Summer Camping part 2

Fourth of July weekend we packed up the van for another family camping trip. This time we took the tent to Myrtle Beach. We had a campsite right on the beach! It was a really nice site but it did get very windy at night and the first night I thought our tent might fall on top of us. But it was still standing the next morning, we had survived!

On Friday after we set up camp we headed down to the beach! Nora didn't miss a beat. She grabbed her stuff and ran for the water. It was as if she had no idea that anyone else was on the beach!

Boogie Boards! Great fun!

Love this mask! I was laughing out loud as she ran up and down the beach with that big orange mask on! The nose part is so big and pointy but her nose is not!

Friday night we decided to eat seafood! We picked a way too crowed and way too expensive seafood place!!!!!! Anyway, the best part of the restaurant was the downstairs. They had a kids area downstairs where they had a boat for the kids to play on, puzzles, a kitchen with lots of nice pots and pans and fake food that looks real, face painting and more. Nora loved it!

Captain Nora is painting the boat!

Going fishing!

The next morning back to the beach! It was so beautiful!

Feet sunk in the sand.

SHELLS!

What a good bike rider! Riding to the general store!

Time for a picnic!

Dinner time! Hot dogs on the 4th!

After dinner we took a walk down the beach to the pier.

Nora playing on a big mountain of sand by the pier.

Sand angels

That night we sat on the beach and watched fireworks up and down the beach. They were everywhere and they were so pretty. You could see miles and miles of fireworks going off.

After fireworks we went back to our tent to watch I Love Lucy on Jason's computer (we are die hard fans) and then off to bed! We were so exhausted. And it was another rough and windy night but we slept just fine! The next morning it was time to clean up camp. It was still extremly windy but we took everything down and packed up the van. Folding anything was imposible. After clean up we hit the beach and the pool one quick and last time. We made PB& J sandwiches for the road and headed home. The trip is only about 6 1/2 hours but the traffic was so bad getting out of South Carolina that it took us 10 1/2 hours! Yep, it was horrible. We plugged the compter in and watched like 6 more Lucy's! Minus the long trip back we had a blast! I wish we would have had one more full day. We are missing the beach today. Nora must have had a good time because she kept telling us that she loved us on the way home. I actually can't wait to go camping again!

Summer Camping

This summer we are attempting to take two short camping vacations as a family. Here are some pictures from the first one. In May we camped at Stone Mountain Park.

Nora making OJ!

Nora eating in the tent because it started to rain!

Hot dog roasting!

Nora loved the rocks at the camp site!

Banana Boats- Yum, Yum!

Stone Mountain Sky Hike's kids low ropes playground!
This new attraction is a lot of fun! Nora did the low ropes like 10 times. She loved it! Then the 3 of us did the 1st level of the high ropes! Wow, it was freighting to have Nora up there with us but we made it and loved it!

On top of the mountain for lunch and pictures!

More of Nora's rock collection!

In the tent while it rained and rained.

Wanda the tight rope walker at the backyard circus!

Antebellum Plantation

Playing at the mill

We had a lot of fun together! We can't wait for the next trip! Stay tuned for more camping fun!

A Golden Birthday!

May 5, 2009 Nora turned 5 years old! Wow! So, we did it up Hollywood style!

We set up 3 stations for the girls to enjoy while they entered the party.
1. Hollywood Stars: here the girls wrote their name on a golden star and then they put their hand print in the middle.

2. Hollywood Boutique: this was a little accessory store. Girls could come here and pick out a boa, necklace, lip gloss, hair clips, tattoos and star glasses! All the girls had big eyes and big smiles when they saw all this stuff.

3. Hollywood Salon: this is where the girls got their nails done with paint and stickers. They also got to put on some fabulous body glitter!

Nora putting her hand print on a star!

Cousin Lydia getting the royal treatment with some body glitter!

Next, we had all the girls one by one walk the read carpet for a photo shoot! Each girl got their picture taken on the carpet! The girls were so cute and very serious! We found Nora's dress at a thirft store for $2! Perfect!!!!

This 5 year old just told me yesterday that she wants to be a "super model" when she grows up. Oh, how I pray that she forgets about that one!

Cousins on the red carpet!

After our runway the girls where all cast a part in the old story of Chicken Licken or what you might know as Chicken Little.

Each girl was given a different character in the story. As my husband read the story each girl came up to the front when it was time for their part. All the adults where laughing! The girls were too funny! they didn't have to do much but just stand there and point to the sky when the story said "the sky is falling".

And our grandmama played the part of Foxy Loxy.

Time to blow out the candles!

Present time! Looks like she's having fun!

The party was so much fun! All the girls got to be in the spot light and certianly enjoyed that! This was one of my favorite parties and I think it was for Nora too!

An American Girl Spring Break

I totally feel like I have abandoned my blog! I feel overwhelmed when I think about all the things I haven't posted! I need to work on it!

Anyway, here is what Nora and I did today for spring break! We took my American Doll (Molly) to the Bistro and Boutique at North Point. We had a 9 AM brunch reservation. They sat Molly in her own chair and Nora thought that was the coolest! She has really been interested in Molly the past couple of months so I thought it would be fun for her to check it all out this week!

These are the "Warm Welcome" muffins they brought us when we arrived!

Nora made Molly a crown out of her napkin ring.

Yummy chocolate muffin!

Yummy french toast with cinnamon apples! I have a ton of it left over:)
As we were eating the song "CiCi My Playmate" came on and that was a song that my Mema would sing to me all the time! It's not one that you hear all the time. We had to take a moment and think about Mema. Mema and Pop are the ones who gave Molly to me. Mema would have loved to be there with us!

Molly is pretty old, probably like 19 years! That makes me feel old:( Ok, so her hair is really different because she is from the first generation of dolls. Her skin is pretty dirty, it just looks a little darker than most. We decided to get Molly's hair done because it was in bad shape. The lady that was helping us said "since your doll is a little older do you want the pampering package." Wow, poor Molly.

Her hair looks so cute! It was fun to see our doll getting her hair done like new!

Wow, Molly is like a brand new doll! New hair, skin and outfit!

After we finished up in the American Girl store Nora and Molly took a ride on a horse!

It was a lot of fun! Totally girly and I could have bought everything in the store! Especially all the fun books they have! I am glad that Molly has a buddy again! It's also just fun to relive the fun and exitment of Molly through Nora! It's fun to share this with her. It's hard to believe that those days are here.

Nora's Irish Jig

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Some fun stuff!

Fancy Nancy Dress Up

Mama and Nora Tea Time

Valentines Day

Nora's Valentine's Party at school. I made the cute strawberry mice and watermelon hearts!

Learning to Skate!

Happy New Year!