Meeting Jeff Kinney

We mom's are crazy for our kids. Jeff Kinney, one of Nick's favorite authors, was at a local store today for a book signing. Cabin Fever (the latest in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series) was released today. Two friends and I took our boys to the signing. We were there for about three hours in line and there were at least 300 people in line in front of us. The best part was the parking lot covered in snow for the event on a 65 degree day. The boys got to see all the new snow made on a truck and then it was a huge playground while we waited for our turn. The actual book signing took less than 5 minutes for all three kids but they got to meet the author as well as the 2 actors who play the main characters in the movies.
The slide shows seem to never upload so I'll post just a few pics on the page.

Mom & Dad's Visit November 2011

Mom, Dad and MacTavish came for a New Jersey visit in November. The kids had only two days of school that week due to teacher convention week (which is like a state holiday for the kids). We spent the time not only hanging out, but breaking in the new pool/air hockey table and a few day trips as well. Grammy, Papa and Nick went to the Adventure Aquarium for a special penguin day. We went into Philadelphia for a tour of the US Mint and lunch at a local restauraunt that has incredible cheesesteaks. We took a day trip to Cape May to see the zoo and ocean shore; it was way to cold to swim but the weather was unseasonably warm for November. Papa brought the kids a chess set and Nick has become addicted. It hasn't beat the video games for his attention but several days a week he is asking someone to play a game with him. The dogs got along fabulously as always. Unfortunately, Rob spent most of their visit in Germany on his annual trip but at least it made our time without him go by much quicker. Oh yeah I almost forgot, we celebrated my 40th Birthday with a special dinner at Outback steakhouse.

Halloween

Nick was a gangster for Halloween. Kelsey did not want a costume but went trick or treating with Nick for a little while. Now that the kids have gotten older it is a much more relaxed holiday around here.

Octsnowber

Yes it snowed here on October 30th!!! We only got a messy day filled with rain then snow then back to rain. Some areas west of us in Pennsylvania ended up with a foot of snow but we just had a dusting. The kids were disappointed and I have to say I was too. If Mother Nature is going to send us the white stuff let is be enough to play in. And Rob is ready to break in the snow blower!

Indian Acres Zip Lining & Pumpkin Picking

After all the punkin chunkin we went to the Pumpkin Patch for more fun. This year they added new activities for the kids to try. Nick jumped on the new giant pillow and both kids tried out the zip lines. More pics and videos of course.



Sorry, the video is sideways. I am not sure how to flip it and for some reason I always seem to hold the camera sideways.

Here's Nick acting like a flying squirrel.

Punkin Chunkin

Punkin Chunkin World Championships are held in Delaware in November. A local group competes and so this weekend was a warmup weekend. The kids got to not only see the pumpkins launch out of the air cannon with 50 psi air pressure but they were able to launch one themselves. It was awesome! The crazy thing is that the cannon is capable of launching with 200 psi air pressure. With that much power they could launch it half way to Delaware!
There was also a trebuchet to launch the pumpkins, a bake sale and tshirts sales and raffles. All proceeds are for the ALS foundation. So it was all for a great cause. We got some still pics and the video is of Kelsey & Nick's launch. The pumpkin went way beyond the target of stacked barrels but you can't see the landing on the video.

Ugh!!!

I finally have everything posted and now the slide shows seem to have disappeared. I do not know why the pictures won't show up and I am getting frustrated! I will keep working on it. If you are a facebook friend the most recent pictures of the wedding weekend in Virginia are posted there but for some reason those didn't post to the news feed so you have to go to my wall. Gotta love technology!!!!

I posted this, then went back to the blog and there they were. Maybe they are just taking forever to download. If you are having trouble viewing the pictures, give it several minutes to load.