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Sunday, September 13, 2015

School has started

Big guy has officially started Kindergarten! It's so scary and exciting at the same time. He and hubs had bus/Kindergarten orientation on tuesday. Then big guy went to Kindergarten on thursday. He has AM kindergarten and then goes to enrichment and then back to school for me to pick him up. So, he gets to do two short bus rides a day, which have proven to be challenging for him. The first day he and another boy got into a tussle. The second day he and the same boy were jumping over seats. There have been a lot of conversations about bus safety at home and in class. But his K teacher is just delightful, as is his enrichment teacher. This week I have the welcome back picnic and open house! Public school and the next 13 years...

words of wisdom

this past weekend, big guy has been filled with wisdom. Here are the best tidbits:

"Don't eat dog food."

"Don't eat poop."

"If you see a megalodon while you are swimming, don't try to eat it. It'll bite your face off."

"Eating bricks will make you heavy and then you can't move."

Seems to have a lot to do with eating. We ate like champs this weekend!!! And luckily we didn't eat dog food, poop, bricks, or get eaten by a giant prehistoric shark!

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Holy Crap

How I know it's time to put the parental controls on youtube...

I'm making dinner tonight and I hear big guy yelling "holy crap!" at his toys. At first I thought I misheard, but then he kept saying it. After I had a minor freak out about how that isn't a nice word to say, he looks at me and says, "But the guy on the video says it!" Perfectly logical. Hello, parental controls!

Linvilla Orchards

Last friday I took the boys to linvilla orchards for some good farm fun. We were there a few hours and barely covered half of the fun that you can do. But we did get to pick some apples, which the boys devoured. They both ate 3 apples while we were there. And then we hopped on a tractor filled with hay and picked the biggest tomato I've ever seen, as well as some peppers. We then ate a quick lunch before heading over to the playgroud area to burn off some energy. We managed to get some fun farm related toys (small broom, tractor, farm puzzle that makes animal noises) and then get some cider and of course cider donuts. mmmmm. Overall, a great trip. Both boys were in good spirits and had lots of fun! And the weather was perfect. Warm, sunny, with a gentle breeze!

apple eating- after I took this pic, I noticed the sign that said, no eating in the orchard. oops

hello, apple

hayride to the veggie field

happy apple eating face

seriously, have you ever seen a tomato this big?

at the playgroud, filling up an old tire with yucky apples. guess how many of those he tried to eat?

can you tell they are brothers?

big guy- age 2 1/2 years

little man- age 14 months

Aquarium visit with the boys

On days off this summer, I've taken the boys to the aquarium a few times. We've had a blast. We've eaten quite a few soft pretzels, pet a lot of sting rays, got to eat outside on the terrace (awesome), and have seen a lot of sharks! Big guy has been obsessed with ocean life this year, ever since I got the membership to the aquarium, which has been worth every penny, if not more. It's just opened up his mind, vocabulary, excitement and interest in a whole new way. He's just awesome. Also, we've gone over to the camden children's garden and gotten some serious fun in! See pictures below:

We caught some butterflies

Ok, a lot of butterflies

played in a giant sand pit

had some hippo encounters

all while eating a giant pretzel

looked at some fish

hung out together watching some sharks

Down the Shore

The second weekend in july we went down the shore to Ocean city, nj and it was awesome! We drove down saturday mid morning and little man napped. Big guy played with his ipad mini (who we named Jorge while we were in NH a few weeks later!) We got there around noon. We checked into the hotel, ate some lunch, and then hit the beach. It was actually the most perfect beach day. Mid 80's. Not too hot in the sun. Not too cold in the water. Just perfect. Hubs and big guy were out jumping big waves. Little man and I were digging and getting splashed by the littler waves. Just awesome. We went back to the hotel to shower and get changed and then went to walk the boardwalk. We ate dinner at manco manco's pizza, a staple of course. Then had Kohl's custard for dessert. Then randomly ran into a friend of mine on the boardwalk! We slept well for sure.

The next day we took an early morning walk on the beach and big guy and I collected a ton of really great shells. Then we got changed. Little man and I went to the beach. Big guy and hubs went swimming at the hotel's pool. we met up around 10 at the pool and we all went swimming. We packed up to go and little man passed out in the car while we were looking for a parking spot in a lot a block away from the hotel. So instead of lunch on boardwalk, hubs and big guy got out and got a huge bucket of johnson's carmel corn and a big jilly's lemonade. We munched and talked about how great a trip it was the whole way home!