Do you ever feel like a pack of traveling gypsies? Sometimes I do. We travel quite a bit- usually with the dogs in tow- so it can begin to feel like a traveling parade very quickly! Don't get me wrong- our dogs are fantastic travelers. However, by the time we pack up all our stuff to head out of town, I feel like the car is packed to the gills. I know what your all thinking.. wait until there are kids involved one day, right?! Bring on the conversion van, I guess!
We've had a nice, but BUSY August. We traveled home to Hillsborough the first fews days in August for a weekend of joint birthday celebrations and Meredith's baby shower! We had a lot of fun and Meredith had a terrific shower. She got so many important things... as well as lots of books. I LOVE kids books. Especially the classics. Lucky for me, most of the kids I have nannied for have loved to read because I love to read also. Sometimes we spend all day just reading new books we've checked out from the library.. and its glorious :) (nerd alert)
The following weekend, we went down to Myrtle Beach to visit with my family. We have a beach house down there that we've had since I was young. Clara is at a very fun age right now so we had a great time burying Uncle Thomas in the sand and also catching fish and crabs in a bucket at the inlet. She's also in a stage where she repeats whatever anyone says. A lot of her fun phrases include "Whoopseedaisies!", "Aye Aye Captain!" and "too much on my docket today". Overall, we had a great time. We've been going to that beach for so long, it always brings back good memories for me.
Between those two weekends, we spent a total of about 24 hours in the car. Yeah. Remember that gypsy comment? It's totally relevant. Lucky for us, we're staying put for awhile. We dont have any major plans over the next few weekends and that's always a good feeling. Now if it would just stop RAINING, that would help with the whole staycation idea.....
Until next time!
