Monday, June 15, 2009

Delaware




We enjoyed a great weekend in Delaware, visiting family and, of course, the beach. We stayed two nights with my cousins, Bill and Nannette and their son, Caleb. Friday, at Lewes Beach, where there aren't many waves, the kids were able to get used to the idea of swimming in the ocean. We arrived just as a storm was blowing past. After a neat cloud display, and watching it rain out on the ocean but not hit us, the sun eventually came out. Saturday we headed out to Rehobeth Beach in the afternoon. We did get rained on there. But we still got to dig in the sand seaching for crabs and jump in the waves (really only Abi did that...it was pretty chilly) before the rain came. As we drove to Delaware on Friday, Abi was sure that she was NOT going to swim in the ocean because of the whales. This video's kinda funny because you can hear her exclaim about there not being any whales, hooray, hooray, hooray!



I don't have any pictures of this, but Nannette, Abi, JD and I went for a hike around a pond and saw a black ratsnake climbing up a tree. Nannette and Abi were bold enough to go poke at it and touch it's tail. That has certainly been Abi's story to tell everyone since we've returned home.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Fun Times

Abi went to the Garden State Discovery Museum with her Oma and Opa. She had a lot of fun being a doctor and a chef at a diner among many other things, including being INSIDE of a bubble!



Recently a local campground also hosted "Philadelphia Zoo on Wheels" day. The "Zoo" part of the festivities was a little disappointing (they brought along a hedgehog and a snake) but the kids enjoyed the other free activities like the moonbounce, beanbag toss, fishing (for plastic fish), and FACE PAINTING...that was the highlight for Abi.



Monday, June 1, 2009

1st birthday!


JD turned ONE on Saturday. We had fun celebrating his birthday with a picnic party in the evening. Zach and I tried to make a pinata the night before the party, but we were reminded that they need more then one night to dry. So on Saturday morning, we pulled out all the drying tools we could think of...hair dryer, heat gun, oven...it ended up bursting from the heat of the oven. Well, now we know for next time. But the weather was perfect and there were plenty of other games and water toys to use outside.


One homemade carrot cake by Oma, One homemade strawberry pie by Grandmom...the desserts were a hit!!



Unfortunatly, Abi was fighting a fever so she received a lot of cuddle time with Grandmom, which I don't think either of them minded.