Well, we made it! Believe me, I have plenty more to follow, but I’ll just touch on a few of the highlights from our drive down here after our stay in the Midwest. My daughter conveniently decided, on the first pit stop, that she will no longer be using any toilets that flush automatically. Given […]
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Surviving And Thriving At Chuck E. Cheese
Well, we all chucked it up (not upchucked, thankfully) at Chuck E. Cheese on Thursday. It’s always fun to see how the three personalities manifest themselves in places like this. My little girl mainly wanted to ride everything she could. This ride was her favorite, so she rode it four times. She never really got […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part III
Now that we had established that we would likely stay within the U.S., we started turning our attention to which region of the country would best fit our wish list. I knew from the get-go that, whether we dropped anchor within the U.S. or ended up overseas, living by one of the coasts was at […]
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The Lookout Game
Last week, I found the small people playing a new game. It looked like this. Apparently, it’s called “Lookout.†I noticed my eldest was holding a telescope, so I asked them what they were looking out for. Their answer was illuminating. “We don’t know. Stuff.†“Like pirates?†I asked excitedly. Pause. “Could be.†“Saber-toothed alien […]
S’mores With A Side Of Creepy Stories
Last Saturday night, the Island Family decided to s’more it up. Since the area where we are staying right now is rather woodsy, it seemed like the right thing to do. LCB tromped off into the surrounding vegetation to gather a compilation of “things that would burn.†I tromped off to the kitchen to gather […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part II
Once we opened up the map of the world, everything changed. Suddenly, every place that came to our attention and every place that we visited became possibilities. This added a new dimension to our travels in particular. Each spring break, we targeted a tropical location, usually an island in the Caribbean or a Mexican beach. […]