For Memorial Day, my sister, brother and his family all came down from Tennessee and we had a lot of fun together. We went to the beach and MVP, in particular, was thrilled to have lots of cousins to play with. The weather cooperated and we were able to spend the better part of two days at Wrightsville Beach. (I will post beach photos later.) The kids had a lot of fun playing in the sand and learning how to boogie board and skim board. We even took a stroll around downtown to see the Battleship and the river front.
Ty was especially fun to watch interact with MVP because he would literally let MVP push him around the house. That may well have been what caused him to seek higher ground.
We also spent one day hanging around the house playing Angry Birds--not the video game, but a version we made up which essentially involves homemade "birds", targets and a giant sling shot. Here are a couple shots of Ty launching a bird and Brianna making a sweet catch.Most of the family went to see Kung Fu Panda 2 while Amy and I took MVP to the Children's Museum and the Orange Street Arts Festival. At the Children's Museum, MVP went shopping and I helped him check out at the register. He loves that place!!
We also spent a little time at the park where, again, MVP was in HEAVEN playing with his aunties, uncle and cousins.
Fortunately, we were able to help celebrate Amy's birthday by having a fondue night (or two). It was so delicious and while I took the below picture about half way through, you can tell that we had plenty of dippers and there was no short supply of things to dip either! Yum!!! I felt bad for those who may have been on a diet, but I got over it quickly.
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Monday, May 28, 2007
Memorial Day in Chicago
My last day in Chicago was spent at Lake Michigan. We brought a ton of food to the park and had a BBQ. Some of Ravi and Anne's friends joined us and it was a lot of fun. Fortunately, the weather was completely different from Saturday and we really enjoyed the sun and the time to just relax.One of Ravi's friends brought a game that originated in Illinois. It's called CORN HOLE!!! Who doesn't love a game named Corn Hole!?!?
It's basically bean bag toss for grown ups.
You set up two targets about 20 feet apart. Then you toss a bean bag (filled with corn, of course) and try to get it into the hole. You get 1 point for getting the corn bag to land on the board and 3 points if it goes through the hole. The net score is added to the winning team's score. The team that reaches 20 points, wins.We had a ton of food at the BBQ including burgers, hot dogs, marinated chicken, grilled corn, frog-eye salad and smores. Yum!
It's my new mission to make as many people as I can aware of frog-eye salad because it is sooo good. Andy can eat almost an entire bowl all by himself.Before I knew it, it was time for me to go. I had a wonderful time and really enjoyed Chicago. I'm afraid it would be way too cold for me to actually live in Chicago, but it was a great place to visit.
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