Pam's Visit

OK, this post is about Pam's visit and this is the only picture I got of her inside Rudy's because outside, SHE took the photos!

So two weeks ago, Pam came down here from her cottage on Chaumont Bay, where she was vacationing for the week.  I was supposed to take the kids up there, but she was concerned about me driving a week after my eye surgery and being tired with the two kids. ( I'd say I didn't make it there for the first time in years, but Todd and I did a drive by the other day while up there checking out our place...and Pam is going to try and go back up in September!)

We don't see each other as much as we'd both like.  I've known Pam forever, since Junior High School.  Life took her to Buffalo, which isn't far in the scheme of things, but it's far enough!  She was looking forward to spending some time with the A-team, something she misses doing.  She arrived late morning and Abbey cried at first, but after she sat on the floor and hung out, Abbey was all over her.  So it transitioned well.  We headed over to Rudy's for lunch and we ate inside.  Here's Abbey waiting for the food :)

And Adam sucking on his lemonade, which he drinks the ENTIRE thing.  He kept trying to escape out the side door towards Bev's, asking for ice cream.  We hadn't been there since June, but Adam forgets nothing.

We took the kids to throw rocks, something Adam is obsessed with since his Daddy showed him last summer.  Here's a rare photo of me with the kids, griping Abbey's hand as she often tried to run off.  As we know, she'd run into the water and not stop until she got to Canada if I let her.

Abbey trying to escape.

Adam getting ready to throw a big one.

Abbey stops trying to escape to get into the action.

She has a natural throwing arm for sure!

Adam looks so serious here.  And I realize his hair is wild.  He's getting it cut tomorrow.

As we walked away from the shore, Adam asked for ice cream again.  So I took them back into Rudy's instead of Bev's.

The difference in the way they eat is funny.  Adam licks the cone and uses the spoon and really doesn't get his clothes dirty.  Abbey DIVES in.

Love the look on her face!  She really does kind of roll her eyes at Adam's caution.  AND she DID steal a taste of his after this!

YUM!

Pam at the counter waiting for my flurry. Love the sign in the background.

Abbey sucked it all out and we had to put more in the cone.  She was so intense.

Checking out the marine life displays on the wall. Abbey was pointing "See it! See it!".

MMMMM.....safe to say they both loved the ice cream.  And Abbey only yelled a little when we left.  Pam laughed and remarked that it could've been much worse.  Yes, it could have.  Pam got to know her pretty quickly!

Pam hung out for a while and I got the kids in their room for nap time.  It was nice to just hang out and talk, like we used to do all the time.  We made an art of it in high school and college, actually :)

I always loved the fall best and I still love it.  But in recent years, summer has meant more and more to me.  We do more things with the kids and it's really the time of year I get to see more of the people that mean the most to me.

September is here.  Rudy's will close soon....