The Melcher Family Spring Break: Day One

[windinthemaples]

Graeme hadn't been able to go to sleep until 12:30, so it was a real shock to the system when my alarm beeped me awake at 4:45am. I threw on clothes and then bundled a still-sleeping Graeme into the car. The roads were mostly deserted, straight, monotonous down to Miami and I was feeling so tired. It was miserable, really, trying to stay awake. We got to the airport alright and picked up Sequoia, whose red eye flight from Seattle had allowed her about as much sleep as I got. Both of us were feeling sick and puke-y and tired on the drive back where, again, I felt like a zombie and had to do stupid things like pinch myself and tap my fingers on the steering wheel to make sure my attention didn't wander to asleep-with-eyes-open status.

Back at home, Graeme zoned out in front of the television while both Sequoia and I beelined it back to bed. I'd sleep for twenty minutes before Graeme needed some attention or food or a channel change and then I'd be back to sleep for another twenty minute stretch. I just couldn't get up! That went on for about three hours of near-complete parental inattention. Sequoia woke up around the same time and the two of us kinda sat and drooled in a stupor, watching Spongebob Squarepants and saying every ten or fifteen minutes of silence--"We should go to the beach today." "Yeah."

We finally got ready and out the door around 1pm. A couple minutes from the beach, Graeme fell asleep in the car and we were obligated to rearrange our plans a bit. Sequoia ran into the grocery store to get us some chips and bagels and we sat in the car for about an hour, talking and snacking. Once Graeme woke up, we grabbed our towels and toy shovels and walked down to Juno Beach.

The sun was so bright, the sky cloudless, and the beach was hot! It was probably in the mid-80s, reminding me that summertime here will be into the high nineties and all humidity. A lot of man-o-wars in the water and on the shore, making the idea of swimming a little less appealing. We were on a mission, collecting shells with natural holes in them for my Fairie Festival costume plans and really had a great time. (Graeme later said it was his favorite time of the day--being at the beach with Sequoia (which he seems to say as, "Keera")).

After the beach and some time at the adjacent playground, we cooled off in town at Gelato Grotto (Yum!) and then visited another playground in the long hours of sunset before going home to play games (we found an electronic Deal or No Deal game of my Mom's, Sequoia pulled out her card tricks, we played School with Graeme who was excited to wear one of my backpacks around the house) and we ordered pizza in and talked about our mutual love of Vampire Diaries.

Lovely day, overall, despite our total out-of-it-space-cadet fatigue. :) Today, Daniel flies in and joins our party! :D


Mango and Forest Berry gelato!

Comments

[greyeyedpixie.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad that I'll finally get a chance to meet you at the Faerie Festival. :)
Sarah told me yesterday.

*hugs*

[sugarmaplelife.livejournal.com]

I look forward to getting to know you! :) That'll be another gold star on the Festival for me. :D

[mermaiden.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you ended up getting a bit of rest! Oh my gosh! ;-; *HUGS*

That gelato looks HEAVENLY!

Today, Daniel flies in and joins our party! :D

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay~!!! <3333

[sugarmaplelife.livejournal.com]

Seriously, after getting overheated and sand-hot and sun-pink, that gelato was sheer heaven. :D

So here is a photo of the holey shells I have and/or collected:

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/songtoisis/4500088234/)

I'll string them into accessories and then I'll be wearing them with that watery skirt you saw at Diana's Grove and a watery aqua cotton blouse you've no doubt seen me in a ton of times and my Underwater Thing Glamourkin necklace. So that's outfit #1. My outfit #3 idea is a rather regal underworld fairy in black, red, and white. :)

[mermaiden.livejournal.com]

They look fabulous!!! :D That's one water-fairy who is going to ROCK, miss~ <3

The Underworld Fairy sounds WONDERFUL!!! :D For the water fairy, I have wings for that! And for the Underworld Fairy, too! I'll bring our black ones~

*LOVE*

[rubymulligan.livejournal.com]

You're going to the Fairie Festival? How awesome! What costumes are you doing?

[sugarmaplelife.livejournal.com]

Yes! Newly so. I've promised (and failed to deliver) that I'd attend the past three years in a row. This time, I didn't promise, but Daniel had saved the weekend off for our drive back to Chicago. He announced that he'd planned to take off the long weekend and now we knew we weren't driving back yet and then Sarah posted about the Festival a few minutes later, so that's how that happened.

I'm trying to come up with fairy costumes without buying anything. I'm doing a water fairy, an underworld fairy, and maybe (if Sarah can help with the construction and I don't wimp out) a unicorn.

[rubymulligan.livejournal.com]

Sounds like fun! I can't wait to see pictures of you sporting a unicorn horn. :D