End of Summer Fun

Okay, gonna try a new technique here.  I used to wait til Chase was sleeping at night to blog, and since that clearly continues to not go well, I'm going to have to switch to nap time.  Since I am sure our followers have dwindled significantly due to my lack of updates, I am going to try to rally and make a conscience effort to post.  I know I've already said this a few times, so be patient.  Between the beginning of July when his travel started, and mid November(projected end date) I have figured out that Jas will have been home a grand total of maybe 25 days.  Needless to say, Chase has kept me very busy for the past few months.  So cut me some slack please!

To give you an idea of how busy it has been...I just tried to upload pictures, and realized that they are all still on the camera.  That's since the beginning of August.  Man, time really does fly, and I have some serious catching up to do.

Instead of doing separate posts for different activities, I'm going to combine a bunch of days.  When Jas is home for his 3-day stints we usually cram in as much family stuff as possible.  So sometimes we will hit up a museum and a festival in one weekend.  When he isn't traveling we like to bum around and not run around so much on the weekends, but  now Daddy time is precious.  He wants to share in as many fun activities with Chaser as possible.  Also, not gonna lie, it is hard to chase a two-year old around by yourself.  So although the little man and I do lots of fun stuff before I head to work in the afternoons, its much easier when you have a second set of hands.


First we'll share some Mommy and Chase outings:

Garden State Discovery Museum

Climbing up the slide of course! 

Giant Lite Brite

Following in Daddy's footsteps

Digging for dinosaur bones

 Kidz Village

We headed to North Jersey to meet up with my college roommates and their girls. Trying to coordinate our schedules was next to impossible, and we wanted to do it before school was back in session.  It ended up being a rainy day, and I got a ticket for the tint on my car on the way back.  But otherwise, we had a blast!

Literally a blast, as you can see:)

Chase enjoyed being in the middle of the rocket-ball launchers more than anything!

Out for a ride with my girls

Getting a picture of three 2 yr olds is next to impossible

Trips with Mommy and Daddy-YAY!!

Please Touch Museum

Since we have a family membership to the Discovery Museum we have a reciprocity with a ton of other museums all over the country.  When Jas was home we decided to head to Reading Terminal Market for lunch, and then to the Please Touch Museum for a fun filled afternoon.  The museum is in a beautiful new location, and although it was packed, there were a lot of great exhibits.

Vroom, vroom

Selling Rita's Water Ice with some girls

Just like in BIG

Not a huge fan of the carousel

Working off his lunch on the kiddie treadmill

Driving the trolley

 Daytrip to LBI

We hadn't been to LBI in years, and this makes me sad, since its where Jas and I met.  Enjoying another day of perfect weather on Jas' last day home we decided to take a drive down, and show Chase off to our old boss at Terrace.  It was 13 yrs ago this August that we met!  After we stopped in for lunch we headed to the lighthouse.  This was actually the first time that either Jas or I had been to the top. He carried Chase all 216 stairs!

I am still learning how to mess with the settings on my camera, so these shots aren't great. I am also still very slow with adjusting during different times of the day.  This was worst time of day, so I had to make do.   I'll never get better unless I practice under all lighting conditions!!

View from the top, and a neat shadow

Watching the fishermen

No fish, but he spotted a bird

Jas is coming home this weekend, so maybe we'll head to the Renaissance Fair! Maybe this weekend I will catch a shot of Chase smiling at the camera.  He always looks so serious.  He honestly will giggle and laugh like crazy, until I pick up my camera or phone.  What a bugger!