Day Tripping

We had a great busy weekend. Saturday night we went out for sushi with my brother, his fiance and two of their friends. Jack is a huge fan of edamme, I couldn't peel them fast enough for him. Afterwards we hit up Hoffmans for some delish ice cream, Jacks also a big fan, just like mommy! Yesterday was the Memorial Day BBQ at Steves uncles house. The day great, Jack had his first dip in a real pool and loved it. We got him one of those floats with the canopy, his is a frog... so cute! He loved playing with everyone in the water, splashing and laughing... it was adorable! Family, good food and fun in the sun... a good day! Today Steve and I took Jack to the reservoir for a bike ride, it was hot and painful at times but it really does feel great at the end (going to try to make it a more frequent thing) and Jack fell asleep while in tow. Felt so bad having to wake him up, looking so cute in his piggie helmet! Afterwards we picked up some lunch to bring with us to Monmouth Park for Jacks first outing to the horse races. We lost, of course, but it was a fun day out. So this is what got me thinking.... we need to make it a priority to plan these day trips for the three of us to spend good ole fashined family time together....

So here are a few things on my list of things to check out...

*Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia (thank you Nikki)
*Allaire state park for a picnic and train ride
*Maybe do a ferry ride into the city and do something, not sure what yet
*Cape May for the zoo and walking around town for the afternoon
*Maybe Storybook Land (not sure if hes too young and it may be best to wait for next year)

Ok so thats all I have for the moment... I'll gladly take some suggestions if you have any. Its funny and sad how fast the weeks go by and sometimes we are so wrapped up in everything work, or house maintenance that we forget to take the time to go out and do fun things just the three of us... to forget about the laundry piling up and everything else that will still be there the next day to be done... I want to make sure that Jack experiences all sorts of things and though he may not remember it I do think that he can learn and just plain old has fun while its happening... these are the important moments... and hey we'll have plenty of pictures to show him so he knows of all the fun things we did together as a family.

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Here are a couple books about Day Trips in NJ and surrounding areas...