Vacation #2

This past weekend my husband, children and best friend Cirucci all visited my other best friend Wen in North Carolina. This trip was full of adventure and excitement which all started at our first stop on the way, the Kangaroo gas station. This particular gas station had a wash-a-roo, which at 12:30 am was most exciting to Cirucci and I. So exciting in fact that I made her get out of the car so I could take her picture in front of it. As we continued on into the later hours of the night we pondered such things as why its not ok for Americans to name their children Jesus and whether Raffi takes drugs. Finally, to top off our "driving to Beaufort" experience, we were pulled over by a cop, who in the end, seemingly just wanted to meet us and give us directions at 2 in the morning.
Day 1 of our wonderful visit began with a wonderful breakfast at Atlantic Beach. We then visited the NC aquarium which was lots of fun. Carl was able to visit with his new favorite wildlife, the fiddler crab. Laney and Alie really seemed to enjoy looking at the fish swimming, before they were too worn out and took a nap. I finally convinced Wen to open one of her birthday presents at the conclusion of our pizza dinner. We spent the rest of the evening reminiscing back to our old college days. Wen had some great pics of the triple kiss, nights spent at Crow, and some funny ones of our first mixers and formals....black pants, tube top and cardigan days.
Day 2 began with Laney, Alie, and I staring at Auntie Cirucci until she woke up. After breakfast we headed to the beach for the afternoon before coming home and showering to go back to the beach for Wen's Birthday Cookout. Greg and Wen have the best bread, it really made my turkey sandwich taste awesome. Laney and Alie were Auntie Cirucci's dates at the cookout. Alie was trying to do everything that Brian might do to Ciruc...kiss her, slobber on her, grab at her boobs...Upon arriving home from the cookout, Delaney vomited all over the carpet and then everyone decided that it was time for some key lime pie. We played cranium and talked until Wen and Greg headed off to bed...but did they go to sleep??
Day 3 was the day that we journeyed back to Baltimore following an amazing chocolate chip pancake breakfast compliments of Greg. Once back in the car, Laney, Alie, Carl, Cirucci and I enjoyed hours of Disney songs. We had the soup/salad bar combo at Ruby Tuesday's following a wonderful nap in the car and then stopped later to top it all off with frozen frappacinos and candy bars from Sheetz (who doesn't love Sheetz with the automated ordering). I am now looking forward to August when our group will reconvene (and everyone will have a date) for the O's game.