Moving and Grooving.

 

 

 

 

Nora is *almost* officially a crawler! Via a scooch, shuffle, peg-leg slide, and an actual crawl, she manages to reach a destination entirely on her own. We've just begun to encourage her to crawl and she loves hearing us cheer, "Go, Nora, Go!". Here are some pictures of her making her way around the other day. And, oh yes, standing! She's not quite pulling herself up on furniture yet, but once she's up, she can hold herself up for a while!

Beach Day

We traveled "down the shore" to Avon-by-the-Sea yesterday. It was Nora's first time at the beach, and she absolutely loved it (and only ate one handful of sand!). The weather was perfect--not too hot, no humidity, and a bit of clouds and breeze to keep things pleasant. We played in the sand and in the water a bit, then had a great beachside dinner before finishing the evening with big scoops of ice cream. Home by 8:30 with snoozing kids (who proceeded to snooze until 8am this morning!); think we're going to have to do this again soon!

I couldn't resist doing a little photo shoot with Nora in her various beach gear...even got a few cute shots of camera-shy E. Here's the album:

Avon Beach

Happy Camper

 

E started summer camp last week. He and Sam go twice a week from 8:30am-3:00pm and, so far, love it. Like typical boys, they don't talk much about their day as we pepper them with questions at pick-up, but we do know that they are having fun. They paint, play, go to the park, and (sometimes) sleep during nap time. Their teachers are very complimentary so we assume they are behaving!

Baby, You're a Firework...

 

We had a fab fourth! Spent a couple of days in New Paltz then headed home to Hoboken to see the amazing Macy's display over the Hudson...just a few blocks from our place!

 

 

Caught this moment a few weeks ago as Mark and Eamon were horsing around...love the light and the happy look on E's face.