I don't know if there's a single soul who had a better summer than Ali Grace and Addie Belle Bennett! They are blessed with two exceptional sets of grandparents who really did it up with them this summer. As if they weren't lucky enough, they ended up with a "Nanny 2" with my mom's twin sister, Aunt Bonnie. After a fabulous 4th of July weekend with a huge chunk of our family here, we took off to Palm Bay and spent the week with Nanny 2 and Uncle Carlos. They live minutes from the beach. The girls had a grand time swimming in every pool in the neighborhood and splashing away up and down the strip from Satellite Beach all the way to Cocoa. While there, we took advantage of Nanny 2's awesome sewing machine and the girls got new EBA appliqued shirts. Nothing short of fabulous.
The next week, the girls went to Pete's cousin's wedding and then on to Palm Coast with their OTHER grandparents! We had a fabulous time and the girls loved playing with their cousins Carson, Emma, Sarah, and Annabelle.
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| The girls seem to have no lasting effects of the blue/orange exposure. |
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| Check out Aunt Janet and the pirates ready for Treasure Night in Palm Coast! |
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| Lyles Great-Grands.. (Wouldn't Great Mama be soooooo proud??) |
Anyone who knows us well, knows our calendar in the pantry. It's what keeps us sane since we have to contend with 3 different school schedules- Jenkins County, Jefferson County and Edmund Burke Academy. It gets a little wild around here sometimes! I go back to work on Friday. Pete goes back a week later and the girls go back a week later than that! I think I got that straight. Can you already see a need for our huge calendar? Tonight Addie Belle got out the clorox wipes and wiped down the calendar. It was kind of sad to see the summer dates go: Cheer camp, Vacation Bible School, Giles visit, Palm Bay, Palm Coast, etc... But it's always exciting to add new things to the calendar. The girls aren't very excited about starting back to school, but once back to school shopping gets into full swing I'm sure they'll come around. Retail therapy does a lot for your attitude. I believe that. :)
Say it ain't so! We did some of that therapy yesterday, but it did not help. I've never been less ready than this year. I'm not sure if it was the really late trip to the beach or just having such a great summer, but we would love to stretch it out a little longer.
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