The Kane's took a little vacation last week. One of my coworkers was extremely kind to us and allowed us to use their little house down by the shore for 3 days for free....which was fantastic. The house was about a mile away from Sea Isle City, so it wasn't right on the shore, but we were okay with that. Our goal was to get out of Levittown for a while for a couple of days away from everything. It was a very nice trip...we really had a good, relaxing time...aside from Christopher being a complete disaster for much of the trip (mostly when we went out to eat). (For the record, Christopher and I had a few "come to Jesus" meetings...which were effective at least in short-term situation....which was nice.) He did have some fun though. I, being the person I am, forgot to pack the digital camera, so we were unfortunately relegated to using my cell phone and a Kodak disposable camera....we eked out some pictures of two of the highlights of the trip. We did a lot more, but its very hard for me to get pictures on my cell phone sometimes...I really need to be able to manipulate both hands freely and, with Christopher on the loose, that's pretty much impossible. It was a good time and we did a lot of neat stuff, which was cool and very much needed.
AT THE BEACH
Christopher and Mommy
The ocean taunting Christopher, and Christopher retaliating with a frisby
A couple of nice scenic-type shots with the cell phone
AT THE FREE ZOO
Cape May, NJ, located at the southern-most tip of the New Jersey shore, has a free zoo...its actually about 5 or 6 miles north of Cape May city. If you're ever down there for any reason, its actually a very impressive zoo for being free-of-charge. They do ask for a $1.00 donation, but that is it. Definitely worth it...but, again, only if you're in that area in the first place. Now on to the story.
Again, unfortunately, I didn't have an opportunity to effectively take cell phone shots so we were stuck using the Kodak disposable camera...which, as anyone who's used one knows...is kind of hit-or-miss depending on environmental variables. Colleen, who, by the way, is 8 months (and some change) pregnant, couldn't be much help with Christopher as she was having a hard time ambulating. She was a trooper throughout though...no worries. About an hour into the zoo excursion, Christopher began another volcano-esque melt-down. Before that went down we got to see the lion and watch him roar at the crowd, some tamarins (Golden Lion and Cottontop types) jumping around their cages...which he really loved), an aviary...he wasn't a fan, and a bunch of other animals. He had the most fun feeding the goats, and, of course, it was the only activity at the zoo where we could bust out any sort of workable shots...
Again, unfortunately, I didn't have an opportunity to effectively take cell phone shots so we were stuck using the Kodak disposable camera...which, as anyone who's used one knows...is kind of hit-or-miss depending on environmental variables. Colleen, who, by the way, is 8 months (and some change) pregnant, couldn't be much help with Christopher as she was having a hard time ambulating. She was a trooper throughout though...no worries. About an hour into the zoo excursion, Christopher began another volcano-esque melt-down. Before that went down we got to see the lion and watch him roar at the crowd, some tamarins (Golden Lion and Cottontop types) jumping around their cages...which he really loved), an aviary...he wasn't a fan, and a bunch of other animals. He had the most fun feeding the goats, and, of course, it was the only activity at the zoo where we could bust out any sort of workable shots...
Above was the orginal goat that Christopher was feeding. Everything was all good until the big bully showed up and pushed the little guy off to the side. When the goat was queried he replied, "Its not my fault being the biggest and the strongest".
The beach vacation looks fabulous! We're taking one of our own in a couple of weeks, and I think Coop will LOVE it! I'll show him Christopher's pictures for inspiration!
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