Shelter Cove Part II

We usually only get one full day in Shelter Cove. But since Josh finally had some PTO saved up since starting at GROCO, we decided to take an extra day.

We could still hear the waves all night while we slept.

The last time we came, the famous fish and chips joint by the lighthouse had burnt down and was under construction. We finally got to eat lunch there with the kids.

Laney and Kadie both tried and LOVED the food. :)

I have said it before and I will say it again. My favorite thing about Shelter Cove is that it is away from everything. You can't even get any cell reception. You are forced away from the TV and computer to just explore and spend time together.

This picture of me and Crew is to prove I was actually in Shelter Cove. :)

Here is a picture of the BlueRidge house in progress.

TREASURE HUNT!!!

Morgan and Cade put together a real treasure hunt.

The girls followed a map and clues to find Barnacle Beard's treasure matey!

We even got them to say "Argghhh...whars mee booty"!

Laney's favorite item from the treasure...

We took the long drive home and got some more pictures of the waves up close.

I was probably 200 feet away from the cliff and I was getting sprayed with mist

while I took pictures.

The End!

I hope we get back there again soon!

Shelter Cove - Long time no sea...

It had been about 5 months since we last went to Shelter Cove! We were missing it, so we took Friday for ourselves (no work or school) and headed up last weekend to hang out by the sea. :)

Friday November 6th

TEA PARTY!!!

Kadie's favorite...

Especially when paired with REAL tea cups and

home made Madeleine's from aunt Morgan.

We asked the deer to join us but they declined.

Something about not being able to hold the tea cups with their hooves?

Whatever.

Kadie poured the tea with no spills!

We showed the girls how to keep their pinkies in the air.

Construction Project

Next we were off to the housing project on Blue Ridge drive.

Crew was loving being outside so much despite the colder weather.

Kadie met a dog named Zach. Now she wants a Doxie puppy for Christmas.

Dad said no. :(

Laney found a box to sleep in.

Here is the project manager himself!

Morgan and Cade got a sweet deal as newlyweds to live in the Shaker house while the BlueRidge house is being built. This is Cade way up on the rooftop!

Can I go back in time and live by the beach while my hubby works minutes away?

Crew showed off his balancing skills to grandpa...

BEACH

Next we were off to the beach!

Luckily the rain in the forecast subsided for most of our trip,

But there was a surf advisory that record breaking waves of 26-28 feet would be seen!

It was fun to see the waves and feel a little splash now and then.

Morgan and Laney got chased down by a sneaky wave.

Laney found the usual weird things. No crabs or starfish this time around.

The tide pools were absent due to the large waves and high tide.

We ended the night with Chocolate Chip cookies and a movie. :)

H1N1

H1N1 immunized.

All of us except Josh.

I feel like a celebrity!

Say what you want about my choice,

I know celebrities get hassled and judged no matter what choices they make.

I will take the bad with the good, and I feel pretty good.

For Paco...

Guess where Kadie's field trip was this last week Paco?

IN-N-OUT BURGER

This post is dedicated to my grandpa Pack a.k.a. "Paco", who is In n Outs biggest fan.

He has their menu's laminated as place mats in their 5th wheel for when they go to Arizona each year. They once traveled 2 hours to eat at In n Out Burger. When they returned they realized that my grandma's purse was left there. So they called the restaurant which had her purse and held it for them, and they traveled 2 hours back to get it. Since they were at In n Out again, they enjoyed another burger! :)

Kadie learned all sorts of amazing things. In n Out uses all fresh ingredients of course. They make everything to order...so nothing has been sitting for hours before you eat it. They even have their own warehouse that patties the meat for their stores. We learned that they use...

4 x 4 (or 4 x 5) ACE tomatoes (HUGE!)

Kennebec Potatoes (GINORMOUS!)

Bermuda Onions because they are sweet

Kadie chopped her own potato!

Then, they fried up the potatoes that the kids chopped

and they got to eat them with their orders.

Here is Kadie placing her very own order like an adult.

One grilled cheese sandwich - plain, with fries and a pink lemonade.

All of the kids placed an order and ate for free. I tried to act like I didn't really care, but when they told us that the adults could order a free meal too I was the first one in line.

I thought that would make you proud Paco. ;)

We went back to school full and happy.

Seven year check up

We forgot Kadie's seven year check up in July. So I took her today.

Kadie is...

48 lbs - this is HUGE!!! She is almost at 50 lbs. I think when that happens we will throw a party.

46 1/2 inches tall

I found out she will most likely be taller than me.

She is on track to be 5' 3 or 4". No fair! I always dreamed of being 5'3".

Kadie and I also got a flu shot. She was very brave.

Way to grow Kadie!

Halloween Day!!!

First things first. Josh had to sort the candy we bought FOR the trick-or-treaters so that we kept all of the good stuff. Funny how the child in us comes out so easily on days like this. :)

The Skeleton Baby...

The Spider girl...

The Child Witch!

Ah HA HA Ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaa...

We only took the kids up one street really. When the door was opened and a person held out the candy bowl saying "take two or three..." Laney would take two or three. Then when the person would look at another child and say "take two or three..." - Laney would take two or three again.

If there was a bowl of candy left outside the door, Laney would drop to her knee's, put her bucket right next to the bowl and start shoving handfuls inside. We had to keep telling her "Just take one Laney, then say thank you!" She just couldn't help herself.

It was a fun improvement from last year when we went to the first house and she just wanted to sit down and eat the two pieces of chocolate she had. This year she understood it too well.

She ended up with 138 pieces of candy, FROM ONE STREET and one culdesac. Maybe 25 homes...

Josh took Kadie to Blackhawk after our neighborhood and they were gone until 10:00!

Kadie came home with a pillowcase full of candy to add to her full bucket.

I know Josh was using her as his scapegoat.

Luckily the Pumpkin Fairy came last night and took most (but not all) of the candy.

She left some treats, play dough and tic tac toe games instead.

Thank you pumpkin Fairy. :)

We hope you had a Happy Halloween too!

Halloween School Day

Halloween was a party day at school. Kadie's teacher even told them the day before that they would not be ALLOWED to open their desks. :)

It started off with the Halloween parade! Being a short person I didn't exactly have an advantage...this is a picture I got through an opening of people in front of me. I had to crop and zoom in to see Kadie better. Stinking rude people...would barely get out of my way. I almost turned into the Mother Lion.

Then the classroom party. Their were potions to make, treats to eat and games to play!

Her teacher Mrs. Young did this last year too. She made a witches brew with frog's blood (cherry soda), hearts (frozen raspberry's), and slime (ice cream). There were other things, but I was distracted with my other two kids. :) I am lucky I got a picture at all.

Then the class read a spooky story!

Last year, I left with Laney during the story and came back later to find that after the story all of the kids went home with their parents around 2:00. I didn't come back to get her until 3:00.

She reminded me that she would not like that to happen this year.

School was out at 1:30 this year officially.

So we went to grammy's after to show off her costume!

It was so much harder to take pictures and participate with Kadie with one baby attached to me in his carrier, and one toddler child running around. But I am still glad we went to support her.

Kadie had a great day.