First Big Outing

Saturday we took our first big outing together! We were able to venture out as a family and enjoy seeing some sandcastles at the Neptune Festival. Amazingly enough we only left the house 30 minutes later than planned, and that included finding a melted fruit snack in Lor's car seat which involved taking her up to change and getting the car seat cleaned out, so really it would have only been leaving 15 minutes late before that...then we did the drive thru at McDonald's and managed to eat in the car...and yes make sure you take note of how great a sport Grandma is to sit squished in the back with her grand kids...we are just thrilled to know it is possible for an adult to sit back there!

We arrived at the oceanfront and had to take quite a bit of time finding a parking lot with all the traffic. Then came the fun "Um...how do we open this double stroller again???" moment, BUT we eventually got it figured out. We also had to figure out how to strap on the infant seat and then we were on our way. Lorelei was excited to try out a new stroller and sit by her brother. We finally got to the boardwalk by 6:30! Not too bad considering... :) Then Brad, Grandma and Lorelei walked down in the sand to see the castles and I stayed up on the boardwalk with the stroller and tried to catch a glimpse of the castles as much as possible through the crowds of people! Then I found a spot to sit and feed Makin, got lots of "oooos" and "awwwws" from everyone passing by, and then eventually was joined by Brad and later the girls who had been busy playing in the sand with some new friends Lorelei found of course. :) We even ran into the Checks on their way out!

We finally got to our parking and realized it would take FOREVER to get out...so Brad went against BOTH women telling him "no way" and drove over the curb (whatever that thing is they put in front of cars to keep them from going forward??) and took a "dirt road parking lot" way out...have to admit I was thankful for an SUV and husband that decided to do it his way...but its a good thing we didn't have to pay for a tow truck. :)

We topped it off with an ice cream on the way home and then of course late bed time...I forget what time we finally made it home, but would consider it a pretty successful venture!