We flew our flag proud in front of our house this weekend (we left it up and plan to all summer) and we've illuminated it at night. It is kind of sad that in a community surrounded by military members, we are one of the few with a flag, but we are proud of it, which we should be.
Memorial Day in some sense also represents the "first weekend of summer". Pools open and beaches are packed. If you live in NJ the bennys invade the area and if you live in VA the tourists take over.
The M Clan took full advantage of a beautiful (and hot) Memorial Day weekend to spend time with each other. Hubby had a four day weekend, which was awesome and we had a blast each day.
Friday evening I had a mommy and son night out with Noogs. With all the hype of Boo's birthday last week, I felt I needed to give him some one on one, so when some of my girlfriends were going to the Strawberry Festival in Pungo to take advantage of the "all you can ride for $20" at the carnival, we decided to join them.
This was my first time in Pungo for the Strawberry Festival. It was awesome. Although we never got to see the actual festival, I saw enough on Friday night to get what it was all about. My friends, The G Family, have family who own a farm out there, so we totally lucked out and got to park in their driveway and walk across the street to the carnival.
The kids all had a blast hanging out together and riding the rides all night.
Noogs won Boo a duck. Such a sweet brother.
All in all Noogs and I had a great night with friends and it was a perfect way to start the weekend!
Saturday we did some massive spring cleaning and cleaned out our garage and attic. Then we had a kid-free night and got a sitter! This hasn't happened in a LONG time, so we took full advantage. We went to dinner with an old elementary school friend of mine and her husband who happens to live in NC about a half hour from me (how random?!) and then went to another friends' BBQ whom we haven't seen in forever. It was great to share our night with friends.
Sunday, Hubby decided to make our backyard into a water park for the kids. From a water slide to water table to the Spiderman sprinkler, the kids had a BLAST! It really was a lot of fun.
Boo had too much fun and at lunchtime this is how I found her.
We BBQ-ed some crab legs, clams, hot dogs and sweet corn on the cob and paired it with pasta, potato salad and watermelon. The kiddies ended the night watching Care Bears (the original 80s movie).
Monday we spent a good part of the day at the pool at the Y. It was a good and bad idea all at the same time. It was packed, but we got there early so we had chairs right in front of the pool and they had a BBQ that day, so lunch was free. Boo loved the spray park and kept running over to it. She's a busy one!
We ended the day with more BBQ.
Hubby and I climbed into bed Monday night exhausted. It wasn't a very "relaxing" weekend, as we didn't have any down time, not with chasing two children around, but it was a fabulous way to start the summer and I can't wait for all the fun that's to come in the next three months.
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