Friday, August 11, 2023

Swimming in the Rain - Vacation Week Part One

We embarked on our first family vacation of the summer earlier this week, knowing full well that we had more on our agenda than time would allow. Our first stop was a night at Nana and Grandpa's. The kids immediately wanted to go swimming. Shortly after arriving, the sky opened up and a downpour began. The children thought it was awesome.
Swimming in the rain 

After a family dinner, we went to our favorite ice cream place in town. Then we tucked ourselves into bed in anticipation of the next day.

We left Nana and Grandpa's as soon as Grandpa had finished stuffing us all with breakfast. (He always makes sure that we don't go hungry, or even slightly peckish.) We drove down to Richmond and spent the afternoon at the Science Museum of Virginia. There's so much to do there; we even got to watch rats play basketball!
Trying to move the giant stone

You don't have to hold your breath in a space suit, C!

Art sculpture outside the museum 

Then we headed to briefly check into our Airbnb and went straight to dinner at Randy's favorite BBQ joint.
Happy Daddy

We worked off some of the dinner at a pirate-themed putt-putt. G kept score for us; I could see them plotting from behind the scenes. I think S won, but I suppose we'll never really know for sure.
Scheming 

Definitely scheming 

Having fun with the decor

Taunting fake pirates

With a little room in our bellies, we visited a beloved snow shack before finally returning to our Airbnb. The first day was a success.




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