Vacation Games

Last week's vacation wasn't just about lounging around, lollygagging and soaking in the sun.  No, when the Chesapeake Bay Family goes on vacation, there must be competitive games.

Thankfully, Dino brought along plenty of things to do.  

The rest of us brought our ridiculously competitive spirit.

We played pool.
(We discovered that Chesapeake Bay Father has mad pool skillz.)

We were silly.
(Here, Baby Sis dons her "sun"brero and my Dollar Tree goofy glasses.)

Speaking of Dollar Tree purchases, the water rifles shown here were just way too much fun.

Not only did we play games of pool, we played games in the pool.

Here, Dino sets up the water volleyball net while Son, Father
and Mother do their pre-game warm-up stretches.
(By the way, CB Father had endured yet another heart procedure
just prior to this.  Before, he would get winded just moving at all.
On vacation?  He played hours of volleyball. It was amazing.)

Because my back was bothering me, I was the retriever of out-of bounds balls
and the Penalty Enforcer (rather than an active participant) in water volleyball.
Whenever anyone made an error,I squirted them with a water rifle.
It was the most fun I've had in forever.
(Clearly I lead a sheltered life and need to get out more.)

The deep end of the pool gave some a disadvantage, but
every so often we'd change sides to even things out.

There were nightly games of  bean bag toss. Once, Baby Sis
couldn't remember what to call it, so she said, "Let's play that three bean game."
I jumped on that and now prefer to call this the three bean salad game.
We found it very amusing.
(Did I mention I need to get out more often?)

Middle Sis, who plays tennis semi-professionally (well, close enough),
was extremely focused in all of the sports.  She excelled in badminton, pool and
three bean salad.

When Daughter struggled to get the bean bags in throwing
underhanded, she resorted to her basketball shot.
She went back to throwing underhanded.
(Are you still awake? Sorry, but I could talk about this all day long.)

Baby Sis shows the proper tossing technique for the three bean salad game.

Yes. There was basketball too.  Daughter showed off her dribbling skills.
There was a nest of yellow jackets in the goal, but that didn't stop anyone.
(I did get stung, forgot to mention that, but not during basketball. That's another story.)

There were water wars.

Some of the battles were very intense.

I sure do miss this place.