Staycation

We've heard the trendy word "staycation," (meaning, staying at home for a vacation), but we'd never tried it until this past Memorial Day weekend. And after three days of vacation in our own home, we must say, we're fans!

The weather cooperated perfectly and we enjoyed every second. The weekend began with a family bike ride and delicious crepes with the Lucias. Then we played tennis with the Vets, watched the Markeys play soccer, and swam with the Elias. Monday we golfed with Cornelia and M.O., swam again but this time with Cornelia, and ended the weekend with a family run. Does it get any better than that!?!?!!

Oh, there was one minor incident. Bodie was napping inside and Dave and I were lying on the hammock outside when all of a sudden we heard a loud tearing noise - the sound of a man splitting his pants on a cartoon. Next I hear my big, tough husband scream like a 13 year old girl and the two of us end up on the ground. The hammock ripped in two.

And if that weren't bad enough, the FIRST thing Dave says to me wasn't "Are you okay?" or "Sorry I screamed like a girl," or "Can I help you up my beautiful bride." Nope, this is the direct quote, "Lucky I was on the hammock with you." Um, thanks Dave.

My thought - it ripped where HE was sitting and by the way, why did he scream like a girl? Our total fall height was maybe eighteen inches. Good grief.

But LOTS of laughter followed. Really, who rips a hammock in half? That stuff only happens in the movies.

Oh, and all comments directed to Dave on this blog post are greatly appreciated.

Hiding Stuff

I've discovered the joy of items that open and close and can hold stuff. This includes, but is definitely not limited to, clothes hampers, garbage cans, the freezer and refrigerator, kitchen cupboards, dresser drawers, and the washer and dryer. It's simply fascinating. You open the lid/door/drawer, items go in, and then you close it. Wa-la, it's magic. Now you see it, now you don't.

I don't think my mom finds it quite as fascinating as I do. I've overheard her a few times when she found some of my hidden items....When she found my Good Night Moon book in the ice drawer in the freezer, "Good grief Bodie." When she found twelve musical instruments including a tambourine and drum stick in my hamper, "Seriously Bodie?" When she walked by the washing machine and noticed something "extra" inside - a wiffle ball I'd added to the load - "Bodie, balls don't go in the washing machine."

A few weeks ago I was playing at a friends house and when my mom came to get me, no one could find my shoes. "I just had them," my friend's mom said curiously looking around, "They didn't run away by themselves." Five minutes of searching produced nothing. My mom decided to leave, figuring they'd eventually turn up and we'd get them later when my friend's mom came running out of the house, "The garbage. They were in the garbage can." Of course people, where else would they be. Garbage cans are cool. Some have lids that go up and down, some have the rounded top with the spinner lid, there are endless options for fun.

This week I was playing at my buddy Jackson's house. Jackson is a few months younger than me, so he hadn't discovered the garbage yet. I found their silverware and proceeded to show him all of my tricks. One by one, I tossed their silverware into the garbage. Luckily Jackson's mom is really cool and instead of throwing me in the garbage, she pulled out the video camera. Here's the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRzoHOPcRH0&feature=player_embedded

Good Times

Sheesh, sorry for the lapse in blogging, I didn't realize it had been so long. We've been outdoors every day and loving the spring weather. Lots of bike rides. My dad is super strong - kind of like Superman - and goes really fast even with me in the trailer. So my mom keeps packing the trailer with bigger lunches and extra bottles of water, in hopes to slow him down. But I love it - wheeeeeeeee!

Lots of afternoons at the park and outdoor playdates...

Just lots of good times - nothing extra special to share this post. But stay tuned, I'm sure something fun will be coming soon.

Friends, More Friends, & a Farm

Lots of friends visiting us this week. First, Anne Marie was in town. Here's a weird fact about me and Anne Marie, we have the same size head. Yes, I'm one and she's a bit older than one and we have the same size head. I'm willing to admit the obvious, I have a pretty large melon.

Then I got to hang with my buddy Tristan at Gravely Point. If you've never been there, it's a park across the water from the Washington Monument and next to the airport. The planes fly right over your head - literally, right over your head. Tristan and I hid under the picnic table a few times because the planes got a little too close.

Eryn was visiting from Arizona and California - she has a few "residences" right now - and we met her at Freedom Plaza. Cece popped in for a surprise visit too and we all hung out and made my infamous "monkey face" together.

And today we headed to Remington, Virginia to a huge ranch to attend a charity event. (If you're wondering where Remington is, don't ask us, it wasn't easy to find.) This place was packed with cool stuff.

There were sheep races and we bet on the sheep with the green ribbon, but he lost to the red ribbon sheep. I got up close and personal with a bull...luckily my dad is fast in case we needed to scram. They even had a hay maze just my size. I ran through it trying to find my dad - who was hiding - and he'd jump out and scare me to death - it was awesome.

No Speed Limit

I guess I'm back to normal, we hit the two week mark and I'm still acting like me - whew. Thanks for all of the prayers and well wishes.

So we headed to Vermont this weekend to participate in a race being run in honor of my Aunt Kathy. Aunt Kathy has ALS - better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The Bennington Road Race is one of her favorites, so this year the town decided to run it in her honor.

I hitched a ride for the 3.8 mile race, snoozing for about 2 of those miles, and looking stylish in my "Team Kathy" tshirt. I'm pretty sure I'll be making my second debut in the newspaper - check out the Bennington Banner newspaper tomorrow.

Lots of cousin time for me while my parents spent the weekend playing volleyball, soccer, football, and of course, running. Not much sleep for them though, I decided 5:30am was a good wake up time each day - I didn't want to miss any of the action.