So what’s a family to do when Daddy is on paternity leave, and everyone is sweating bullets in the HOT North Carolina summer weather?

Why, go on vacation to DELAWARE of course!

That’s right!  In mid July we packed up our Sweet Ride (a.k.a. Mama’s new minivan) and headed north for a week at Grammie and Poppy’s (Wright) place.

It was awesome!  We spent as much time as we could kicking back at the beach…
(And by “kicking back” I mean chasing our Little Miss Independent around as she plunged into the water and sprinted after seagulls; and carrying around our Little Mr. Snugglebug as he took nap, after nap, after nap…)

When we weren’t soaking up rays at the beach, we filled our time playing in the pool…
(And by “we” I mean Daddy and the Little Miss.  That water was too cold for this Pansy Mama!)

Playing all sorts of games…
(Including “Tunnel” / “Where is ah-belle?” in the Little Princess’ new castle)

Throwing wild and crazy dance parties…
(Guess whose idea that was?!?)

Partying it up at Rehoboth Beach’s Funland…
(Mama’s “spin tolerance” ain’t what it used to be.  After just one turn on the merry-go-round I was dizzy!)

(As we led the Little Lady to the rides, her eyes grew wide and she looked like a deer-in-the-headlights.  We thought she might be scared or overwhelmed.  But oh were we wrong!  The Little Miss Daredevil was just soaking it all in.  She wouldn’t let us leave Funland until she tried out every ride, including multiple spins on the swings!)

And of course, spending oodles of time with Grammie and Poppy!  And Great Aunt Pinky and Aunt Laura too!

(Post-swim “reading time”.  If this isn’t love, I don’t know what is!)

It was a super-duper fun trip.  Well, other than the drive there and back with two (impatient) (cranky) (fussy) (crying) children.  But a little suffering in the car was worth a week of fun at the beach!

Thanks to Grammy and Poppy for hosting us!