The 12th Day of Vacation

It's hard to believe we have already been here for 12 days! The kids have been SO happy and SO busy. They have been almost TOO happy as a matter of fact. We've been most unsuccessful in talking our kids into leaving the campground for anything! They don't want to go see a movie or go out to eat or go to the beach! They are simply having too much fun with friends or decorating cookies or doing crafts or playing capture the flag in the park or doing a million other activities. Any other time our kids would be JUMPING at the chance to go and see a movie! But not these days. They get up in the morning, eat breakfast, and then I don't see them again until they pass through for lunch. Then we don't see them again (unless they need an adult to go to the pool) until dinner...and even then, they barely flit through. Then they are off again for huge games of cops and robbers and hide and seek. We're talking 15 kids at a time all playing. It's so nice for them. NOt a bad deal for me either. Then at night, I have three tired little cookies just begging to call it a night! Life is good at the beach. HOWEVER...I should mention here that while life is good here, it could most definitely be better! How, you ask? Well, for one...it's been FREEZING here. Like 60's. All day. Every day! And cloudy! As in totally white sky, and NO SUN. Oh...and let's not forget the breeze. A most welcome event on a hot, muggy day...but not even a little bit nice when you are already chilled and covered in goose bumps. We are all praying that any day now, any moment, the sun will burst forth through the haze and warm up our shivery bodies! I've had a terrible headache for two days now. The kind that does not respond in any way to ibuprofen, or caffeine or sleep. I am so hopeful that it had something to do with this thick weather fog and that now that the headache finally dispersed this evening, then I will be blessed with the warmth of the sun tomorrow! Here's hoping on every level!!!! Not much else going on. Just lots of bike riding, playing with friends, learning some new card games and