Cape May

Erica and the kids had a nice little visit to Cape May to see Gemma and Papa this week. We took in the sights, including the Cape May Point Light House, the local nature center, some sandy beach time, delicious seafood, and a bit of shopping in the pedestrian mall in the village.

Quinn’s second tooth, next to the first one on the bottom, is just breaking through. She is still working out how to crawl – she knows it involves the back legs, tries moving one around, then collapses and starts over. Declan keeps showing her, which is pretty funny. She loves her ever-expanding world of solids and can’t get enough plain yogurt, Mommy’s stew, or Gemma’s homemade soup. We tried giving her the whole egg, instead of just the yolk, and that didn’t work out as well. She got a little blotchy around her mouth and puked a couple of times.

Declan is in that stage where he’s both highly imaginative as well as totally literal. I feel like all of those expressions and idioms I use without even thinking about them are called into question constantly. While we were eating our dinner with the Salerno’s at the Lobster House in Cape May one night, I’d mentioned in the conversation something about “missing the boat.” Declan looked around at the boats nearby, then looked back and me and kept asking, “Missing what boat, mommy? You’re not missing any boats….”

I’m looking forward to teaching Sunday School this year for the 3-5 year olds, and continuing to do Toddler Church about once a month or so on an alternating schedule. That starts next week, and I’m excited about implementing more of the Montessori Godly Play format with the kids.

Mike’s been working hard on all fronts – at the office as well as at home. This weekend he did some grading in the side yard so we can have a grassy lawn area instead of gravel right next to the house.

Have a great week!

Visiting the antique Cape May fire truck