School has begun

Our wonderful summer has come to an end.  Autumn started back to school yesterday.  She was so excited to get on that bus and be on her way. 

There she goes.  No hug and no kiss for mom. 

Now the big test was this morning.  Logan began preschool down at the local Christian school.  They contract with the school district for bus transportation. I can't drop him off since I start work at 7:30.  He is suppose to ride the regular bus that goes by Grandmom's house and get off at the elementary school with Autumn.  He then needs to transfer a different bus that goes to the Christian school.  A little confusing.  Then throw in the mix that he is hearing impaired and doesn't have the comprehension yet how do you explain this?  You really can't.  So I woke up numerous times last night just dreading today.  I was so nervous this morning my stomach was doing flips.  I made sure I didn't eat anything because I'm sure it wouldn't have stayed down. 

He was so excited to go to his "new school" as he calls it.  He had been going to an early intervention classroom and getting speech therapy.  The therapists will still see him at the new schhol.  He finally gets to ride a yellow schoolbus and not a minivan.

Watching the bus come up the hill. 

When the bus stopped I completly forgot to take a picture.  I was bent on talking to the bus driver to make sure he didn't get lost.  She assured me that he should be fine and that they were actually asking for him yesterday but his school didn't start until today. 

I can't wait to go home and see how the day went and to make sure my son arrived back at Grandmom's safe and sound and didn't get lost.

By far this was one of the hardest days for me.

The Houses of Cape May

When we took our horse drawn carriage ride we got to see a lot of the charming houses of Cape May.  They take you back to a time and place and you can just sit there and imagine the town then.  I could have gladly moved into one of these houses but with price tags starting at $1,000,000 and up, I think I'll have to pass.  The whole town is registered with the Historical Society.  The houses have to be painted every 3-5 years and the colors must be approved.  No two house is alike.

This wasn't a good shot.  But they have these lovely shade trees down most streets.

I love the architecture on this house.

Excuse my grandfather's head.  Look at the details!

This house was in the process of being renovated. Just look at the upper level porch.

This is an old restaurants that the wealthy frequented that you can still eat in today.  They are know for their fried chicken.  The kids dine separately from the adults.  Wish we had gone.

A lot of the houses had names.

This house I thought was just bright, cheery and playful.

Autumn liked this pink house.

This place was awesome!  It was massive.  You can stay in one of their rooms and dine up top for a hefty price.

It went on forever.

Another pink house.

I loved this house down to the fence.

Not a house color you see everyday.

I just loved the view from the water.

I can just imagine myself on one of the decks drinking my morning coffee as the sun comes up.  A girl can dream because I sure as heck couldn't afford to rent one of these babies.  They wanted serious buckaroos.

Vacation Part 2

We kept busy on vacation.  On Wednesday night we all got on a horse drawn carriage for a historical tour of Cape May.

This was our horse "Night".

We didn't have much planned on Thursday plus it was the only day that was really hot and humid.  So we went a couple miles down the road to Cold Spring Village.  It was nice old working village.  We bought some items at the bakery and watched a blacksmith, woodworker and a basket weaver.

Then Thursday night we went over to Granddad's campsite for a camp fire.

They ate almost a whole bag of marshmallows.

Friday we went on a dolphin watching boat.  We could see them from the beach, but I thought what the heck they've never been a boat before.

Looking for dolphins.

He was still a little uneasy getting his legs used to the surf.

We were able to see many dolphins.  We even saw a baby.

Cape May Lighthouse

Afterwards we met Granddad at the air museum.

Future Astronauts.

Friday night we headed to Wildwood for a nice dinner on the water and a walk along the boardwalk.  Since I was not paying $35 each for my kids to ride a couple of rides, we ended up at the arcade.

All in all a wonderful time.  Can I just ask why the always have numerous fudge shoppes at the beach?  That's just evil.

Vacation

We had a wonderful week in Cape May, NJ.  I think Rob was a little skeptical after our last vacation.  I think this time it was more relaxing and the kids were older.  Our last vacation Logan's vocabulary was just starting to emerge so we were still in the frustration phase for everyone involved. 

We packed the car Saturday night and Sunday morning we took off at around 9.  A little over 6 hours later and we arrived at our destination.  We were able to unpack the car before the sky opened up.  When I thought the rain was over we headed out for food and a grocery store.  Boy was I wrong!  The streets were flooding and roads were being closed due to high water.  I was so lost we had to stop at 7-11 for a map.  Other than that the weather was perfect.  It wasn't too hot like it had been and there was very little humidity.  The kids had a blast in the ocean as well as the lake at the campground. 

The lake water was very warm.  Warmer than what I like to swim in but the kids loved it. At this beach they only brought rocks home in their bathing suits and not sand. Made it easier to clean up.

Tuesday we headed on over to Wildwood.  I didn't want to pay to go to the beach at Cape May and have to continually feed the car meter.

It was along walk out there!

But so worth it when we got there.  The kids could walk out a good distance.

They were able to catch some good waves that way.

They even had ice cream carts going up and down the beach.

I think he's munching on some sand in this picture.  I brought home about a cup of sand in my bathing suit.

Great-granddad arrived on Tuesday night. He came by way of the ferry.

The kids and I.

I was fortunate that my kids were completely content with riding this quarter rides.  I was not paying $35 per kid to ride the rides at the Wildwood boardwalk.

Granddad wanted to go to the beach so we headed back there again on Wednesday.

That's all for now.  I think I better get back to work.  I'll be back tomorrow with some more.