The Sandbox

so we have had a yard plan for almost a year now and have done nothing but procrastinate. our neighbors' yards look like golf courses and ours is......not so much. last week i decided to get on it and recruited my dad to come help. it was a simple task, extend the deck and built a sand box in the middle. my dad has been in the building business for thirty years and i worked for him for a while, easy, no problem. besides it's all for this little girl:

Story Time with Virginia Ann Elizabeth Bruce

Settle in folks, Virginia has a few stories she'd like to read you. Try to imagine that she was keeping me hostage on the kitchen floor rug the whole time she was "reading" and only let me up after Daddy T distracted her...

Story 1: YeaYea and the Wheelbarrow

Story 2: Fox Trot and Monkey Bell


Story 3: The Growl

...she never did come back to finish that one!

P.S. Don't miss out on the extra credit story. For girls only, of course.

August Adventures Part III: Atlantic Beach

The last, and arguably most fun, leg of the trip was to Atlantic Beach! It is the first time we've really taken a "family vacation" and we l-o-v-e-d it! It could have been a little cooler and maybe not rained so much, but hearing V call our tiny condo a "vacation house" and the kiddie pool a "kitty cat pool" was worth the drive.

Here is a slide show of the highlights:

And a couple of videos to enjoy:

Time to take a bath, honey.

My feet are in it.


I'm a shark.


Sandcastle.

We're ready to go on vacation again already...and it is only Tuesday.