Pry into the Pryor's: Labor Day in NYC, Baltimore & School Starts!

Labor Day came so quickly after our move to New Jersey. We were anxious for school to start and to explore our new area. What better way to do that, than to head to New York City? We were happy to have Dave all to ourselves. Our first stop, Central Park Zoo. It's a small zoo, but different than the ones we typically visit. It was also different in the fact that instead of playing on the playground afterwards, we walked through Central Park, watched a movie being made (saw pictures in People Magazine the next week), climbed the rocks in the park and had a organic snack from the food carts!

Inside the bird sanctuary

Laughing at the seals

On to FAO Schwartz toy store to browse. Believe it or not, we left empty handed! We were in the process of donating so many toys at home, it felt wrong to buy more...can I hear an amen?!

Friday evening, we attended our first neighborhood happy hour and met so many new people. We like our new neighborhood! We left late Friday night for Baltimore to see a Grand Prix race, the first in Baltimore. It was a neat race course on the streets of downtown and very loud from our hotel room overlooking the course!

Zach and Olivia looking out at the submarine on the waterfront of Baltimore.

A visit to the Baltimore Aquarium - nice shark!

Jaguar's racing team...Dave is on the left "looking into a matter" - ha! He eventually suited up in a racing suit and headed to the pit.

Zach, Olivia, Grace and Kaylee (Cousins in Maryland) having fun at the race. Nice Jaguar hats!

Awoken at 3 a.m. with a fire alarm and mandatory evacuation from the Marriott...10 stories up. It turned out to be a false alarm. Nice to know at 3 in the morning. 8 a.m....the race cars started practicing and the engines were our alarm clock. Ahh!

A visit to Krispy Kreme before our visit to see Gramps in the hospital. Gramps broke his leg (13 places) - ouch, so we took him donuts too.

Our first day of school in New Jersey!

Here we come, George Washington Elementary.

Zach starts 1st Grade (Mrs. McAtee) and Olivia starts 2nd (Mrs. Rowland)

With a new house, comes a new t.v. The kids made their case for a 3D t.v. and Dave fell for it! Ha, just kidding. We decided to go with a 3D t.v. on our own and it's really cool. I can't say that about the glasses. Cute look, huh?

We attended the Greek Festival in Wyckoff the following weekend. Take a look at the meat on the spit! Greek food, games, rides, seeing our new friends, it was a nice Saturday in our new town.

Amy and Dave, along with Reed and Patty (Alabama) were in town and we made our first visit to the Jersey Shore (Avon By-The Sea, to be exact). Dave and Amy have a house in Avon and we spent Sept. 11 at their house, pool and on the boardwalk. Dave was in Frankfurt, Germany for the Auto Show, so he missed the first trip. Hoping there will be many more visits. Kobe enjoyed the waterfall.

We rode Moby Dick on the Boardwalk and oh my, it was a breath taker! The kids were good sports (after they forgave me - ha!) Patty and Amy enjoyed the thrill ride with us too.