Hair

Oh my word, hair is such a huge hangup in our house.  From Luke's, 3 week cut and style cycle, to Adrienne's horse mane and everything in between, we do a lot of hair.  We attempted to leave the house this weekend with everyone looking put together and it was an ordeal. 

Luke:  After I styled his hair for him so it wouldn't look wet and slicked back- comes back with dripping wet and totally slicked back hair

Coco:  After I told her she could not have 1 side braided and one side curly - "Your hair is going to have curls and I'm gonna have "Nothin"  I get "nothin!"

Ade:  Actually let me blow dry her hair which took a minimum of 30 minutes - literally kept face-dodging me, lacrosse style, when I tried to put in a bobby pin

I'm thinking of getting everyone buzz cuts.

And then this morning, Coco asked for 2 long braids and because we just have school today, I could comply:

Halloween 2018

I may not love Halloween but the kids sure do!  School parties and parades, office trick-or-treating and canvassing the hood in the rain...25 lbs of candy!

Swimming - Fall 2018

I’m so glad that Luke and Adrienne have swimming as one of their sports.  I really enjoy getting to spectate inside where it’s nice and warm.  It’s great exercise AND the schedule is somewhat flexible, although we end up being at the pool 4 nights a week in some capacity.   The first meet of the season was a success for both kids.  Adrienne dove off the block instead of start in the water.  She even swam 50s instead of 25s which means she did flip turns in competition.   Luke bested all his best times in 50s except one.  And Coco spent more money at the concession stand than her previous record. 

School drop offs

Coco and I have been enjoying the best rides to school this year.  It's usually quite peaceful as long as it isn't one of those days where she feels forced to wear socks that she deems unworthy.   She's finally able to buckle herself in which means I don't have to get into some yoga pose just to reach the seat belt anchor.  She usually comments on the weather and sometimes asks me what day it is.  We head out and she begins requesting her music.  At first she was requesting "sad" songs but what she really wants are slow songs.  She's a fan of Ed Sheeran and also of Justin Beiber.  She does her best to belt out Ed's song "Perfect," and it is just so sweet.  Each time, I try to take a mental snapshot as I don't want to forget this time with her.


A few pictures of her being her lil' ol' rself in the backseat:

Dewey Beach #6

Family beach vacation #6 is in the memory books.  We had lovely time this year, as always. We continued with some old traditions but sought out new places/activities as well.   We had bike riders, walkers, runners and puzzle workers, game players, concert goers, food makers and beverage drinkers :-)  There was plenty of entertainment for all; primarily in the form of each other.

The skim board competition was right near our entrance to the beach this year.  Luke participated in the practice area, emulating the more advanced boarders.  Adrienne also took quite a few glides and even learned the key to the perfect run from a passerby.  And for her part, Coco looked super cute standing on the skim boards.

We kept Planet Ice in business again this year.   Where would their business be without us?  Violet and Alex consumed quite a bit of sand with their ices.   We had lunch on the beach most days, and many fun dinners.

We also perfected our tie-dye shirt making this year.  G-ma and Luke won both first and second place.  Apparently the trick is to completely saturate your t-shirt with dye.  They are now tasked with coming up with next year's project.

Now that it's taken me 2 months to jot down a few thoughts, the countdown to next year is only 10 months!