Summer of 2019

I have a few more cities left to post about from our United Kingdom summer vacation but before summer is completely gone and fall approaches I want to recap some of our summer fun.

We went for a little weekend getaway with family to Upstate New York to celebrate the 4th of July. We stayed in Corning and went to Watkins Glen to hike through the gorge.. which was simply stunning..

and then went a little further up to the Robert Treman State Park near Ithaca for some swimming..

We did some crafts.. we bought these model planes last summer and never got around to making them.. until now. 

Both of their planes are now hanging in their bedrooms.. 

We also made crystals with borax and pipe cleaners

 

We sailed on the Hudson with friends.. 

We read a lot.. our town library runs a great reading program and the boys get so many goodies after completing certain goals. We hit a nearby book sale as well as spent some birthday money at Barnes and Noble. A friend shared with me booksalefinder.com where you can find book sales near you.

We played a lot of board games.. Monopoly Jr was this summers obsession. And lots of time was spent in the yard.. H finally learnt to ride his bike sans training wheels :)

We tried to explore a bit of our own state and made a trip down to say Hello to Lucy, the elephant. 

She has been standing tall in Margate, New Jersey since 1881.. and her history was much more fascinating than I had expected.

We also made a trip down to Spring Lake as recommended by Debbie of It's All About Purple. To see the sculpture lined downtown. It was a small quaint downtown.. so quaint everything was closed on a Thursday evening. There were 16 sculptures made by J Seward Johnson III who was known for his sculptures of everyday people and H insisted to pose with every single one.  

and we ended the trip with the Godzilla of all desserts at the Coney Waffle in Belmar

and now the kids have gone back to school, both riding the bus together.. we are still working out our routine.. getting the hang of things.. 

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