Staycation love in pictures

If you crammed all the good things about summertime into one week, you'd sum up our staycation.

Just had to share a few more of my favorite moments (I shared the first few here).

Get ready for a photo extravaganza.

He yelled: Mom! There's a giant crab!
I yelled: Hey buddy, look this way! (So I could take a pic of him)
Then he shushed me, mad that my loud voice could scare off the crab.

Oh my, that sweet silhouette.

There is a man waiting to happen, waiting to conquer something.

I love piers.

It's all about rental beach cruisers.

Wow. I could just stare at this photo of my handsome boy.

It's also all about quirky shops you happen upon.

A little broadway-style Mary Poppins, anyone? Fancy outfits, giant theaters, and special late nights out...that helps any variety of medicine go down.

Here's me, doing a good impersonation of a person who is sporty. And who is friends with the nature. But for the record, after kayaking, we all rated the experience 1 to 10. After ten minutes of me first having to explain how a 1 to 10 rating system actually works to my kids, I rated it the HIGHEST of everyone. What's that about?

Best pals. 

Meet vacation-us. Can you see what's missing in this picture? Stress, responsibility, and a schedule. Ahhhh. Life is good.



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Sharing a box of happiness in the form of Sprinkles cupcakes with my girl. If you tell her she has a sweet tooth she'll tell you that, actually, all of them are sweet.

My crazy aggressive bike-riding 6-yr old making his mama stressed OUT as he wove in and out of other bikers and pedestrians on the boardwalk. I gasped at least five times. I prayed even more.

Arcade night. Even I can't resist a good round of Ms. PacMan. Or two. "Can mommy have just one more of your quarters??"

The sleeping in, snuggly mornings. The staying up late to swim and watch movies nights. And the moments stolen away with my husband, both of us fully present, unburdened.

I think I speak for us all when I say we are filled up with memories and treasures money can't buy.

I also think I speak for us all when I say I need a nap.

Maybe I'll get one in September.