Out of the Mouths of Babes

A few funny Coco-isms: what she's been saying these days that we love so much we can't correct:

Mickey Duck (Mickey Mouse)
Mommy Rachael (mommy)
Nigh Nigh Den  (nurse again?)
Fi-fi (this way)
No, Zay Zay, no! (telling her friend Isaiah to stop)


And here she is jumping off the sidewalk on our way out of the JCC:

Kindergarten!

And she's off!  Ade, to Kindergarten, that is.  She's such a cool customer that this transition hasn't fazed her one bit.  She's used to attending 4 full days and 1 half day of school per week so this 5 half days is small beans.  Luckily, she will also have the Kindercrew program at the JCC 3 of 5 afternoons per week for some extra enrichment.  She's such a difficult kid, begging to learn how to read and to be drilled with sight words.  Adrienne has Mrs. Mugnolo and attends in the morning.  Her class is very ethnically diverse and Matt and I joke that she's already in the AP class.  Guess what she likes best about Kindergaren so far?  The playground and the monkey bars

The picture with a pantsless Coco was another morning waiting for the bus.

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Dewey Beach 2015

 

I'm always wanting to improve myself, you know?  And making us better "beach people" seems like a good place to start my improvement plan.  Well, I'm happy to report that we have once again continued on our year-over-year progress path.  Sure, there are still some areas of improvement like, mainly, Coco's sleep, Coco's ability to detach herself from my person, Coco's ability to behave in a restaurant, etc.  As you can see, we have one specific area to target for next year.  

 

So let's visit the areas that seem to be well on their way to perfection:

 

• sitting on the beach for hours on end - we are just really, really impressive in this area.
• We have absolutely mastered sending Luke and Ade to flag down the Planet Ice truck on the beach and retrieve treats for the adults.

• Overall beach setup: chairs, umbrellas, snacks, coolers - set in a very strategic alignment

• Wave jumping  - ok, maybe not me, but others (I did get in a few times), Luke =MVP
• Exploring new Dewey Beach offerings - this year's highlights were:
•    Dewey Beach Beer Company
•    Jungle Jim's water park (so much fun!)
•    Que Pasa mexican restaurant
• Visiting our annual mainstays:
•     The Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk
•     The little breakfast place about a block away that seems to have no name
•     Outlet shopping
•     35 trips to Walmart

 We thoroughly enjoyed having the Gordons join us this year! We had lots of great food and conversation.  I think my favorite part about our trips is witnessing the shear, uninhibited joy of the kids on the beach, in the ocean, on the excursions, etc.  This was obviously a very quick recap of a fabulous trip!