family that we couldn't resist taking a photo of.

Baltimore Day 1

Sabine took Baltimore by backpack.

Jacob went on foot and loved checking out all the sights.

The Inner Harbor

We got a closer look at things by way of the Aqua Duck
tour. I'm pretty sure the guide/driver was on drugs...
nobody's that high on life. That's nice that I've done
one of those tours, so now I never have to again.

With a limited amount of space in the hotels and
hardly any outdoors playtime, the kids have been
getting a little stir-crazy. They've been inventing
games to play. Here we have the socks in the mouth game.

And here is one of the many pillow forts Jacob built
for Sabine. She's been cute copying everything Jacob's
doing...she tried to build a couple forts of her own. Just
now we were trying to get Jacob to put on his shoes for
breakfast so he could go down with my mom and Jamie.
Jacob was being obstinate so Sabine went to get her shoes
and followed them out of the room and down the hall.

Here's the complimentary quackers we got when we
did the aqua duck tour. Those were great to have in
the hotel room. Jacob really enjoys blowing them in
our faces. Thanks guys!