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location: St. George Island,Florida,United States
image: 2015/bigweek.jpg
desc: Whenever Lilah and Olivia want to convey long lengths of time they use the phrase "in a big long week". As in, "we have not had any cookies in a big long week." A big long week could be anywhere from two days to over a year. 
dek: Whenever Lilah and Olivia want to convey long lengths of time they use the phrase "in a big long week". As in, "we have not had any cookies in a big long week." A big long week could be anywhere from two days to over a year. In this case we had two big long weeks on the island.
pub_date: 2015-05-18T12:36:06
slug: big-long-week
title: A Big Long Week
---

Whenever Lilah and Olivia want to convey long lengths of time they use the phrase "in a big long week". As in, "we have not had any cookies in a big long week." A big long week could be anywhere from two days to over a year. In this case we had two big long weeks on the island.

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One of the many great things about having children is I get to see a lot [more sunrises](https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2015/01/sunrise).

It's strange how quickly you develop habits and patterns. We would usually wake up, watch the sunrise, have breakfast and then get down to the beach.

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St. George is teeming with creatures for kids to play with, including some that defend themselves.

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After trying various water toys, pool noodles, boogie boards, etc, none of which convinced the girls to come out in the ocean with me, I finally tried a good old pool float, which was a huge hit.

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The great tragedy of being a twin is that sometimes you have to take turns.

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A couple of times we made the trek to Apalachicola for cookies and other supplies.

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