Construction Project Begins!

Believe it or not, this much anticpated project has begun! Demolition started this week on the back porch and will surely continue next week. Thursday, 11/1 a storage container was dumped on our lawn and on Friday, a big huge blue dumpster joined it. I'm sure the neighbors are thrilled! We will keep you updated as the project continues....

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Our speedy racecar driver and fearsome pirate toured Monmouth County in their quest for Halloween candy this year. First we went to our friend Griffin's house to trick-or-treat in his neighborhood of Oceanport. Then we went to Tinton Falls to trick-or-treat at Grandma and Papa Joe's house. Finally, we returned to Long Branch to collect candy from our block.

This was a fun year as it was Zachary's first year of really understanding and enjoying the experience and we got to watch Ben try to follow suit and run in that huge pirate hat!

Class Trip to Green Meadows Farm

On 10/23 Zachary's class took a field trip to Grean Meadows Farm in Hazlet, NJ and Ben and I tagged along. On the farm they took a hayride through the forest, got to see and pet all sorts of animals including baby chicks and ducks, calfs,donkeys, horses, and cows.

As Zachary's class lined up to take turns milking a cow, I laughed to myself knowing my son wouldn't go near a cow udder even if a racecar was taped to it! And I was right. The look on his face was priceless....

Luckily, it was a beautiful day and we were able to picnic there before picking pumpkins and getting back on the bus to go back to school. Here is a picture of Zack's class posing, sort of...

Chuckie Cheese Crap

Look at how cute we look sporting our Chuckie Cheese glasses. It took all of 4 minutes for them to break. Sigh.... try to explain that to a one year old!

Regardless....still pretty cute....