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another day outeast {this time, with friends}
I invited my friend Jen and her two boys to join us for the day outeast on Tuesday. There were a bunch of locations that I wanted to go back to see (read: to take pictures of the boys in) so I thought it would be fun if we all went. Jen is even more anal than I am (hard to believe, I know. But I think that’s one of the reasons we get along SO well), but she broke out of her schedule and we spent the whole day out there. And boy(s), we had lots of fun. (Jack & Patrick get photo credits of the pix of Jen & me, and the ones of Timmy & me). 
Left home around 10 and made it to the easthouse around 11:15. I didn’t have a key, so really it was just someplace to stop. We went to the park across the street for about 1/2 an hour. Love that they have the old kind of carousel at the park– I think it might be the only one around still. I tried so hard to get Patrick up in the tree for some pictures but we couldn’t do it. He’s so heavy and everytime I lifted him, he started laughing, so I started laughing and had to drop him. Good thing it’s all sand on the ground.
Jack wasn’t happy with me "putting his life at risk" making him take a picture in the middle of the street. Nevermind that a car only comes by once every hour or so. 
Drove from the park out to Greenport and had lunch at the Coronet- my favorite luncheonette. It’s a total throwback to the 50’s/60’s which I just LOVE. Not only was the food delish, but I decided to order a chocolate milkshake. Oh. My. God. It was melted chocolate icecream in a cup. Fantastic! The boys decided they had to have one too and not only finished off theirs, but mine too! I thought their heads were going to implode from trying to get the milkshake up the straw.
After lunch we walked around Greenport and of course made a stop in the toystore where they sell all kinds of rubberduckies. Everyone got a few. We went for a ride on the carousel and I even caught a ring for Timmy. He liked that a lot. It was an absolutely gorgeous day so we walked out onto the "lawn" area for some more running and jumping.
A little "stroller derby". We then headed to the eastbeach for some sightseeing and rock throwing.
Patrick even found a ladybug on the jetty, but it must’ve been a really smart bug cause it flew away before Timmy could "pop it". All was perfect UNTIL….Michael (Jen’s smallest one) decided it would be a good idea to go IN the water. And I mean in (under). Poor kid was in total shock from the freezing cold water and I saw Jen fly in after him. He was fine once he had some dry clothes on. Crazy man! Jen left after that. We stuck around for a little longer and then drove by the easthouse to use the "peepee tree" to have a potty break. All the boys did. Funny!
Hit a farm on the way home- couldn’t resist the red barn. And the chairs. I had to munch pretzels the whole way home so I didn’t fall asleep at the wheel. And Timmy didn’t nap at all the whole day!
All the boys were so great the whole day and told me they had so much fun and can’t wait to do it again. And when I asked Timmy what his favorite part of the day was, he said….the peepee tree! Such a boy.
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the lam family
This was the far out east shoot on Sunday. A really nice and really fun family who were (mostly) game for pictures and tresspassing. Although their backyard was huge and beautiful, I found this great path on their next door neighbors property (clearly marked by a no trespassing sign) that I just knew would be great for pictures. And it was. So we all climbed thru the bushes and started in, ignoring the sign completely.
The two middle kids (the little girl with the curly hair and the little boy with the blonde hair) were not having much fun with me no matter what tricks I tried. She would rather just keep running, moving, and showing off her new pink crocs. And the poor little boy was just getting out of the hospital and kept saying "no doctor" to me. Nothing we did could convince him that I was NOT a doctor. But I did manage to sneak a few in when they were otherwise engaged. And the other little boy (in blue shirt) was having a fabulous time trying to run me over with his John Deere tractor. I escaped with my life and feet and with a few great shots, too. Ha! The baby was just delicious and so easy. We woke her up out of a deep sleep putting her on a blanket in the middle of the path. She just rolled over, looked up and started smiling!
The pictures are a surprise for the grandma/mom for Mothers Day. Apparently the dad/grandpa called in with a "mooning’ picture request so I did my best to get a few of those too.
I had a great time and hope you love the pictures. Everything is in an album on the left.
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Outeast on Sunday
I had a shoot Sunday late afternoon far out on the island, so we decided to make a day of it and all go out. Ended up being a really good idea. Got a much later start than we had wanted (yes, my fault since I didn’t wake up for good til around 10am) but did make it out eventually. The boys had great TV face on the way out watching Ratatoille. Hit the outlets on the way and bought a dress for mom & ken’s wedding in May, bought a few sweaters and pretty accessories too. And boat shoes for the big boys that will actually fit. Then headed over to the easthouse to drop off all the boys so I could drive back 45 min to the shoot. Uneventful, right? Wrong.
On the way to the easthouse we saw two things we have never seen. One, a deer. Two, that deer getting whacked by a car while said deer was running across the North road (all 4 lanes). Well, he did make it over two, but met his flipping in the air demise on the 3rd lane. Bummer. And so crazy to see. Especially considering it was like 2 in the afternoon. I thought they only came out around dusk and after. The thing FLEW up into the air. We didn’t really see the aftermath at the time, but as I was driving back to the shoot, I saw the EMS people removing people from the deer car on stretchers. I hope everyone was okay. I guess those deer can do some pretty serious damage. The big boys were torn between saying it was cool and sad. Cause it was both. The most ironic part is that I NEVER see wildlife when it is actually "life", only when it’s dead on the side of the road. So the one time I finally see a deer (never before alive in all the time we’ve been going outeast-like 9 or so years) alive, he’s not for long.
The boys played outside like crazy at the easthouse while I did my shoot. No park, just baseball, football, & soccer in the yard. As soon as I got back, we left for dinner at The Elbow Room- our most favorite steak restaurant (sorry, Nel). Their marinated steak is just beyond yum. And the rolls. And the broccoli & cauliflower poppers. And the soup. Jack ate an ENTIRE marinated adult size porterhouse steak all by himself. Seriously.
And on the way to dinner, I spotted the most awesomest truck. So I made John loop around the block (you know how totally thrilled he was about that!) so I could take pictures of the boys on it. And it’s for sale. I want!!!
And I know I’m biased, but just look at those gorgeous boys! Even without teeth, they are so handsome. -
a sorta seder
You know how we do the Jewish holidays half-assed around here. Well, passover was no exception. But I think we were maybe quarter-assed even this year. Last year, I did try to make the Seder plate but I didn’t have all of the stuff to put on it. So we really winged it. Really. I put a stuffed sheep in for the lamb shank and printed pictures of other stuff off the internet and cut it out and put it on the plate. We never follow the haggadah, just talk about the parts we like (like the plagues).
This year we didn’t even DO a seder plate. In my defense, I did shoot a wedding all day and just wasn’t up to cutting and pasting on the internet. Grandma cooked (so that takes care of her cooking til 2009) a delicious brisket with gush (potatoes, carrots & peas). Grandpa told the story of passover with Timmy’s help on the frog plague part. He loves that part! And we put out a glass of wine and left the front door open for Elijah. Timmy was very proud and happy to use his Matzah cover that he made at school- which he’d rather wear on his head. Jack found the afficomin (the matzah hidden around the house) and both big boys got $1.
So, "why is this night different from all other nights?"- Grandma cooked and we had matzah with dinner, and Grandma has one Jewish grandson. Happy Passover.
