Monday, June 22, 2009

Just a Day at the Beach

This is the way I like experiencing the beach - way up high away from the water and sand.

I am not having any fun here in case you're wondering.

Noah's chilling on the beach. Check out how long his swim trunks are!

While we were in New Jersey I had my first ocean experience when mummy let the waves rush over my feet. I hated it! Every time the waves touched me or I touched the wet sand I burst out crying.

Here are a few pictures from the whole experience.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Live Action

As I said, there are a lot of great memories from our New Jersey trip, so here is some video footage to highlight the action. Sorry that most of them aren't rotated. We still need to either remember to orient the camera correctly or learn to rotate the final product.


Here I am rocking it out in Cape May.



Here I am pulling Sam and Selah down the boardwalk. I had my own ideas about where we should be going, and none of those ideas involved going home, which is why I keep trying to get off the boardwalk.


If you don't think I'm funny, ask Anna. I do have an obsession with monitors making noise, and if you know daddy you know he can't go anywhere without his radar detector which I was commenting about.


Here I am chasing waves. This is great sport if you've never tried it I highly recommend it.

New Jersey Picture Overload

Early in the week, we took a family walk and brought Sam with us. Daddy couldn't resist giving us boys soft serve ice cream. Mummy was a little concerned, but we had a great time with the yummy treat and all the mess washed out.

Anna hung out in the stroller while we ate ice cream. She may have missed out, but she didn't seem that upset by it. As you can see, it was a bit chilly, but that didn't hamper the fun.

Anna and I were goofing off on the bed. We had lots of good sibling bonding time and made all sorts of memories that only mummy & daddy will remember. :)

We went to the Cape May Zoo to see all the animals. Lots of zoo animals walk on 4 feet, so I thought I was see what it was like. Mummy's not quite sure, but I'm either imitating the zebras or the giraffes.

At the zoo I rode the carousel and the kiddie train. A few days later we went back to the zoo and all I could talk about was the train ride and the carousel ride. Is it wrong if those were my favorite parts of the zoo?

Lizzy brought her guitar and was giving me lessons. I don't have much of a musical ear thanks to my parents, but maybe Lizzy can teach me.

We ventured to Cape May one day and played on the boardwalk. At the arcade they have kiddie rides. We all took turns riding the rides, and here Selah and I are sharing the firetruck.

Just a short walk from our house was a great playground. Sam, Ellie and I could never coordinate ou slide trips, but we sure did have fun. Although Sam and I may run around crazy, Ellie is the best climber on the bunch.

Walking back from the playground Sam and Selah tuckered out, so I pulled them along on the boardwalk.

Lily and Anna hanging out in their bouncy seats.

Toward the end of the week we went to the Wetlands Institute, which had a touch tank. Here is a horseshoe crab. They also showed us a baby terapin turtle which was so cute mummy is still talking about it.

As I said, there was some good sibling bonding. Here I'm holding Anna's hand while we drive around town.

Anna at the beach in her special beach tent.

Anna was trying to brush a bug off of Lily's face, or at least that's what she told me.

We just got back from the best vacation ever! We spent the week on the Jersey shore with Leslie, the Dorns, Gordons, Lewises, Lohneses and Watsons. That's 13 adults and 8 kids between 4 1/2 months and 3 years. The weather wasn't really beach weather, but that didn't stop us from having a fabulous time at the beach. There are so many great pictures, so excuse the overload, but we couldn't help but show some of the highlights.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

All Smiles

Eating




So I don't really "eat", but I sure do put everything in my mouth. Mummy thought I should start practicing with a spoon and I've already figured out how to get that in my mouth. When the time comes for me to start solids, I'm going to be ready!

Party, Party, Party

Post cake - Yummy!

Sam and I helped daddy blow out his candles.

Sam & I picking at cake crumbs on the table. You can never have too much cake!

As the cakes was being cut, the kids waited very close to the table to make sure they didn't get skipped over.

Anna hanging out with our great neighbors, Gitta and Allen.

The happy family, right before the party starts.

Daddy just turned 30 and we had a big backyard BBQ party for him. We had The Sausage Guy from Fenway do the cooking and Cold Stone do the cake. The weather was perfect, low 70s with clear blue skies. Here are a few pictures of the celebrations, which was lots of fun!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Got Milk?


So you may know that I have a tendency to throw up, but here's a photo to highlight how fun it really can be.