OK...I got a little lax in my reporting of our family vacation, but with good reason - I was actually vacationing! Sandy Cove is a family camp where they have activities for the children separate than the adults. We got 3 hours free of littles in the morning and another 3 hours free in the evening. When you throw in the fact that my boys still nap for 3-4 hours in the afternoon. That meant that I had a lot of free time!
It was nice to know that the kiddos were having a good time even independently of us. I put in my time with the kiddos on day 7 @ Sandy Cove. It was nice to have days 8 & 9 for me. (I feel a bit guilty saying that out loud, but it's true!)
Wednesday, I woke up early enough to go to breakfast by myself and then took a light breakfast back to the RV for the boys and for Jessie (There are hotel-like facilities available at Sandy Cove as well as campgrounds - we were late in deciding to come so we were camping out in the RV by night and hanging out in the lodge/hotel by day in my parent's room. I dressed the littles and then ran them to "Club Cove". One of the boys went swimming and the other got to do a lot of free play with a wagon ride all over the beautiful campus. I picked them up, fed them lunch, then threw them in the bed for a nap.
My mother offered to sit in the room with them so I went down to the bookstore and hung around in there for about 3 hours. Talk about heaven. I ended up buying this book for Sumo. I've heard it highly recommended multiple times. We love it so far.
We then woke up everyone up for dinner and took them back to "Club Cove". More free time for me. My brother, Anthony, gave his concert this evening and we were able to sit and give enjoy his ministry fully. I'm so proud of him. If you would like to sample his music, visit his website! His new album comes out in September. It is SO GOOD. It is his third album and I think that it is the best one. It's straight praise & worship. Awesome, awesome, awesome... (Yes, I'm shamelessly pluggin' right now).
Gracie and Bessie helped out by manning his table and helping him to move product.
Daddy even joined in the fun!
After the concert, we picked up our boys and headed back to the RV to get some R&R. Well, instead, after getting the boys settled into sleep in the RV, I ended up pulling a very late night/morning - I was up to 5:30 am enjoying the silence and piddling. This is in direct contrast to what I know to be true about sleep. I'm still growing in good habits :(
Our girls slept in my parents room so they enjoyed lots of free time and independent time from Mom and Dad. We enjoyed the independent time too :)
Thursday - Day 9
The next day was a bit more eventful. The camp sits on the Cheasapeake so I spent lots of time catching beautiful glimpses of the view. When naptime rolled around again, I put the boys down for a nap with my Dad. This time we put the boys IN THE BED with him so that history wouldn't repeat itself.
My mom, Bessie and I headed into town. I just wanted a change of scenery and to get some laundry done without fighting over the shared facilities at Sandy Cove- my Mom and Bessie wanted to shop :) Because I had gotten out of the habit of using my camera ever five seconds, I didn't have it on me. I wish I did so I could show you the beautiful, quaint, town of Northeast, Maryland. There were lots of boutiques with neat and different things: jewelry keepsakes made of broken china, earring or rings made of old but sentimental buttons, an old school house with classic books for children, a coffee shop with fresh roasted coffee, and Woody's - the best local place for crabs. There was a light mist going on and off while we were out but it was so nice and free. I put a load in...walked down the street to "window shop" for awhile, then walked back to put my clothes in the dryer...only to step back into the light rain to find my Mom & Bessie again. So nice...
We came back, woke the boys up, fed them dinner, then jumped into the RV to start our trip back home. Jessie was in again for another all nighter.
