Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
“Mom! You want to go apple picking?” I don’t know where Isaac gets this stuff. I must have mentioned it before I realized there seem to be zero places to pick apples within three hours of here. He kept asking. I kept looking for somewhere close enough we’d have good memories of the occasion. Finally…
Isaac is in bed, wide awake, wiggling around unable to go to sleep. He had so much fun trick or treating and pre-partying with the neighbors! I was told I could bring a vegetable—tricky. No one ever eats the whole tray I’m stuck with the crappy unwanted veggies until they shrivel and mildew so I…
“I don’t want to go to preschool!” is the last thing Isaac said before bed and the first thing he said when he woke up. It was COSTUME DAY and the Halloween parade Friday morning. Isaac hates costumes. Last year he cried and cried at every mention of wearing a costume, and actually skipped out…
There’s an article that’s been circling on Facebook about teal pumpkins. I figured it was cheesy and skipped it. I accidentally read it in a moment of weakness and surprise! We’re on board. In the story a mom is sad that her kid with severe food allergies gets excited at Halloween but it’s pretty much…
In our embrace of all things fall, we visited the Hunt Club Farm pumpkin patch! Isaac was terrified of horses when he was younger. This year he hopped right on. ELOISE had no fear. She looked totally at home atop the pony. The whole day was great—it was Isaac’s preschool girlfriend Tessa’s birthday party, so…
The following blog is from Capt. Augustus P. Bennett, commodore, Amphibious Squadron Four, speaking on his experience during the fourth day of the Turkish-led and hosted amphibious exercise Egemen 2015, Oct. 27. As Egemen 2015 comes to a close, the extensive man-hours of exercise planning, beach surveying, current and tidal research, landing zone designation, elevation and terrain…
Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group Visits Rota, Spain BY DANIELSCHUMACHER – OCTOBER 19, 2015POSTED IN: EUROPE, NEWS – EUROPE ROTA, Spain – The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (KSGARG) flagship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) pulled into Rota, Spain, for fuel and other supplies Oct. 18, 2015. The Kearsarge ARG/MEU team, comprised of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD…
