Ocean City, NJ - Camping Trip

We stayed at Whippoorwill Campground, 10 min from the boardwalk

and beach. GREAT campground!!!! Clean and close!!!! We went to the beach every

day and had perfect weather!OK - the ocean was SO COLD it made your feet hurt!

I don't know how the boys were in but - whatever....
10 cent sceeball - yipee
We came back to the boardwalk most nights, the boys of coarse
wanted to do rides!

Chase on our last day.... the water was a little warmer
He did really good and got the hang of it until his limbs went numb....

Chase's Graduation!

Yay! 6/5/08 Chase and his teacher, Mrs.Wood.
Singing w/ their praise plates!
We asked Chase were he would like to go for his present...

He chose Freddy Hill to play mini golf.
...and for ice cream of coarse!

The Bird's Nest

Ok - so we were away camping and we returned to find a nest on

our patio. There were four eggs but my BIL and nephew were playing in the nest and

dropped one. :( We stopped using our patio so they could sit on the nest...The nest on my bakers rack.... and Bo's gloves(lol)
This is were it is - 2 ft from our door!
We decided that if they did not hatch by Sat. 6/7 we

would take the nest down.... this is what I found Sat morning.....
2 days later - 6/9 we'll keep you posted....

Pappy and Grammy's House

We visited my Dad and Sandy last weekend. Bliss(german short haired pointer)

had her puppies(8). They were 6 weeks old in these pictures. Chase was in their pen all day!Pappy drawing w/ the kids.
Chase playing w/ Bliss and Grammy.
Pappy's tractor trailer was explored! They loved pulling

the air horn!!!!!!! I think we ticked off a few neighbors!

Chase's fieldtrip to the Zoo

Chase's class went to the Elmwood Park Zoo. This is the AM and PM classes combined.
There were plenty of chaperones, so we had two kids each.

Chase's partner was Nathan. Here they are on the bus.

His class with Mrs. Wood.(his teacher)
We did a scavenger hunt while we were there.

Chase and Nathan had gotten the highest score!

Chase and Kaden's Birdhouse

Bo had made this birdhouse w/ the boys. He went to hang it outside and I said

"don't you think it could use a little paint?"

This is what the boys came up with......

Knoebel's - camping and amusement park

The best part of camping is the family time together!!!!! The Merry Mixer - Weeeeee....
Yes, we made them share.... aww how cute they are!
Oh my, this child always wears more then goes in his mouth!
The kids LOVE driving the go carts themselves.
Chase took the corners tight to not let anyone pass.

UPDATES - who has time for this blog stuff.....

Chase lost his front tooth... Chase came home with his front tooth.

He lost it at recess after he got hit in the mouth

with a basketball.

UPDATES - continued.....baseball

Chase's team: Black Diamonds

Bo is an assistant coach. Zion is behind him.

Come on - that's a pretty cool photo
Can't forget Kaden

UPDATES - continued.....

Phillies Opening Night! We got these free t shirts!I Love free!!!
The view from our seats...

Pirate Party -Arrrr

Yay - The Pirate Party that I planned to take the kids to for

a year is here!!! This was our best evening!!! We rode all the rides

several times with NO lines! The kids enjoyed running around

to the treasure spots and collecting their booty. I enjoyed meeting Jack Sparrow.

I thought Bo would roll his eyes about dressing up.

Instead when he realized he didn't pack a costume he said

"DID YOU PACK ME ANYTHING?!" - Of coarse I did.

Undersea Dance Party
Kaden bustin' a move!!!
They had a neat parade with lots of pirates and Captain Hook. After the parade we darted threw some back paths to avoid the crowds.
We ended up finding Meko - He gave the kids a lot of attention.

NO line for Captain Jack Sparrow! We were

the first to see him after his parade.

Can we say Hellooooooo Captain Jack.(he he)

Yes! Pirate Mickey!!!!
We actually got our photos with all the characters in their pirate costumes but those photos are on my photopass. I won't have them for a while.

The fireworks were AWESOME!!!!!



The kids held up great! The party ended at midnight.
What a blast!!!

Day 4 -part one - Animal Kingdom

Each day we would get up and hit the parks early. Then we would come back and nap. This allowed us to see a lot and take a break when the parks were

most crowded. On most mornings we were greeted by these 3 ducks

that the boys enjoyed feeding outside our door.Animal Kingdom and ice cream.
One of Chase and Kaden favorite things was the boneyard.

They would have spent all day if they could!!!

We went back early in the afternoon to crash. We had a late evening planned with our "Pirate and Princess Party"