For the first time since early June we had a weekend at home, without guests and that everyone was healthy…or at least not in the hospital! It was awesome to just be able to enjoy our house and friends leisurely for the whole weekend; a seriously underrated experience!
On Friday Andrew and I went to the library after school to get some new books to read. We filled up his library bag, said hi to the fish and headed home for some reading. I LOVE that he loves books!
On Saturday morning we headed to the Turtle Back Zoo. Andrew said his favorites were riding the train (of course not see the animals we paid to visit…), seeing the giraffes and the ‘cave’ aka climbing through the prairie dog exhibit (again, not seeing the prairie dogs, just climbing through a hole). Teddy of course was happy as a clam to be pushed around through the whole thing.
On Sunday afternoon we went Jockey Hollow, my favorite park, to go hiking and ‘explore.’ I wanted to capitalize on Andrew’s excitement from last week’s walk and this trip didn’t disappoint. We walked the mile long (Andrew did it all himself!) Primrose trail that criss-crossed a little creek several times. Andrew LOVED walking on the trails by himself, crossing the bridges and putting his hands in the water. And when he got tired he’d say ‘I need a break’ and sit down on a rock for a few minutes. And again, Teddy was happy as a clam being carried through the whole experience!
PS- We had two(!) presidential moments this weekend. Trump spends his summer weekends at his golf course in Bedminster, NJ. This is LITERALLY the next town over and all of 2 minutes from the boys’ pediatrician. So on Saturday we saw Air Force 1 parked at the local airport on the way to the zoo. And on Sunday evening we saw 3 marine helicopters, aka Marine 1, fly overhead as the president flew back to his plane. The choppers LITERALLY flew over our property, no exaggeration. If Trump looked out the window there is no doubt he’d see our family playing in the yard. I’ll keep my personal politics off the blog but it’s still crazy to see the President of the United States fly right over your house!