Some things we learned on vacation...

We vacationed in the outerbanks last week and had an absolute blast. It was cool because we got the last week of off season pricing and got amazing in-season weather. Everyday was beautifully sunny and we spent so much time at the beach and pool. Our home was perfectly stocked and a close walk to the beach or to the quaint little village of Duck. The girls are still calling our current home, the "old house" in memory of the more fun vacation home!!
So everyday with little ones is a learning opportunity, but vacation seemed to be a learning process for all invloved. Some things we learned from our trip(and yes some of these we "old school" twittered about in a composition notepad so we would never forget how hard we laughed about them and I do realize that packs less of a punch now but here we go):

1. Don't allow Nic to lead the caravan of 3 vehicles when he is by himself driving with the 2 little sweeties with no GPS and no phone service. (I rode with my sister down so she didn't have to drive alone-Josh was flying down a day later) We couldn't get a hold of him for anything and I just wanted to make sure he was okay as we were driving at 2 am through the mountains of West Virginia in crazy fog. Why did we appoint him our leader? Why does that ever happen?

2. It must really stink to be a toll worker. My sister and I couldn't even tell how they got to work and Nic later pointed out that there were multiple parking lots for them. I didn't see them though. I guess maybe because it was 3 am.

3. And why did we leave at 1:30 am anyway? That part really stunk.

4. Cookies, sweets, fudge, and ice cream at 9pm aren't that bad for the little ones. Hey-it was vaca!

5. Gracie is for sure a "Pool Girl". Everyone would be down at the water playing except for Gracie and Aunt Jackie up by the umbrella. It's all cool girl!

6. Shiloh is a crazy water baby. She can not be stopped or held back. No worries if she falls in the pool at the ladder or a huge wave knocks her over and over again-NO FEAR BABY!!

7. Shiloh's favorite thing to say with her 2 little fingers positioned in front of her mouth is "One more time". Unfortuantely the kid really doesn't know what that means.

8. People straight up go on vacation and decide to get fit. I can't tell you how many people were running the little trail through the village of duck that were in a major struggle fest and looked as if that may have never run before in their lives. Now I am not trying to crack here-just sayin'-many non-runners were running it up on vaca!

9. Erin and lighthouses don't really mix. I tell you-I have gone to the top of other lighthouses and looked out but it was way different with the little girls. The very thought of them up there held me back from stepping foot onto the platform. And yes-I was majorly cracked on for being a weasel. Gracie came down to find mama and tell her that she shouldn't be scared, it was nothing to worry about because Jesus was keeping everyone safe. Yeah-great example mom!

10. My family rocks! Every morning someone was up making breakfast. Mom was the queen of clean as always. 3 women in the house is awesome for sure, I think we all got to take home bags of clean clothes to simply put away. It was awesome spending the week with this clan-I may be in mourning that we aren't still there-just maybe!