Hurricane Bill and Jake News

My baby boy has done a lot of growing up this summer. Tonight he lost his first tooth!
(Memere, Pepere & Nonni...this picture is for you.)

Hurricane Bill skirted the East coast this weekend. We were very fortunate to have beautiful weather with some fantastic surf to check out.

The waves were BIG and the surf was STRONG. You did not have to venture out far to catch a wave. The beach was packed and you could hear the pounding of the waves and the laughter of everyone enjoying being tossed about. Everyone but Jake went in and it was soooo much fun. Poor Jake has been sidelined with an end of summer cold and ended up taking a nap on the beach.

Phil and Matt getting ready to boogie board.

Matt, Phil and Josh in the surf. The pictures do not capture the size of the waves.

Waves upon waves crashing in.

Matt showing off his hurricane moves.

This last picture is right as we were leaving the beach. They officially closed the beach at high tide. The tide(without the storm) was to be the highest tide of the month and with the storm surge it was extra high. Matt is posing at the entrance to the beach. Notice the benches on either side of him and the water mark on the sand where the waves were coming to rest! Shortly after we left we heard that they told everyone left standing on the beach that they had to go too. It was quite something to see.

About a week and half ago Jake hit another milestone. As I was out back to school and baby shopping Phil took the boys to Tennis. As the story goes another 5 year old girl made fun of Jake's training wheels. He was beyond mad and told Phil that he was taking them off as soon as he got home! Phil called me and filled me in. I didn't think he was ready balance wise but boy was I wrong. Here is what happened:

The training wheels were taken off. Phil gave Jake a running push.

Phil ran next to him for a few steps

And off he went!

And he kept going and going and going. Thats it, 1 push and he was done. Way to go Jake!!! We are so proud of you.

P.S. Jake rode his bike to the candy shop the next morning and guess who he saw. Yup, the girl who made fun of his bike. He sat proudly on his bike and let the girl take a good long look at his 2 wheel bike. The look on his face was priceless.