Jackson's New Favorite Thing to Do at the Playground

He does this at the top of slide.

It freaks me out everytime.

Happy Mother's Day!

I got to spend Mother's Day with my Mom, sister and Jackson which was so fun. (Bill was on a trip so we celebrated when he got home). The day with my mom and sister was really laid-back. We brunched, went for a walk and even took a nap! After a nice drive, we ended up at a Buddhist Temple of all places. Unfortunately, I didn't get many great pictures of all of us but here are some of the Buddhas and of Jackson giving my mom and sis a "family hug". 

Happy (belated) Mother's day to all of you fabulous mommies out there! You know who you are...

Beach Day

Last week we took a day trip to the Jersey Shore (Point Pleasant). 

It was so fun and its only an hour away from us. We went mid-week 

so the beach was pretty empty of idiots. Yay! 

Jackson loved playing in the sand and we did the normal 

things you do on the beach like walk the boardwalk, 

dip our toes in the freezing cold water, eat ice cream and find shells. 

He still has that sweet double chin.

See how empty? We only had to move our things once!

(further away from three girls - one with an infant - who

felt the need to discuss feminine hygiene and drop F-bombs. )

Sand is so fun.

Checking out the surf with Daddy.

Collecting shells

(and a few cigarette butts)

My new favorite website

So I am really into this website that you have probably heard of, 

www.freecycle.org.

I highly recommend joining the freecycle network in your area. 

The goal is to reuse and keep things out of the landfills by 

offering items you don't need/want anymore to others. You can 

"offer" items you want to get rid of and also post "wanted" items 

that you are hoping to get (for free!). It is awesome and has really 

been working out for me lately. I got rid of a dozen old picture 

frames and all of our moving boxes within 24 hours of posting 

them. We recently picked up a used (but in great condition) 

jogging stroller from a nice woman who happens to work at 

the Rahway, NJ Harley Davidson dealership, hence the picture 

below. This is Jackson in complete awe of all of the "moto-bikes" 

lined up outside. This place is also right next to the train tracks 

so he was in his glory as you can imagine...