Great update again! It's neat to hear what's only 45 minutes South!
You need to make a visit one of these days.
That HP video is hilarious - love the Hufflepuff milk!!!
The non-Hufflepuff's in our family think it's a riot too. The Hufflepuffs, not so much.
I hate having to do errands on vacation, even if they take 13 seconds to do, I feel like I've wasted SO much time!! I'm probably the most impatient person on the planet though!
Yeah, and unfortunately there's no place nearby at Vero for just a quick jaunt.
Glad that you didn't get hurt in the ocean!!
Thank you Sara!
Big day at the beach- love those errands.
Hard when you are in your own neighborhood but wandering around someplace unfamiliar is a pain.
At least it rained, so I didn't feel like I wasted some time for too long.
The boys took a tumble huh? That surf can slam the best of them. Sand in your face, up your nose and everywhere else is NOT fun.
It was more the violent slamming of face into ocean bottom than the remnants of sand, but yeah, that wasn't a good moment. I guess they have those warning flags for a reason, huh?
Miranda sounds like a big party, whole lot of noise and lots of activity.
I am sure she was in search of "fresh ears" to bend.
She was!
(Dang, I should've used that smiley in the chapter!)
Don't blame anyone for bailing out on the campfire. Being eaten alive, even near a fire is no fun.
Judy and Marlene have the "sweeter" blood and are the preferred buffet item most of the time.
I guess with cooler purchased, a ride to Kidani is next.
Yep, tomorrow (in TR-time) we drive to Kidani.
I think I last about as long as Judy did at the Vero Campfire. It was like I suddenly became bug bait. Kudos to the rest of you for sticking it out as long as you did. I guess smores can be a powerful incentive.
I love me some free food!
I'm not even all that crazy about s'mores. I like the chocolate bars the best, but would rather just eat them and give someone else the graham cracker and marshmallows.
The video was cute. Too bad the poor boy left before he got to make fun of his parents.
That was kind of a fun song. Yes, I think the boy would've enjoyed how it turned out if he'd stayed. I kind of felt sorry for the CMs, they were just trying to get him involved and have fun.
Oh - and I DO think you all caught the same fish. What a workout that little guy got.
If it was the same one, he sure got his fill of bacon jerky!
Looks like a, b, and c! mostly b&c.
d....all of the above.
not our tooth-fairy that's for sure. She's been fired as she just quit showing up. Which in some ways was better than always being late or not knowing if she'd show. Before that though, she was pretty cheap.
Ours has shown up after (disappointed) kids have already gotten up and had breakfast.
The Hufflepuff milk is a riot! I love that.
We've had fun with it. Well, most of us.
Ugh, that sounds rather painful and I can only imagine the frustration while it's happening, feeling like you are losing a big chunk of your day.
The clock just seems to keep ticking.
Er, the grains of sand just keep falling.
that is the part of the beach I do not like! Very lucky you weren't hurt. We didn't have any waves remotely close to that, Evan actually whined about it from a boogie board standpoint but I am glad as we didn't have to worry about wipe outs.
Sounds like we both needed something in-between. Oh well, that's one thin you can't plan!
Maybe. Eric isn't lonely but he'll talk strangers to death too! ASlthough we are usually in sight when he does this and try to be aware.
Yeah, I was wondering where the parents were.
They do almost look like the same fish but, I'll trust that they weren't.
Nobody would ever fib about a fishing trip, would they?
Yuck on the no seeums, they always seem worse around a campfire. The E's would have enjoyed it though, especially the marshmallows but I'd have been spraying myself like crazy to survive without a million bites.
I remember your story about how you got attacked on your Turtle Walk, and we didn't have any trouble there. The campfire was a whole 'nother story!
Other than the errands, sounds like a nice low key day. After those errands eating up your morning, pizza was a good call!
Yes, it was more like what I expected....just jumping between the beach and the pool, with a little mini-golf and hot tub thrown in for good measure.
I'm just usually wrong, so I pick an answer and stick with it 
I'm so glad you posted here Brook -- I've thought about you guys several times this past week....how did you fare through the storm? I almost sent you a pm to ask, but didn't figure you'd get it if you were without power.
As I'm sure you know, that was not the case for much of NYC and Jersey. It's been a hard hit and it will take a long time to get back to normal. I may be going out to the Rockaways (where all those homes burned to the ground) to help serve on Tuesday.
