Halloween 2011

Our Pumpkins




My Ariel and Lightning McQueen

They enjoyed trick or treating around our neighborhood. We have plenty of houses and tons of kids. It's a happening time around here. There was one house with a guy dressed up and acting like a gorilla that Kaylie did not like at all. Ryan was intrigued by him. Grandma and Pop Pop came to man the door while we TOTed. They had a party and parade with some songs at school too.

September 2011

They started PreK this year. Their teacher is Mrs. Mazzucca. Here they are on the first day.

LBI Vacation 2011

We headed to Long Beach Island for the third year in a row for our family vacation.
View from the deck

The house

The Get Along Gang

Top of the ferris wheel at Fantasy Island

First solo ride

Kaylie Bay

Kaylie in the ocean for the first time. Took her half the week to even go near the waves. Once she made up her mind, she went.

Kite flying

The Cousin Posse. Only kids with sunglasses allowed.

Old Barney

We had great weather all week. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins and loved being at the beach. The kids are still talking about the sea lion that washed up on the beach, the rotting jetty, ice cream, cotton candy, rides, and elephant ears. A great time had by all.

July 2011

We spent July 4th down at the shore.

Looking festive.

Patriotic

At the beach before dark to get a spot for fireworks. They loved them and had a really great day.

Someone is sleepy.

A few days later we hit the shore again. This time they had their first go at mini-golf. It was interesting to say the least. Cousin Hunter "teaching" them.

Ice cream afterwards on such a hot day was necessary.

It was one of those melted before you can even get it in your mouth kind of days.

Playground afterwards.

Then we went to our town fair. They had no rides this year, so it wasn't as exciting as in years past. They still got to ride a pony though.





We spent a lot of time at our development pool. They loved it. I saw them progress from being timid of the water to just jumping right in doing cannonballs by summer's end. They were still wearing a swim float this year. I hope to get them lessons next year and maybe ditch the swimmies. We'll see. This was the first year I was brave enough to take them to the pool myself too.

Trip to The Philadelphia Zoo

We took their first trip the zoo. We went to The Philadelphia Zoo. What I remember most is that it was a really hot day.

Flamingos

Crazy bear that just walked back and forth a million times. Poor guy.

Rhino

Ry holding the map here. He became obsessed with knowing where we were on the map at all times.

Cheetahs

Monkeys

Lunch. We got attacked by geese while eating here. Apparently they must have been fed at one point and now they are all over the place. The kids were not happy with this, and neither was I!

Prairie dogs

It was a nice time at the zoo!