The White House

On Thursday, Quinn and I met Robin and her boys at Longstreet Farm. It\’s a historic farm that is still worked. There are gardens, fields, and animals. It was a beautiful setting and we enjoyed checking out the animals, a picnic, and then some time on the playground.

First we were off to see the chicken coop. There were a couple of turkeys and roosters walking around that the boys found pretty interesting.

Here are the guys checking out the young chickens at the back of the coop.

Then it was on to the pigs. Here\’s Quinn and Milo getting a peak at the pigs. Our timing was great because a litter of about a dozen little piglets were born a couple of weeks ago.

Here are the little piglets nursing with their very tired mama. The piglets were climbing all over each other and making quite a rucous but the mama never moved an inch.

Quinn hanging out in the field.

It was fun for Quinn to see all these animals in person that we read about in books. He thought it was pretty great!

Today Quinn and I joined a big group of mamas and babies for a day at the beach — Avon by the Sea. There were maybe 35 of us there and we had a great time. The weather was perfect and Quinn loved playing in the sand and with buckets of water. He ventured in the ocean up to his waist but wasn\’t so sure about the current. I thought the water felt nice especially on a warm day.

I met a couple of new moms including another Amy and her daughter Abbie, who happens to share the same birthdate as Quinn. Amy and Abbie live fairly close to us in Westfield so we hope to see them again. Here\’s Abbie feeding Quinn some grapes.

And the little man checking it all out.

Another mom brought a small inflatable kiddy pool (very clever!). We filled it with water and the kids had a great time. There were about 5 – 6 toddlers about Quinn\’s age. Here he is with Joaquin who is a couple of months older than Q.

And playing with the sand.

Lola (I think) is hanging out in the pool while Quinn looks on.

Here\’s the whole gang with all our beach umbrellas!

Quinn and I had a great week in Maryland last week. We headed south to celebrate Mom\’s birthday. Pam cooked a great birthday dinner and mom was surrounded by family 🙂 I\’m not sure Quinn knew exactly what was going on with the cake and candles.

Pam and I headed to the mall on Tuesday for some lunch, shopping, and then playing in the kids play area.

Quinn had a great time playing in the yard…

…and riding in the wagon (he preferred to be chauffered around).

All the Cantelo grandkids must have their picture taken in the cherry (?) tree at the bottom of the driveway.