Stretching Our Summer Vacation

It's Sunday night and we're still on the Cape. Guy came and went and I decided to stay down here with the boys for at least another night or two. The weather has been pretty perfect so I figure, why leave yet? The boys are in heaven.

Guy arrived on Saturday, mid-afternoon. We took the boys to Cold Storage for about an hour and they frolicked around on the beach. Guy dug them a big hole in the sand, filled with water and they had countless jumps into it. They also had a good time rolling around in it.....lets just say that they were completely covered with sand, everywhere.

Guy took Christian out on the jetty and they walked the rocks to the end. Christian had not done that before, so that was quite an achievement. Connor and I met them on the wall, but we only did a few rocks, he's way too little, but don't tell him that.

We had an 8PM dinner reservation at the Lighthouse Inn with the boys and with Mom and Dad. They met us there. The kids loved wandering the grounds, playing in the playground, going near the water, etc. It's fun for us to go back there every year to celebrate yet another year of being married. We had a table on the water which was perfect because around 8:30, West Dennis Beach had fireworks as part of the Dennis Festival Days Celebration. We could sort of see them from our table, but could also go out onto the deck to watch with everyone else. Connor was hysterical. They were pretty loud, and he just kept saying "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Christian also liked them better his second time around.....July 4th was quite an experience for him.

This morning I took Christian up to Hyannis for a swim lesson with Dana. He's doing terrific, starting to swim with her without his bubble pack on. He loves his lessons with her and tells me that they are so much fun.

While we were gone, Guy and Connor went on a bike ride down to Chapin Beach. They were gone for a while and on the way back Guy told us that Connor kept nodding off in his seat. He kept feeling Connors head bumping into his back. Poor little Connor must have been so tired, but I'd imagine that getting biked around could lull me to sleep too.

Later this afternoon Guy and I took Christian mini-golfing. Have I mentioned that Christian's new favorite activity is mini-golfing? We've gone 4 days in a row now!!!! He loves it. We move thru the 18 holes pretty quick too. We followed mini-golf up with an ice cream at Holiday Hill, and a visit to their arcade. Does life get any better for a 4 year old?

Guy headed home tonight and the boys went down to sleep a little while ago. Tomorrow sounds nice, so I'm sure we're going to make it a beach day.