Double down

Sorry for the lack of posts, but last weekend was a whirlwind of high fevers and general Riley lethargy, and unfortunately, this weekend is no different as Riley woke up(and by waking up I mean at 12am screaming for pretty much 2 1/2 hrs straight)with a nasty double ear infection. Damn nice weather and pollen!!...Our ped. thinks he's got some kickin' allergies which leads to his love of getting ear infections- he's been on allergy meds. for a several weeks now and it seemed to helping, but I guess Riley lost this particular battle. Anyway, so dealing with Sir-Sick-A-Lot and then work (*school is extra busy as the summer approaches and all the teachers scramble to pack in as much info as possible- not to mention, all of the extra-curricular crap that I'm expected to chaperone/attend b/c the weather is gettin' all nicey nice) has deterred our postings about what's going on down here in Brick.

On a side note, we were all in the car last night and were exploring our 'hood a bit and we found out that Brick has a pretty nice "beach" park (complete with sand & river access) nearby- not in walking distance, but the playgrounds looked pretty awesome, so we can't wait to check it out. We knew this place existed and we knew it was close b/c in the summer it is where everyone goes for fireworks as we can hear '
em every time.

In other news...Riley went to his first high school softball game this week (he loved it)and he's been talking up a storm lately. He also ate his first scallop..and he loved it. Food has been a trying issue lately as he seems to be refusing many of his favorites so sometimes we get to the point where as long as he eats SOMETHING, we're happy. Pretzels and cookies for breakfast- why not? We're hoping he's feeling better by tomorrow (The antibiotic usually kicks in pretty good!) as Riley's Cousin Joey turned 5 this week and his big "Tony Hawk" party is tomorrow! yay!

Some recent pics will be up soon as the camera is in Riley's room and he's busy catching some much needed Zzzzz's right now (Wild horses couldn't drag me in his room as I am hoping that he'll sleep through the night tonight)

Anyway, here's a few "old" pics that I never posted..just to tide the 3 people who read this blog over, ha ha ha.

Philly, a few weeks ago:


A few months ago...like 6? Riley's Little Gym Graduation: