East Coast Quick Trip Pt. 2

After camping, the boys and I embarked on our next trip: Philadelphia and Long Beach Island, NJ.


We stayed Friday night with our friends the Abrams. They have three kids: Oliver is going into 9th grade, Evan is going into 7th grade, and Josie is going into 4th grade. However, they all are very nice with Maceo and Cassius. Cassius was especially interested in Evan. For example, he asked Evan to ride in our car back from the pool to the house. And Evan seemed to like the attention. Upon arrival, for lunch, Stefan made smashburgers, which Maceo really liked. Cassius ate peanut butter on bread. We went to their swimming pool and had a great time, though the swim test to use the big slide and the diving board was too stringent for the boys to try. They also enjoyed wrestling in the muddy mulch near the jungle gym during adult swim. For dinner, Maceo tried a traditional Philly Italian sub. He didn't really like it. Cassius had peanut butter on bread.

The kids took over the lunch table.

500 is the rage at our house, but luckily
it's a universal game and all kids know it.

 In the morning, Maceo and Cassius watched Oliver and Evan play Fortnite, a video game that is super popular. We walked down to the street to play at the local park.

Swinging Party at the playground down the street.

The plan had been to leave pretty early to go to the beach. Stefan and Liz were planning on taking their kids to summer camp in New Jersey. However, the summer camp had been inundated with water after recent storms and was closed, so the kids were all hanging out. And that meant that Cassius and Maceo wanted to hang out with them. So we didn't leave until 12 or so!

Which left time for one more smashburger. Cassius had apples and bananas with peanut butter and watermelon and bread.