Madd Max Has A Seaside Heights Day

Ant Uncle made pancakes in the am.

 

Pancake taco.

Family beach time.

Cousins in the water.

Cousins on the beach.

The boardwalk. 

And a boardwalk lunch.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, a nap.

Ant Uncle, Aunt Tara, Maddie, Sonia and Clara hit up the waterpark, and could be seen - and heard - from the front porch of the airbnb.

Slappy Has A Boardwalk Evening

Dusk surf.

Niece hang time.

Getting ready for the swings.

Cousins.

Sibs.

And the claw.

Madd Max Arrives In Seaside Heights

Oysters and bonding.

Bracelet making and working all the way on the right.

Family dinner!

Madd Max Goes Climbing

 

Breakfast at Nevada Diner with Larie.

 

Max liked climbing with Simon so much that he requested a session with his Bloomfield cousins.

 

Cousin climbing.

 

Followed by the traditional Rita's.

An fun evening of Six and dinner with Leon.

Madd Max Has A NJ/NY Day

Bagels Abroad as per tradition.

 

A stop at Michaels as Clara is currently into making bracelets.

Lunch at Central Park.

Maddie's fav - lamb halal.

The fam met up with Mimi and Dozee for the NASA Space Explorers 3D experience.

Chocolate chip cookie making with Clara.

Dinner with Dr. Kerry, followed by the traditional walk.

 

At home, cousins on their devices.

Madd Max College Tours Poughkeepsie

Vassar looked a little mini Harry Potter.  Jess dug it.

 

Max dug the reclining lecture seating.

Then it was time to pick up Madd and Sam for lunch.

 

At the Culinary Institute of America's cafe.

Where there were fancy desserts.

After dropping Madd (to read) and Sam (to work) off at the library, Jess and Max headed to Marist where their tour was cancelled mid-way thru due to thunderstorms.

A stop at Steven's for dinner.

Where Bebe showed us her talk on axolotl.

Upon arrival in Bloomfield, Sonia was covered in love.

The Scrapper Continues College Touring

Next up, Wheaton College.

Very pretty grounds in teeny, tiny Norton.

Followed by Connecticut College.

Where his sister found a reading bench on Tempel Green.

The day ended with dinner in Poughkeepsie.