Been a while, hasn't it?
Wow, such a long time since I last posted. I guess the reason I'm posting is because I want to blog a memory of what a nice time we had yesterday. It was the very first time we took the kids to play at the beach. This Monday was the first week of a four day work week for my husband, and Thursdays are his days off. Yesterday being Thursday started off with a pancake breakfast I made, then packing things we would need for the beach. I wanted to watch Hellboy 2, so we did that first, it was fun to watch and then took the drive down to Sandy Hook. The kids were a little bit apprehensive of changing into their bathing suits so we didn't force them but took them down into the sand towards the ocean. They started having fun in the sand and touched their feet into the water. Claire was more receptive to trying new things whereas Mikey had to be urged a bit more. Once they got a little wet they agreed to change into their swimwear. Claire had a blast in both the sand and water, she loved jumping in the water and squealed and laughed. Mikey didn't like the water as much and I think got a drink of the salt water and it caused him to throw up a little. It was not too hot or sunny yesterday so no one got sunburn or even a tan for that matter. Sitting down on the wet sand to play with Claire and wait for the waves was fun but I ended up with sand in my bikini bottom and I could not figure out how to really get it out. All in all a really fun day and I can't wait to do it again.

Other things of the year.... Claire turned three, Mikey graduated from pre-school, and we had our 5 year wedding anniversary.