The Twins and Seven Presidents

The twins are staying with us for two nights so that their parents can get a little away time and have adult conversations. Yesterday we went to Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch where there is a nice playground and, of course, the ocean. It was very warm at our house, but freezing at the beach with a strong breeze blowing off the ocean. The kids loved the playground and the beach. We hunkered down near some dunes to shelter us from the brunt of the wind, but Timmy and Bridget ran back and forth to the water to bring water to make sand things with the beach toys that we brought. By bedtime, two people were very, very tired and it wasn't the twins.

Today was not as nice as predicted, but while Anne was at the oral surgeon, the twins and I set up a racing car set in the cellar. Two days ago I had lugged the thing up to the attic figuring I wouldn't be needing it for a while. Timmy spotted it up there and kept pestering me to get it working, so I did. After lunch we went to Holmdel Park to take a walk around the lake and to use the new playground at the top of the hill where there is a big climbing dome. We also stopped in to the interpretive center at Longstreet Farm where the kids remembered seeing a cat. The lady there let them see the cat who was in another room resting. Riley (the cat) looked like a larger version of Bootsie (our deceased cat). There were a few sprinkles while we were at the park, but not enough to stop the fun. In the parking lot, a woman was returning to her car with a large collie and Bridget said, "Oh, I love that kind of dog" and called "Hi, doggie" to it. The woman brought it around for the children to pet. She said it loved children, which was obviously true and the kids loved the dog as well.