mini-vacation

We recently took a little trip to Chesapeake Bay for a wedding and made it into a mini-vacation. We rented a small cabin, hotel room with a hot tub and you were in heaven. We walked along the beach, enjoyed the hot tub, danced the night the night away at a wedding reception, and spent another day exploring the beaches of the Chesapeake watching fishermen and eating delicious food. You had so much fun that you cried when you found out we would have to eventually go home again. You wanted to stay for 100 hours and never go home, but unfortunately all things must come to an end. It thrills me that you enjoy hanging out and doing things together so much. You make us enjoy doing things as a family with your fun-loving fantastic attitude.

You've also developed a deep love for our new pet turtle that you named Taco. The entire family shares your enthusiasm for making sure he is always happy and well fed. We've been talking about taking a vacation to Kansas this summer. Although you have been going on and on about how much you miss everyone we are only allowed to stay in Kansas for one day and one night because Taco will miss us. You've made a list of the potential pet-sitters that are responsible enough to feed Taco.

We've recently discovered why you enjoyed getting up early every day by yourself and spending about an hour downstairs exploring. The stash of cookie decorating supplies has been steadily declining because you've been sneaking into the cabinets and eating the tiny cookie decorating candies. Sneaky, sneaky.