Fun Four Day Weekend

On Saturday we went to the Marine Corps Museum.  I was really impressed.  There were some great exhibits and some cool hands on exhibits.  My kids enjoyed learning about the making of a Marine.  They even trie doing a few pull ups.  It was very informative and eye opening.  Garrett can't wait to go back and learn more about war, his new found interest.

"Hey mom, get a picture of me in front of this huge gun." 

That's a salute not the sun in his eyes ;-)

Evolution of the uniform.

Can you believe the hight of this kid?  I must be shrinking!

On Monday we celebrated Paige's 10 Birthday a day early.  We headed out to Leesylvania State Park with the Bishops.  We walked along the beach and the kids collected shells.  As we were walking we thought it was great there were so many shells.  The kids gathered up a few hundred.  It didn't take long to figure out why the shells were so unpopular.  They were river snail shells and they literally smell like poop.  After our adventures at Leesylvania Sate Park we had dinner and a cupcake war challenge between Miriam and Paige.  It was really fun and both the girls made some yummy cupcakes.

Of course he couldn't stay out of the water.

Cousins

Cupcake Wars

Miriam Left: Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Frosting and Halloween Sprinkles
Paige Right:  Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Frosting toped with Wiped Cream and a Strawberry Slice

Their Loot of poop shells after they painstakingly sorted them for over an hour!

Where these stinky shells are now...remains a mystery.