Written by Dad…
So Mommy is letting me take a crack at updating Gracie cakes, I’m really excited. The day we wanted to talk about was last Friday August 7th 2009. It was another typical day for me, working from home instead of commuting to Jersey City like I do the rest of the week. I always love days at home because I’m close to my 3 favorite girls in the whole wide world (as I love to say to Sarah & Livi.) It was a gorgeous summer day, low 80’s, no clouds, absolutely one of those great weather days. I was unhappy at first having to work all day when I would much rather have spent the day doing fun things with the girls. Once 5 O’Clock rolled around I was anxious to get outside and do something fun before the day was gone forever. The girls had an early dinner so I suggested a trip to the beach just for a little outdoor fun in the sand. The girls loved it!! They took off their shoes, played in the sand, made little sandcastles with a bucket that really resembled a big pile of wet sand, but they were ecstatic just the same. They kept walking around ( and away from us from time to time) just to explore a little. After some fun in the sand, we put them in their strollers and took a short walk on the boardwalk & got them some ice cream, which they also loved!! (big surprise!!) As we strolled back towards the car they watched the other people walking/jogging on the boardwalk, spotted the playground which we craftily avoided their immediate “Can we go on the swing/slide” questions with the parental standard “sorry, its getting dark & time for the swing/slide to go night night :)” On the way they were absolutely giddy in their car seats making all kinds of funny gutteral noises & cracking each other up. It was all I could do to keep from laughing and running the car off the road. All in all, it was the best 2 hours of my day. They may not remember it when they get older, but its one I won’t forget.