Hatboro Parade 2012

Hatboro's Annual Thanksgiving/Holiday Parade was this past Sunday.  Once again Rowan was marching in it, this time with her Brownie Troop.  Lily and I walked with her as well.  This year the Girl Scouts were 4th to march which was really nice because once they were done we could watch the rest of the parade.

Halloween Festivities 2012

So Halloween went off without a hitch even with Hurricane Sandy ruining it for some neighbourhoods.  We had plenty or preamble leading up to Halloween as well starting with the annual Skeleton Skurry at the YMCA.  We did the family walk that was 1 mile and ended with a treat trail where the kids could participate in various exercises to earn prizes and a couple of healthy snacks.  We even made the local paper with our matching costumes!

That night we went to the Kembles for their annual family Halloween get together with neighbours and friends.  Good food, good drinks, good times!

The next day, Sunday the 28th, Murphi had her annual party for the kids in the neighbourhood.  They all got in costumes, ate fun food, decorated pumpkins and played games.  My girls love this party.

 Monday the Hurricane hit.  We were trapped in the house for two days.  Parker, Rowan and I were out of work/school for three days total.  While we were out we got Rowan's pumpkin decorated for the pumpkin decorating contest done and we got her turkey decorated for Thanksgiving.  The pumpkin did not win unfortunately but Rowan's friend Olivia did! The turkey was due on Friday so we don't know how that went yet.

 Wednesday we were all still home from work and school but Lily's daycare was open so we took her over in the afternoon to participate in the annual parade and party.

That night was Halloween and while many areas had postponed until the coming weekend Hatboro was a go so off we went!  We had a great turnout in the area and the kids had a great time.

Hurricane Sandy Oct 2012

To say we got lucky would be an understatement.  The Jersey shore took a direct hit from Hurricane Sandy on October 29/30.  We were braced and ready for 5-10 inches of rain and hurricane force winds.  We got rain but nowhere near the amount they predicted which in turn saved our sump pump from being overwhelmed.  We did get ferocious winds but never lost power.  It flickered on and off twice in about 1/2 an hour but that was it.  Thank god.  The street behind us is still without power.  Joe and Diane lost power on Monday and moved in on Tuesday but last night got word that their power had been restored.

The following pictures of the shore and NYC show the damage that has been done though.  The shore may never be the same and it will be interesting to see how long restoration/repairs take.