Beach House, Part II

We ended up spending two weekends in a row at the beach house. September is so beautiful at the beach, because all of the summer crowds have left, but it's still wonderful temperatures, in and out of the water.

The devoted Mr. Garland got to fly back to our old stomping ground (Breckenridge, CO) for a bachelor party for his good friend. (He had a great time.)

So that left me and our 3 kids for the entire weekend... by myself. Any common sense mom says... help!!! And runs to mom and dad, right?

Exactly.

Have you ever seen these stomp rockets? They are the best! The kids loved running (with crazy long approaches) to jump on the air bag that launches the rocket in the air (see above).

S, my mom and I took our bikes across on the ferry to the island for a ride, window shopping and S's very first Balboa Bar, complete with rainbow sprinkles... ahhhhh heaven.

Thanks Mom and Dad for a great weekend. You were such a huge help.