Laundry Day...well it was laundry day again today at the laundromat. Once again a fun experience. While my clothes were in the dryer, I walked down to the Whale's Tail and sat outside by the bar and drank a beer and had a crabcake. Beech St. already has the summer vibe. It was really fun to be out and about even if I was doing laundry. Yippee! Long Beach is fun. Our neighbors all donned wetsuits today and went surfing. Even with a wetsuit, I would not be surfing (period!) but especially because the water is still COLD. Woowee!

First dinner guest...John and I had our neighbor, John, over last night for roast and wine. His wife, Brona, had to work but came over later. He is a really good guitar player so the 2 Johns had a lot in common. It was a nice evening with lots of stories (and a few tall tales...my John) told.

Cupcakes for everyone! Jacob, Julia and I walked down to the Cabana Mexican Cafe the other night. Kids get to decorate their own cupcakes after dinner. The kids had a ball and spent most of their time eating frosting and sprinkles instead of cupcakes. Ha! We were quite messy.

Big Daddy's Birthday! Here is a picture of Jacob and Big Daddy when we went to celebrate his birthday back in February.

Lotsa hugs...here's a pic from before we left the farm of Jacob and Julia that was on my cell phone. They spend a lot of time loving on each other. Zerberts, especially...

Another beautiful day...went to the park today. Wound up talking to an interesting older woman whose husband is a tugboat driver. She said he did a fireworks show for some office building in Manhattan last night. WOW! They must be doing well. Everyone has been so nice. There is a lady that is at the park a lot when I am. She has a 2 yr old named Chloe that played chalk with us today and then she has twin babies (Michael Jr. and Ava). It is nice to be around long enough now that we are starting to see faces on a regular basis.

Am trying to get Jacob registered for school so am in the process of getting his medical record faxed here to a new doctor's office before we can register. The principal, Mrs. Schneider, at our school gave us a spontaneous tour the other day. That was the first time Jacob had EVER been inside a school. He thought it was WAY cool, especially since the kids were there in class. They had 3 kindergarten classes and we got to see the art room, the cafeteria, the gym, the library, etc. Jacob just sat right down to read a book in the library. Each class in the school is studying a different country of the world. It was really interesting to see what they were doing outside their classrooms. What a fun new world!~!!

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day...it has been raining for 2 1/2 days straight here. Kids have been great but we're all ready to get out of the house. Finally, around 5pm today the rain stopped and we bee-lined it for the park and played for an hour. Hopefully, tomorrow will be pretty and we can do some running around.