Dylan is 5

Someone is having a great birthday weekend.  

He loves his transformers

He also had a karate birthday party which was a big hit

 Yep, he is a karate kid

 And Sean was there to get into some trouble....

 We had a bumblebee cake

 AND an optimus prime cake

 This is his friends from school - they really loved it.

 There was some brotherly love during the cake and singing portion

 Dylan got to cut the cake with the Samurai sword

Dylan the Ring Master

Dylan was the ring master (he decided that he was the 'master', not just the ring bearer) in a wedding this weekend.  I posted these on facebook, but in case you aren't checking....

Here's Dylan with the ladies

 He was in love with the flower girl

 Sean was trying to get in on the love fest

 he was a third wheel

 Dylan and the bride

 He was nervous all week, but he made it down the aisle perfectly!

 Loved the attention the whole way!

 The best we could do for a family shot - not easy these days!

Adventures in Camden

The Aquarium is actually worth the trip into one of the worst cities in the US.

 Sean was very excited about the sharks

 Sean wanted to get his face painted like a frog

 the frog prince:

 monkey see....monkey do...

 this was a little bubble they could put their heads right in the tank...we couldn't get dylan out.

 Nemo

 the hippos!

 Sean was totally loving the exhbit below.  You are in a dark room and the jellyfish kind of glow - it was really cool.

 shark tank

 "Sean, I will save you from the sharks"  (Saving = toss you on the floor)

 This tank was amazing

 The stingray look like such happy little guys

 loved that turtle

it was a great day in camden!

Hitting the Street

So even though it was downpouring as we drove we decided to try to make Sesame Place work yesterday.

It was bright and sunny when we finally got there

 We saw Abby

 and of course elmo

 Then we got to go in the back before the parade and see lots of people.  Here is Rosita

 Big Bird

 Murray

 and count -about this time the sky broke open and we had to run for it.

 We hid under the photo booth for about 10 minutes then decided to just go for it.  We covered the kids in the stroller and made the mad dash.  No water ride could have gotten us this soaked!  (Meanwhile Dylan thinks that was the best part)

Point Pleasant

I deleted some old posts and that seems to have allowed me more room - which is good b.c I have a lot to share this week!

Last night we went down to pt pleasant to ride some rides.  Dylan LOVES rides

 We ran into his buddy Hailey - they were unstoppable getting on everything

 Sean even got to go on a firetruck

oops

well, apparently the free photo storage on the blog is full.  so I'm not able to share more pics until I figure out how to fix it.  stay tuned.

JURASSIC PARK

Today we took a day trip to Jurassic Park!  (Or Field Station Dinosaurs in Secaucus)

As you approach the dinosaurs they roar and move their heads.  

 This guy is over 90 feet long. He was no joke.

 NYC in the background makes for interesting dinosaur pictures