I can't believe how long it's been since I blogged. We have been at the shore for 3 1/2 weeks. I had to think about that, it doesn't feel like that long. In that time we have visited with my aunt and cousins from CA - Nancy, Laura, David, Karen, and Andrew. And Laura's 2 little ones - Jesse who is 4, and Henry who is 1. The kids had fun playing together, and we had fun playing together and we had fun catching up. Brian was with us the 1st week and it was a fun time! The weather wasn't that great, but we had fun playing at home. Sarah was still at school - we missed her, and were glad when she got here the Thurs. before July 4th with her friend Nicole.
While we've been here Dillon has really started talking a lot more. He tries to repeat what I say all the time now. He says "airpane" and waves to them with both hands in the air....."hi airpane." He says "anma" for grandma, and "awah" for Sarah. He loves to say HI or yell HELLO to everyone we pass in the stroller or anyone who passes by the house or anyone on the beach - oh and the boats and helicopters! :) He still loves balls and seems to say his version of baseball and basketball. He is really enjoying the bike cart, and stroller rides...while pointing out all the bikes and dogs (there are a lot!), playing on the beach, and chasing his sister around the house (every night after dinner).
Bridget has had a lot of fun too. She says Hi to everyone and is keeps making new friends. She talks to the lifeguards everyday we are at the beach. She asks them when lowtide is, what the water temperature is, and any other ocean/beach related question she can think of. They have been very patient with her - I actually think they like the attention and questions...keeps them on her toes. Bridget has been taking swim lessons for the last couple of weeks and is really enjoying it. She is much braver and has been swimming with noodles under her arms. She is so close to going under. I'm hoping it will help warm her up to the ocean - she's nervous about the waves. We've built some good sandcastles....so that giant Bridget can stomp on them. LOL She's rather outgoing on the beach making new friends to play with....she gets tired of us after awhile. :)
We have webcam'd with Brian several times since he left. The kids love it. They are cute to watch - Dillon says "hi daddy!" and Bridget tells him about our day. They fight for a place in front of the camera.

I'm going to work on some picture collages to post...very soon! And will keep updating more.
For now....Good Night!

SciWorks - June 09

I'm finally getting a chance to blog a little bit. We went to SciWorks in June just before coming to the beach. It was a lot of fun. The kids enjoyed the hands on exhibits. We met Emily, Chris and Megan there - you can see that Dillon and Megan had a blast on the pea in the pod seesaw.