Topsail Island, North Carolina

August 2010

Snowmageddon 2010

Just like everyone else, we got snow. Lots of snow.


Here's how the driveway looks. (What driveway?!)

Splash Lagoon 2010

This year was Simon's first trip to Splash Lagoon. Last year, he stayed with Dawne and Steve (we did a trade for Natalie that weekend), because he was too young to enjoy it. This year, after only a few moments of initial uneasiness, he overcame his reluctance and enjoyed himself. His usual "no fear" attitude came out and he was soon going down the baby slides by himself.

In fact, he had the lifeguard blow the whistle on him more than once for going down on his belly, head first. (Too bad I didn't get a video of that. He was smiling all the way down.) That's why I'm yelling "Sit down! Sit down!" in this video as he makes his approach to the slide. It was the only way to come close to hoping that he'd go down the way he was supposed to.

Christmas 2009

Hanging the magic key on the front door for Santa to use.


This year Santa got homemade cookies and Tang. Malcolm chose what he thought Santa would enjoy. He also wanted to leave "a shiny red apple for the Rudolph and carrots for the black-nosed reindeer," but as we were all out, Santa's animal friends got celery all around.

Santa's been here!

Pumpkin Patch

Yard Renovation

Yard from Jennifer D on Vimeo.

Family Resemblances

I personally think they look like their namesakes. (Or more correctly, those to whom they are namesakes.)