Summer vacation

My niece and nephew came to visit their grandmother for a week last month. They are 7 and 11, respectively, the older one has a birthday coming up. They are both very smart and well behaved. I took a few days of vacation to help out and my mom rented a cottage at Fort Story for three days. That's located in Virginia Beach. We all had a great time. We visited the acquarium in Va. Beach and the ARE place where you can get enlighted on life and religion. The weather was very good but hot at times. Ft. Story is located like on the back bay but my mom told John and Louise that it was on the ocean. They probably figured that out when I accidentally confirmed my nephew's suspicion that it really wasn't the ocean when the waves were pretty mellow. Actually, the water does come from the ocean.
One of the most interesting events we did was renting a four seat bicycle and pedalling it on the Va. Beach boardwalk. It was very exhausting, the bike needed some maintenance to improve it's efficiency, and pedalling a bike with two adults and two kids takes a lot of effort. We didn't have a horn and the brake didn't work very well, so watching out for pedestrians crossing was quite a challenge. And to that young kid who backstepped onto the path and (I don't think) understood English because all of his relatives spoke only Spanish, we apologize for almost running you over. My Spanish vocabulary doesn't include words like "Look out!" "Jump!" and "We don't have a horn, sorry!" Mea culpa is the best I can think of now but that's not Spanish.
I enjoyed my vacation and always like interacting with my neices and nephews. They think that most of my jokes are funny, when they get older that probably won't be the case but then we can maybe philosophize on more serious matters, if they want to do that.
Anyway, we all had a good time and we are very appreciative for my mom paying for us to stay at Ft. Story. She suggested maybe doing it again next year. In the meantime, and for the next few weeks, I'll be watching "America's Got Talent" which John and Lousie introduced us to our tv viewing schedule. I don't think that the guy who balances flaming objects will last, and what will Grandma Lee do for an encore now that we know that she got in Pierc's shorts (or is that vice versa?) I think that one of the singing groups will probably win, maybe the Texas Tenors or that single guy who sings by himself. We shall see.