Hurricane Sandy: Hurrication in Full Force

Yesterday's hurricane was quite intense to watch on the news. As I sat in our room and watched as they said our poor little town of Cape May was about to get the eye of the storm any second, I hoped and prayed that our homes would survive. I have never felt so lucky. My friend said it the best, everyone's thoughts and prayers must have put a bubble over our homes. Although the winds were extremely high at 90mph at one point, Hurricane Sandy took a turn up north a little. Unfortunately, it had hit Atlantic City pretty bad and of course my thoughts and prayers go out to that city. But, selfish me feels extremely relieved. Not only have we heard that our homes are safe with none or minimal damage, but we get to go home tomorrow. Living the hotel life is not my way of fun. Although Noah had a good time, I look forward to getting back home to our things and our regular routine. As for Cape May the town, there is a lot of cleaning up and was declared a "disaster" this morning. The main street along the beach is no longer a street...but continuation of the beach. The storm left a layer of wet packed sand 6 feet deep down Beach Avenue. I honestly can't wait to walk the town and check out what Sandy left us. We are even so lucky to still have power!

Over here in Mt. Laurel, I really didn't feel like we were in a hurricane. The wind was intense but nothing scary. We weren't really able to go outside so we were all going a little crazy. Today, the weather was in the 40s. Very chilly but we were happy to get out. Tonight we enjoyed celebrating Halloween. We went to a couple rooms to Trick-or-Treat and then later went downstairs to do more. We gave candy to the front desk and restaurant so the kids could go Trick-or-Treating. We spent some time in the ballroom where we spread out candy and toys in the hallway and had all the kids come out (kind of like Easter). They had a blast and we parents had a pretty good time as well. 

Today was such a relief of stress. Knowing that our homes were okay and we could go home tomorrow was the best news you could give us. So we were all able to enjoy the day with ease. 

The Past 2 Days in Photos...

Mommy forgot small spoons, oops!

Who wouldn't want to eat cereal with a huge spoon? Haha.

 Lunch!

 Too fun in the room! Entertaining Noah in a hotel room is very interesting. 

Spinning on chairs, jumping off the bed, and...eating!

 So excited the Giants won the World Series! 

Noah and I made sure to sport our Giants gear both days! 

 Room Service!

Only did that once! ($$$$) lol.

 Noah refused to nap on "Hurricane Sandy Day" and ended up passing out at 5:30! 

Don't worry, woke him up after a half hour! ;)

 Playing in the Ballroom...always trying to keep the kids busy and burn off some energy

 Halloween Eve!

 Knock Knock!

 Front Desk Trick-or-Treating

 Hunting for Candy and Toys!

 Restaurant Trick-or-Treating

 Spreading out what they got!

Hurrication is almost over and we are all looking forward to going home. So all in all, we are doing well and will let you know how the town is when we get there! Hopefully my internet works when I get back ;) 

Thanks AGAIN for all your prayers, thoughts, texts, calls, messages, etc! 

Oh ya and....GO GIANTS!! WORLD SERIES CHAMPS HECK YA!!!