East Coast Vacation Part 1

We're home from our epic odyssey up the East Coast. We started in Wilmington and made our way north to Maine over a two-week trip. There were many high and lows over those two weeks, but we'll focus on the positive for the sake of posterity.

Most of highs came from seeing so many people we love dearly and do not see enough of. J. and the kids spent the first three days in Wilmington and Pennsville with Pud, Mum, and Pup while I went to D.C. for work. There were lots of adventures including crabs, swimming and the zoo. More pictures of the extended adventures to come, but here are a few pictures of our happy visits with the two best great grandparents two kids could have. The bottom photo is Sadie in Pup's police chief hat.

Happy Summer Vacation!

Happiness is chocolate ice cream cones on a hot summer day.

We're off to the East Coast for two weeks tomorrow. See you in two weeks!

Diaz Crew Party

We spent the 4th of July with the Diaz family at our friend Qui's house. Jack and Sadie decided to help Qui with yard work and were quite content tending the garden (that is other than when ice cream was being served).

The Party Bug

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Jack and Sadie love a good party. The crowds and noise do not dissuade them at all. We've heard stories of kids who just want to hide at their own birthday parties. Not our kids. On Saturday we went to a birthday party that featured something called "Bubble Magic", which appeared to be a very bored college student placing kiddie pools of bubble solution and bubble wands around the party's backyard while he texted his friends. Jack and Sadie were on those bubbles faster than you could snap your fingers. Before we knew it they had stripped off their respective Spiderman cape and ballet dress (no, it was not a costume party) and were half naked splashing around in the bubble solution. While all the other kids at the party stood on the sidelines debating whether to engage in this activity at all our kids whopped it up. Would I be kidding myself to hope that this might mean that they could get the party bug out of their system before adolescence?

Summer Hike

The kids and J. took a dry summer hike this morning while I went to yoga. Here are some photos from our much loved Audubon Center.

A Bubbley Start

Our 4th of July weekend is off to a bubbly start. We broke out a bubble machine yesterday evening and the kids had oodles of fun in the backyard. LA's delayed summer weather seems to be a producing a summer euphoria around here.