Yes you are reading correctly, we just got back from yet another summer vacation (we deserve it, dammit!). This time it was with my people on the coast of the beautiful state of New Jersey (I just volley them up). We stayed at an unbelievable beach-front condo in Sea Isle City with my parents and a spattering of other visiting family members. In typical Zoekat blog style, I will resort to my top ten list, used only for vacation posts, but first a house update; we had a friend of mine and her husband come by to look at the house last night and received positive feedback. . . fingers crossed.
10. Rules for flying with a toddler are simple: 1. Buy them a seat 2. Fly direct 3. Reserve an entire carry on for graham crackers.
9. No matter how much I want the Himalaya ride, found frequently on Jersey boardwalks, to be as exciting as my childhood memories think it is, it just isn't. However, I did remember to sit on the inside.
8. But Mack and Mancos pizza will always be the same.
7. Even shore houses have timeout spots.
6. Zoe loves the beach but is cautious about the water. That is quite possibly because the ocean water found in New Jersey is about 50 degrees colder than the ocean water found in Georgia.
5. Kayaking isn't as difficult as it seems, that is unless you risk life and limb by crossing the wake zone boat channel to get to the island with the ice cream vessel.
4. I don't want to say it, but I have to; Mike and my mom beat me and my dad at pinochle. Happy?
3. Too many bottles of wine makes for meteor sitings and daring police shootouts.
2. Mike and my dad build sand castles with the skill and focus of structural engineers; taking into consideration sand firmness, tidal charts and destructive toddlers.
1. Hopefully next year this vacation will be repeated with just a short drive. You're right, mom, we should have stayed until Labor Day.
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