we have an astonishing number of pictures like this.
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wordless wednesday: two wheeler!!!
beach week
daddy’s little helper
Its not unusual to hear Colin tearing through the house yelling, “I need my tool box! Hang on a minute! I need my tool box!”
This means that Daddy got his tool box out to fix something. And Colin needs to be his “big helper” and be “just wike Daddy!”
I love it.
lunch at beach plum farm
One of the highlights of the Mom Blogger weekend in Cape May was getting to see Beach Plum Farm. Beach Plum Farm is owned by the Cape Resort group and provides their Cape May restaurants with fresh produce. Love. Love. LOVE. I am such a Localvore, this commitment to the Farm-to-Table concept just won me over completely. I so admire their commitment to this – I wish more restaurants were! So, instead of a wordless wednesday, here are a few of my favorite pictures of the weekend.
Planted with summer crops like blueberries, asparagus, tomatoes and strawberries, along with a large perennial herb garden, the certified organic farm already supplies Cape Resorts Group’s restaurants with close to their 50% of seasonal produce. The Ebbitt Room’s chef, Lucas Manteca, looks forward to expanding with chickens and pigs next year.
Due to guests’ enthusiasm for the farm, organized bike tours are offered twice weekly in addition to the picnics, which hotel guests can reserve through the concierge for groups of six or more.
herb garden
harvesting asparagus for our lunch
Speaking of lunch… this meal… this meal… (Hang on. Let me close my eyes and imagine I’m back there….) One of the best meals I’ve ever eaten. In my top 10 for sure. Chef Lucas turned some fresh produce from the farm into a feast.
isn't it gorgeous?
oh, yum. words cannot describe....
Disclosure: This trip was sponsored by Cape Resort group and The Motherhood. I was provided with meals, accommodations and a spa treatment in order to appreciate the Congress Hall experience. All opinions are my own.
wordless wednesday: the garden! its working!
gone fishin’
take a hike
The first day of camping, we went on a hike to see a waterfall. The kids were such troopers. Colin was in a terrible mood when we started. We were all of ten feet into the woods and he was crying that he was tired. (I was being a very sensitive mom, saying things like, “If we can still see the parking lot, you are not allowed to be tired!” but others had more sympathy and carried him until he stopped being grumpy.)
It was so, so green. And peaceful. (When Colin wasn’t whining, at least.)
So gorgeous.
There was so much to see… As soon as we got to the river, Colin decided not to be grumpy anymore and was such fun.
I love, love, love that she took the log across the river – not the bridge. This is one reason I love her so much.
When the water got a little deep or too fast moving for Colin, he hitched a ride.
But he got braver and braver as the hike went on. (I literally had to stop him from jumping in the river at the waterfall.)
and we made it!! Gorgeous and totally worth it!
Go take a hike.
