Virginia Vacay

In June, for three summers, Keith has "pastor classes" in Virginia.  We go along, because we'd miss him and because it's not home.  We can trick the kids into thinking we took them on vacations once in awhile.

Here are some highlights of our "vacation":

Day 1: Keith went to class from noon until 5, and we locked ourselves out of the apartment the whole time.  Spent lots of time wandering around.....
We went to the (air-conditioned) book store for REALLY long and then to some skate park (where I had to sign a liability waiver for my kids to run around with no skateboards and where the kids got REALLY dirty from sliding down the black skate ramps). We went to another park that was "fun, but WAY TOO HOT....WE ARE DYING!"
So....to stop their sudden deaths, I told them we could go to the local pool and then it started thundering and everyone started getting up and leaving right when we got there...
Free movie tomorrow morning, if we don't lock our keys in the van first or something.

 Day 3 so far: Zeke called the local police by pushing the Emergency Button on the wall in the public bathrooms, Baz accidentally walked into someone else's apartment and let a lightning bug go (that he meant to show Keith), and our $8 popcorn was more expensive than all five of our ($1) movie tickets.

Day 4: Children's Museum: Every other kid "milked" the fake cow nicely, into the bucket. My kid (Zeke) decided cow utters looked like squirt guns and sprayed innocent bystanders. Then, he talked Soren into drinking the "milk" (water). I banned him from the cow. (Wonder why the cow was turned off the next time we went back???)

(This happens to be a pic of Baz and Soren.  I was too busy yelling "Stop" and "Quit!" when Zeke was milking the cow and didn't have enough hands for a photo shoot.)

 Day 5: We resorted to taking my sister's advice and trying free samples at the local Costco. Soren had a funny look on his face and would NOT try the vitamin drink. While we were standing there, he went up to the lady serving it, and said, "Did you say something about HAIR in it?" (She didn't. She said it is healthy for hair, bones, and skin.) He took one after he realized it was hair-free.













Day 9: On our way to "more adventures", Zeke saw a Yard Sale sign, and said, "Hey, Baz....why would anyone want to sell their YARD?"

Day 10 and stuff:
We bought some cheap entertainment, like squirt guns and bubbles.
Apparently, the two don't mix well.
Sep chose to do bubbles, and the boys...?
Well, they chose to "Shoot down and destroy" (yes, their words) her bubbles.  Not happy, that girl.

Other days:
We acted like a normal family and took at least one (or two) cute pictures.