July 4th Weekend

I was one of the lucky ones that was able to be off of work on Friday, July 3rd to have a 3 day weekend. Boy did we pack alot in that weekend. The weekend started Thursday night with our monthly Mother's Night Out aka MNO. If you've read my blog in the past, you know that we have a GREAT group of families that all have something in common, we're adoptive parents. The Moms try to get together every month for dinner. Whoever can make it makes it and it's always a good time. This month we went to On The Border. We had great food, good drinks and adult conversation. Here are a couple of pictures. Gina, Jen, Kathy, me and I don't know what happened but the picture with Deb in it got deleted. I'm sorry Deb.

On Friday, Emma & I went to Sesame right when they opened at 10:00 and stayed until 5:00. This is the 4th year that we've had tickets and the first time that we were there for 7 hours. I couldn't believe it. Emma also said that as soon as we got there, she was going on the Vapor Trail. Super Grover's roller coaster. She has told me this every time we have gone but never did. So, as soon as we waited to get through the gate, we went right to the Vapor Trail waited in line and then she said she changed her mind. No big deal, when she's ready, she'll let me know. I myself didn't care because I'm not crazy about coasters or rides that have a big plunge.

For it being Friday of July 4th weekend, the crowds weren't so bad. She went on the Merry-go-round, the bouncy thingy, the pit where the blocks are and the climbing wall. We then had lunch and for those that have never been, I brought a soft cooler that was probably 15x15 with sandwiches, water, juice boxes grapes, blueberries and ice paks and the Sesame staff didn't have a problem with it. My problem is that Sesame never has enough staff working any of the cafe'. There food isn't half bad but you could honestly stand in line for an hour before getting waited on but anyways. We then went to the water part of the park and went in the wading pools and Ernies water works. Sesame has a new area based on Count Dracula but Emma didn't want to go in. At 4:30 we decided to leave. I had Emma in her stroller at this point, we went through the gate and on our way to the parking lot and Emma says, "I want to go on the Roller coaster". I could tell that she was serious so, we went back into the park (we have season passes so it wasn't a big deal). Got in line and went on. She LOVED it so much that we went on a second time. I was so proud of her. Of course, I have no pictures because it was just the two of us. But, what a great day.

On Saturday, we all went to Ventnor City, NJ and stayed at Hannah's Hotel. Gunner, Kim and Hannah are another adoptive couple that moved from PA to VA to NJ and we are so happy that they have moved closer to us. They invited us down for the night and we had a blast. We went to the beach and the girls played and played and played for about five hours. The water, the sand, the company and the weather was perfect. We couldn't have asked for a better day. We went back to the house and had Kim's famous secret recipe hamburgers and macaroni salad. It was delicious. We were gonna head down to Ocean City to the boardwalk and fireworks but we were all exhausted. We saw the fireworks from their balcony and it was great, no traffic and no crowds. Kim made a delicious pancake and sausage breakfast Sunday morning and then we headed back home to catch up on laundry and rest before we started the work week. Thank you Gunner, Kim and Hannah, we had a great time.