Well, things are . . . windy. We haven’t been swimming since Sunday due to wind, cold, and extremely rough seas. Instead, we’ve been biking, visiting the nature center, and heading out to the beach in sweats and windbreakers. As I said before, the shore in September is a very different thing, a different type […]

I’ve never been to a beach in September. It’s very different. It’s empty and more peaceful than in the summer, except for the ocean, which is dark and rough. Warmer now than just a few months ago though. The water is often warmer than the air, but again, much too rough for the kids.
But because […]

We are going out of town again. Can you believe it? I can’t. I feel like we have been away so much and just doing doing doing. And here we are, heading out for a week at the shore with my in-laws. I’m not complaining. I mean, who would complain about a week at the […]

We’re back. We survived. When I returned from the wedding no one was crying. One was awake though. Apparently Robby had gone to bed fairly well, but then woke up a few hours later and when I wasn’t there he woke up completely, as though it was a new day or he’d just had a […]

It had been a long while since I’d been swimming in the ocean. Last year when we went to the beach I was very pregnant with Robby. Every time a wave would hit me in the stomach I’d just picture him being bopped in the head, so I didn’t end up going very […]

Greetings from the sunny shores of New Jersey. We’re having a fine trip. The ocean is um, well, it’s kind of closed right now. Something about waves being too big for it to be safe. So yeah, it’s a wee bit hot, you know, on the beach, when we can’t actually […]

Heading out of town soon. No, not to Blogher! In fact, this is the place to come this week if you are incredibly jealous and bitter that you weren’t able to be at Blogher, because I’m going to officially deem that topic off-limits. No, we’re heading “Down the Shore,” as the area […]