This weekend we had the chance to visit my husband's family in Delaware, including his grandfather who flew in from Michigan! We had a wonderful time, very relaxing, but also packed with plenty of fun for the kids.
Saturday we spent lots of quality time with Grandpa and Great Grandpa, went swimming, and had a fun smores and hot dog roast that night. Our kids stayed up late chasing fireflies and playing with their cousins. Such warm memories!
Sunday I got to go crabbing in the boat with Sophia while my husband watched the boys. We had a blast! My first time crabbing, and I loved scooping them off the line. Sophia enjoyed sitting on the bow with her cousin and pretending to fish. They even went for a dip in the Bay! Last night we had a wonderful time at Funland in Rehoboth. The kids got to ride traditional carnival rides like a carousel, and little fire trucks and motorcycles. Sophia enjoyed the haunted house, but was a bit terrified when she rode the hopper (stomach lurcher) ride with her older cousin! Danny had a great time launching himself into the ball pit! We ended the perfect family evening with ice cream on the boardwalk.
Now we are driving home, and even though we plan to see my husband's family once more before leaving the country, it feels like we have begun the long process of saying goodbye. In the next month we will say goodbye to my family in Pennsylvania, our friends in North Carolina, our house, and the town of Jacksonville. We have some experience saying "see you later!" after all the deployments we have been through, but it's different when our whole family is leaving the country together, and we have no idea how many months (or years! ) it will be before we see people again. I have never been a fan of long goodbyes, but it is an unavoidable part of the moving process. Anyone have favorite strategies for making it easier on the kids?
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