Family Vacations Part 1: White Point

We pretty well spent every weekend this summer going somewhere. We had the best summer on record here, so we were lucky enough to have fantastic weather on all but 2 of our "vacations."

For my birthday, Rob got me a weekend at a family resort. It was like something straight out of Dirty Dancing minus the pageant and the lift scene. Our little cabin was right on the ocean, so close we heard the waves as we went to bed and when we woke up in the morning. Amazing.

An exciting feature of this vacation was our guest. Matthew and Sebastian's daycare have a stuffed lamb named Woolly. Woolly is expected to spend the weekend with someone and his adventures written down in a journal. This is one of the most stressful things about daycare; even more so than the $$$ I spend there every month. You must perform for Woolly much like chefs must perform for a restaurant critic. Every other parent is going to read that journal, so you can't just sit him in front of the Backyardigans or push him on the swing: you've got to step it UP! It's not like you can even lie. With digital pictures, you have to PROVE you did something spectacular. So, we took Woolly to a resort. Suck it, cookie bakers and zoo trippers!

Anyway, we got to enjoy a couple of days of relaxing on the beach and playing in tide pools and regular pools. The resort is also known for all the rabbits they have running around the grounds, so we got to chase a few of those, as well. Indy loved it even though we would not let her have a bunny.

A fun feature of the resort was story time every night. We took the boys, only to find that they were the only ones in attendance. The 17 year-old kid who had to read the books wasn't so thrilled but Matthew and Sebastian (and Woolly) were in heaven: a plate full of cookies they didn't have to share with anyone. To be fair, the kid reading the stories was fantastic! He had an entourage waiting in the wings (and surely his ass must have been sore from all the vibrating his phone was doing...a hazard of the texting age), yet he still read 2 long stories and even did voices.

Matthew and Sebastian had a blast. Rob and I enjoyed ourselves as well, but I think the most fun was had by our furry friend Woolly. He still tells the daycare teachers that his weekend at White Point was the stuff of legends. In fact, he tells them he had the Time of his Life (get it?).