Thursday, May 30, 2013

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A Mother-Daughter Walk On The Beach

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The crabs come out at night, apparently after the birds can no longer see the beach very well.  There are crabs of all sizes, and they scurry around all over the beach.  It might be easy to step on one if you weren't careful, though they are pretty fast at getting out of the way when they see motion around them.
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It was another couple of great dinners over the last evenings.  Two evenings ago we had Taco Night, with beef, chicken and shrimp; and then we washed it all down with Chocolate Dessert Tacos. Last evening was a night of pizza with a Taco Pizza, a Cheese Pizza, and a BBQ Chicken Pizza.  Ella might have out-eaten us all.
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Yesterday we went to the Currituck Beach Lighthouse and Lincoln and I climbed to the top to take in the experience and the view.  He did great with the climb, and we got to see the Outer Banks from way up.  The little ones stayed down with Jenn and Grandma & Grandpa... too much of a climb, and Lydia would have been a jump risk, we believe.
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This last photo cracks me up.  It's from the inside of the Lighthouse, and I liked the brick pattern as a background.  I asked Lincoln to make a nervous face, and that's what he came up with.
The kids are getting more and more comfortable with the water, both the pool and the ocean.  It's way too cold to go swimming in the ocean, but Lincoln didn't mind getting wet in the waves this morning.
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It hit me today that it's now Thursday and we'll be packing up for home tomorrow evening and hitting the road in less than 48 hours.  The week has blown right by.  I suppose it's a metaphore for life, that each day passes quickly.  These days, in particular, have passed quickly and we'll soon be left with photos and memories.

Jenn and I have had a number of conversations over the past several months about taking memory-making vacations for and with the kids.  My parents did that with Emily and me, and when we hear successful parents at church discuss the things that made them successful families, one of their secrets is being intentional about giving their kids good memory-making opportunities.
One of the surprises of the week was Grandma's present to the kids: matching jammies!
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This followed an evening of Superhero Birthday Party for Grace, Cole and Lincoln, and we all donned Spiderman masks.
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We've been letting Lincoln stay up a bit later some of these evenings.  It's all a part of that memory-making philosophy.  Two evenings ago he wore his new jammies to the beach and got to watch Grandpa fish.  That evening proved to be the least-exciting evening of fishing (lots of skates the night before and two stingrays the night after), but Lincoln got some extra kite-flying time in, and Grandpa even let him reel in the line before we went to bed.
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