3rd Birthday
4th Birthday
It's Been A Great 5 Years Little Man, I've never met anyone like you!
3rd Birthday
4th Birthday
It's Been A Great 5 Years Little Man, I've never met anyone like you!
He loved dressing up as Iron Man...we had to make sure he had layers on underneath his costume, because as he told me, "Mommy, Iron Man doesn't wear a coat!"
Day 2
We woke up to even colder wind and it was still raining. We had continental breakfast at the hotel and then headed to Ludlam's Beach Lighthouse. It is currently privately owned and a society is raising money to move it to a new location and fix it up. The location was hard to find, and the flood waters were rising. When we got there we had to walk over a plank and cinder blocks to get into the house...I kid you not...this trip started taking on extreme vacation characteristics. Then we got inside and it was weird because people actually live there, unlike the other lighthouses we visited.
We had to go through other flooding areas to get out of there, and headed to the Cape May County Historical Museum to see a fresnel lens that they have in a barn there. We trekked through the mud, and then headed to Hereford Lighthouse where we got turned around a bit because roads were closed because of flooding. We got there and enjoyed seeing it, since Hereford and our next stop the Cape May Lighthouse are the lighthouses we have visited for years. We quickly walked the gardens while bracing ourselves against the wind, drove to Cape May Lighthouse, and then headed on to East Point, my Mom's favorite lighthouse. Located at the southernmost tip of NJ, the wind whipped around us, bitterly trying to break us....we kept on. We moved on to Finns Point and Tinicum Lighthouses, and at that point we had finished the challenge! Mom bought us t-shirts, and we raced (within the speed limit) back to Reading to meet my brother and nephew for dinner...and guess what decided to make an appearance? THE SUN! Ahh well, the weather made it interesting, and it definitely added to the challenge!
The next day it was with heavy hearts and tears that we left for home. Before we left, I visited with my Pop, who has now been gone a year and a half. Still can't believe he's gone. I see his name on the marker, but part of me can't believe it. We talked about how crazy he would have thought we were, driving all over the state of New Jersey and freezing our butts off...I hope wherever he is, we gave him a good laugh. I know one thing, I'm glad we did it...you never know when you'll get the chance to do something crazy like that again. We saw some cool sights, froze together, and bonded...you can't ask for much more than that!



Sorry the photos aren't too great, I had Hubby quickly take these before we left for a trip to the beach. I really wanted this project behind me. The project itself almost looks crooked in the photos, but that's the price you pay for not having a professional photographer ;) We had a nice weekend, and tomorrow crazy-hectic begins again! Thankfully I have some knitting to work on if things get really crazy.