Rain, rain, go…BOWLING! Or what to do when it rains on the Cape.

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We’ve been on the cape for a while. Like a week and a half. So of course it’s going to rain at some point. It actually hailed last week. It was totally crazy.

But that was an event so we stayed in and watched it and then made snowballs out of it when it was safe to leave the house. As you do.

I have come to realize that when you’re on a beach holiday you need to have some sort of plan. A rainy day plan.

I was watching Chronicle recently and they did a segment on the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. The thing I remember most about it was the director saying how crazy it was that people would stand out in the rain waiting to come in on a rainy day, so that was out. Duh.

There is only one rated G movie playing this summer. ONE! Planes Fire and Rescue and we’ve seen it.

We don’t have the plethora of crafts that we have  at home here at the cottage and they have pretty much played every game.

So we stayed inside the house all day waiting for the rain to start and then ramp up and doing a whole lot of nothing.

Finally, I thought. We should go BOWLING! Seriously it was like 6 hours in. At that point we were then waiting for Nana to get to the house so we could play legos with her and go out to dinner.

Posers.

How could I have not remember bowling? My kids are crazy about bowling.

Recently we went to an event at Kings in Back Bay. They loved every minute of it. Even the food. YES, we ate at the bowling alley and it was good! More than good. We even sampled some of their signature cocktails. It was just samples people. It was midday and my kids were with me. But they were YUM.

Bowling at Kings.

Super yummy food at Kings.

One of Kings signature cocktails

Bowling, food, and cocktails. That would have been a much better rainy day for me than whining, fighting, and complaining.

So the moral of the story is make a plan people! Make a rainy day plan whether you’re on vacation or at home. Have something up your sleeve.  Museums, movies, libraries, theater, malls, BOWLING. Seems like parenting 101. But sometimes your glass half full, our vacation will be full of sunshine, doesn’t pan out ;-)

Have a plan so you don’t end up fighting all day and wishing you could just line them up and bowl them down with a beach ball. I swear I did NOT have that thought until just now.

*In case you’re wondering (and I know you are) that thing I’m using to film is a monopod, or a selfie stick. It’s fun!!
This is the one I have without the remote
But I think I might try this one next

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Disclosure: Thanks so much to King’s for hosting us for the day and for taking such good care of us! This post and all of my related activity on social media was in return for this fun day out. The link to the monopod is an Amazon Affiliate link.

Friday Phone Fun on Monday. Can we snuggle now?

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Can we snuggle now?

Oh my god how much do I love this kid?

Every morning he comes in for snuggles. Please don’t let it stop any time soon!

Here’s an example of a short clip that came from my phone. I know you have them on yours too!

Let’s share!

Friday Phone Fun

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OR get your mothereffing videos off your gad damn phone already ;-)

Not quite as catchy right? Can’t find a short hashtag or that one.

I’m going with

You all take tons of photos and videos with your phone and then they all just sit there? Right?

Let’s do something with them! Even if you just post one clip. JUST ONE. Put it up and let us see it. Put it on Youtube. Don’t have a channel? Get one. Put it on Facebook. Don’t want to? Send it to me! I’ll post it for you here :-) I don’t care. Get it OFF your phone.

They are only little once… BLA BLA BLA.

IT’S TRUE!!

Don’t just banish all those cute videos to iMovie archives. Let us see them!

This little movie took me all of 20 minutes to make. I loved doing it! The kids have already watched it a bunch. If only the kids and the Nanas watch I have succeeded at LIFE right here on a Friday afternoon.

But you could cut that time down to 2 minutes with no or minimal editing. All of your social media channels take video. What are you waiting for?

DO IT!

Link it here in the comments.
I’ll set up a post on Facebook for you to link it there.Tag me on Facebook so I can see it. (Like me here ) Use the hashtag #FridayPhoneFun.
I’ll put them in Playlist on Youtube! Tag it in the title or youtube tag as FridayPhoneFun and it will go right to a playlist on my channel (Subscribe :-)

Tweet it! Use the hashtag, you guessed it #FridayPhoneFun. (I’m on Twitter here.)

Do it before you have to delete it to make room for more cute that you’ll eventually delete or leave to die on a hard drive somewhere. Think nobody wants to see it? I do. You do. The grandparents do. The kids do.

Show me what you got!

I’m a Dance Mom! This is NOT a Dress Rehearsal.

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I complain a lot about the trip to the dance studio twice a week. It’s not so far, maybe 15 minutes, but it’s all backroads and trafficky. Parking is sometimes a nightmare. The kids that aren’t dancing always want snacks and screens and it’s takes quite a bit of my patience out of me.

But then there’s this…

and this

and this

And of course there is how much they love it.

They really do. My guy doesn’t look forward to anything as much or work harder at anything other than hip hop. Maybe drama. Or legos. Or making up games that nobody else wants to play because the rules are too complictaed and always changing. Other than those, nothing else makes him happier than Miss Twyla’s dance class.

My daughter just comes alive when she’s in her class. It’s like she suddenly realizes she has a beautiful body and takes delight in all the wonderful ways it moves. From an elegant arabesque to a booty shaking shimmy. She loves it. I watch her just smile and move.

They are happy, moving their bodies, and learning. And I get in a good cry at the recital because my heart is BURSTING with pride and love and ALL THE FEELS. It’s a win all around. I need to stop complaining already :-)

It makes them like this for goodness sake…

The boy doesn’t look as happy in this photo as I describe because he has undiagnosed strep in this pic. He felt awful, but still danced. Because, well, he rocks!

Are you a dance mom? Do you love it or tolerate it?

Vlog 18 – What do you want to talk about?

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Vlog 18 – What do you want to talk about?

Who am I?

Why am I talking to the camera?

Why am I talking to you?

WHY?

Watch and see if I can actually answer any of these things…

Don’t Call it a Comeback – Vlog on

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Hey there,

It’s been a while since I vlogged, I know. You’ve missed seeing my face. I know. I KNOW.

So the other day I recorded a little something just for you. I hope you like it. It’s just me talking to just you. No big thing. (Seriously, don’t make a big thing of it.)

We’re off to the vineyard tomorrow dahling. Perhaps I’ll post from there. Ta ta.

Much love,
Viola Cay