beach vacation

Last week we went on vacation to Ocean City, NJ with my parents, my brother, sister-in-law, and nephews and niece. It was a wonderful week. Truly restorative. It was very hard toting Eve around, and it was definitely a little emotionally hard as well (e.g., watching all the typical kids on the beach), but it was still a lot of fun. Eve loved her time at the beach.

Here is Eve with her adorable cousins. They are so sweet to her. Alex has really grown up and we had lots of fun talking with him and hanging out.

Here's Eve and Jim at the water:

One of Eve's best friends from school was also vacationing at OCNJ that week (what a coincidence!). So we met up on the boards for a surrey ride. Here is a shot of my dad, Arthur (Eve's friend), Eve and I, and Hellen (Arthur's sister). 2 laps and a lemonade. Perfect.

One night we took Eve to the amusement rides. Here's Alex on the carousel.

The park was so loud (with the rides and the pneumatic pressure sounds) that it would have caused Eve to freak out. We brought her ear protection and she did just fine. She still jumped at the blasts of air, but didn't get upset.

Train ride!

Here's a shot of my new niece, Bella. I'm going to ask Trina to send a picture she took of Eve "holding" Bella.


Eve was able to play two arcade games in her stroller. She loved it.



So, now we have about 2 weeks until school starts. Where did the summer go?????