East Jersey Old Towne Village, Piscataway, NJ

Today we went to visit East Jersey Old Town Village in Piscataway, NJ. The village consists of a collection of 18th and 19th century buildings, which were moved to this location in the middle of the 20th century, when the highways were being built and the buildings were in danger of being demolished. The village now consists of a tavern, school house, church, blacksmith shop, wheelmaker shop, and other buildings.

Here, Sam checks out the bar at the 18th century tavern house.


Of course he also needed to inspect the tavern's fireplace, too.


Behind Sam and Vic, there is a reconstructed 18th century room with some exhibits.


Sam: "I'm out of here! Posing for pictures is boring!"


Sam really enjoyed running around the various pathways and houses.


Kiyaaaaa!!! Sam is practicing his best Karate stance.


Sitting at a desk of the old school house.

So many places to go, so little time...


Fooling around at home.

Hanging out at our building's swimming pool.

Sam flashes a grand total of his 1 pearly white as he cuddles with a cozy towel after swimming.

Turtleback Zoo, West Orange, New Jersey

This was Sam's first trip to a zoo. He is starting to get interested in animals in general. Sam really enjoyed riding the Zoo Carousel.


We didn't get to see the real turtles, but Sam made good friends with this play one. He had a lot of fun running on this kiddie playground at the Zoo.

Sam checking out the Bald Eagles, which are the U.S. national symbol.

We also took a ride on the Zoo train. The train went around for about 5-7 minutes in forested area and passed near a beautiful lake. Sam giggled a lot and generally loved it.

VIDEO: Some kids like to stack toys, and some like to stack.... laundry bins.