what do you remember from your childhood? i remember trips to my grandparents house in rural PA. i remember flying to CA to visit family. i remember each HS musical i saw as a preteen. i remember Christmas Eve & morning. you get the idea... i remember the things that were out of our ordinary day-to-day life.don't get me wrong, i'm a big believer in the little things. like eating meals together, playing hide & seek until there are no more hiding spots & reading to each kid every night. i acknowledge that those things probably make more of an impact on child rearing, but it's not necessarily what we remember.
i mentioned in an earlier post that we recently went to the beach but the car ride was not the kids favorite part (and in turn not MY favorite part either) so i made an off hand comment about how we should just stay there for a week. that thought stuck in my head. the next day i looked at week long rentals in Ocean City, NJ just to see what i was missing... turns out if you don't need a huge, beach front space in peek season you can find some reasonable deals. SO i found the best deal (sorry, i got it first!) for under $650 we got an older but nice little two bed, 1bath, second story near the end of August (when it's still really hot here) the best part of this is that it's 2 blocks from the beach and only one block from an awesome playground (34th st. if you know the city)!!! it's a great location for us and i am BEYOND excited!!!!
this has got me dreaming of a week in OC every summer....
