Maine/New Hampshire

We took a short four day vacation with my parents this past week. We went to Bar Harbor (Ba Haba) Maine and then Pittsburg, New Hampshire. While in Bar Harbor we went to Acadia National Park and on a Schooner boat ride. The park and the views were awesome. There was a park loop that we drove with spots to take pictures. Cailyns favorite part was Thunder Hole. At high tide the water rushes in and makes a thunderous boom followed by a woosh gubush as Cailyn says. John enojoyed Cadillac Mountain at sun rise. My favorite part was the Schooner ride on the water and watching my dad and John help raise the sails.
Then we headed off to Pittsburg to hopefully find moose and look at the fall foliage. John chose this location b/c the nickname is "Moose Alley and it was recommended from a local yocal on one of his work trips." Tip from this trip is to take a map when using a GPS. Our GPS took us into Canada (Oops not planning on leaving the country). We had no id for Cailyn but luckily they let us back into the States. John's ID may have helped a little. After they checked our licenses the boys and Cailyn used the bathrooms at the check point. For those of you who know John Canada was not in the plan so we could not stop to take a picture or use a bathroom because we told the Canadian border patrol we were going right back to the US. We stayed in a quaint little cabin that could sleep up to 7. We would have enjoyed staying longer and may go back sometime. On the last day of our trip we got up early to look for moose. We saw two girl mama moose as Cailyn says. We were all a little disappointed not to see a male but feel we are lucky to have seen any moose. There were people staying at the cabins that didn't see any either. The trip was a lot of fun and Cailyn was an excellent traveler.







Thunder Hole
Moose 1Moose 2

Our four legged visitor

John saw this circling Kaya this morning when she was outside. Kaya just barked at it. John had to go get Kaya and I took some pictures. When John got Kaya in the house he took some more pictures.

Quick weekend visit

We were in STL from Saturday morning until 6:00 this morning for a reception. It was truly a fast and furious weekend. We left our house at 3:45 Am on Saturday morning arriving in STL at 9:00 having a quick breakfast with family. A few friends came by to visit for a bit and then off to see Brandon and Carole and meet Micah. We had a nice dinner and got to catch up a little. Sunday morning we went to the zoo early so we wouldn't have to pay for the children's zoo. We met up with some friends we missed at Christmas(and some of my family), went home to change then off John's parents then to Melissa's reception at Emerson Park. Cailyn had a blast on the swings and play ground. After the reception we of course had to go to Fritz's for ice cream. Then back up at 4:00 this morning to get back to Jersey for the first day of school tomorrow.

Cailyn's First Fair

We took Cailyn to her first County Fair today. She had a great time. She really wanted to pet the camel but he was laying down and she couldn't reach him. She enjoyed watching Josh and Farrah ride an elephant. She rode her first pony which she Loved. We actually ran into some of her friends from gymnastics! That is pretty much the first time we have run into anyone we have known here. Cailyn played a game and won a prize all by herself! We ate junk and walked around. Cailyn's favorite part was the petting zoo area and winning her purple monkey. Even though it was 83 it was HOT. The fair was in an open field with a bright sun, no trees and no breeze it felt like it was about 98.

Lions, Tigers, and Bears OH MY Take Two

John was working in the yard today with Kaya before going to work and this is what came walking down the street stopping in the neighbors yards. It never came into our yard but if John hadn't been here I'm sure it would have. Kaya went berserk which she hasn't done when we have been inside and heard them outside rummaging through the trash cans.

Lions, Tigers, and BEARS oh my!

Cailyn's daycare has had some visitors every day for about the last mont. A momma bear has discovered the dumpster and is using it as a buffet for her cubs. Cailyn's class is right next to the dumpster and has a glass emergency exit door. The kids see the bears before the teachers.

Here is a conversation between myself and Cailyn on the way to school on Monday. She insisted on having a waffle and cereal for breakfast.

C: giggle giggle giggle

M: What's so funny?

C: Me

M: Why?

C: Me waffle mamma bear!

M: Are you planning to feed your waffle to the Mamma Bear?

C: YES!!! GIGGLE GIGGLE GIGGLE!

So the next day I take Cailyn to school and Ms. Steph (Cailyn's teacher) tells me the" cutest story". Apparently Cailyn took two bites of her waffle, grabbed Ms. Steph's hand, dragged her to the trashcan, put her waffle in the trash, and told Ms. Steph it was for the Mamma Bear! So they humored Cailyn and took the trash out. They did not tell Cailyn the bear had already come that day. So they waited a while and then said "Oh Cailyn we missed the bear but look she got your waffle!" She thought she was the Queen for the rest of the day telling everyone she fed the bears! I have tried unsuccessfully to get Cailyn to tell me about the bears on the video camera but she won't as soon as I turn it on she stops talks.

So here are some pictures of Cailyns BEARS!

These pictures were all taken from Cailyn's classroom door.

The Shore

We took Tyler and my mom Down the Shore(as they say it here) yesterday. It took about an hour to get to Sandy Hook beach. We all had a good time. Cailyn wasn't afraid of the sand this time and actually liked the waves crashing into us. John and Cailyn enjoyed burrying Tyler in the sand. It was a beautiful day.