Sunday, August 23, 2009

Down the shore

We are back from two weeks at the New Jersey shore- the first week in Wildwood and the second in Cape May. Wildwood was unbelievably tacky, complete with lewd tee-shirts and fried oreos on a stick. Cape May was its usual darling Victorian era self. In Cape May, we were with the friends we always vacation with. Aaron's love, Elle, was right across the street. Don't think he forgot it for a moment. He asked for her every second of the day. The other big bonus of Cape May was that Aaron spent the week with his uncle Jimmy. Unfortunately for Jim, Aaron can't say his name, and calls him "Mimmy". So did everyone else. We had a good time, but we are all glad to be home. What follows are random pictures from the trip.


Getting ready to bring mommy to Wildwood:

On the beach in Wildwood after bravely trying the water for the first time:

First mini-meltdown of the day:

Aaron discovered he could play ring around the rosy by himself by using the umbrella's pole as an axle. He is happy to skip the lyrics up to "ashes, ashes, we all fall down!"





Aaron and Mike on the boardwalk:

Aaron is unable to resist saying "CHEESE" when anything is pointed toward him. Sometimes, it is even a camera.




Aaron helping me pack by wearing many hats

Being coy at lunch:

With uncle Mimmy:

On the Cape May beach:


With Ciara, Aidan and Riley in a hole:

By himself in a hole:

Making calls:






Sunday, August 9, 2009

Kicked off the island

I was at work on August 7th and my blackberry message light began to blink. I picked it up and saw that there was a new message from the Mommy group. Imagine my surprise when I read this:

You have been removed from XXXXXX.

The person who removed you, XXXX, said:
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The Organizer has removed you from the group because you
haven't been active in the group.
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Wow. My first thought: I was right. I can't even make friends in a totally artificial way that only involves showing up to things other people organize. My second thought: fuck them!! As previously blogged about, I tried to go to a meet up but couldn't find the people with whom I was to meet! I work full time, damn it, and if I can't make their outings at a good enough rate, I don't want to be part of their little group. Good god!

No longer angry, I am just kind of amused by the whole thing. I was booted from a toddler group. I didn't hit or bite anyone. I didn't take anyone else's toy. I was too shy. When I was a toddler, I would have been the one who played with the shy girl. What ever happened to that toddler?