Wow can’t believe how long it’s been since we’ve blogged! (well since I’ve blogged since Ben never does) We’ve had a busy summer redoing the basement and starting on a big boy room for Seth. We did get to go on vacation to the Cape, though. It was the first year since I’ve been born that we rented a place, but we were lucky enough to find a really nice cottage in Onset with enough bedrooms for everyone. since we vacation with my sister’s family, too, and within walking distance to the beach. We had only planned to stay one week, but the place wasn’t rented for the next week so we got it for a huge discount. Unfortunately the guys had to back to work, but my sister and I stayed with the kids. We also managed to have the two best weeks of weather out of the entire summer! So of course we took way too many pictures, but here is our Cape adventure for ‘09.
The main activity at the Cape is beaching! Here’s Seth pulling his own wagon of toys:

Seth loved, loved, loved the beach. He had a blast playing in the sand and the ocean. He was running around like a crazy kid, looking drunk as he could barely stay upright in the sand, chasing seagulls calling them “chickens” and just general silliness. Seth also loved dipping his snack in the sand and then eating it. He’s ridiculous, but he definitely kept us entertained.



Yeah, it took me forever to get all the sand out of his hair. He also loved the water and had no fear. He kept trying to go in as deep as Lena.

I looked everywhere for a nice light little chair for Seth for the beach and found one that you could actually wear as a back pack. Though Seth was still a bit too little to carry it, so I wore it on my back. I’m sure I looked extremely cool, too. Seth liked it, but not as much as my chair.

Seth loved having two whole weeks to spend with his “Lenie”. Although the poor girl was tackled, had her pulled and was pinned down constantly by him. She was really good with him though. Here’s Seth playing in her bed:

And trying to fit into a lobster pot (excuse the shirt, Ben let him have some Trix cereal):

Seth also had his first boat ride on the Viking, the same boat we’ve been riding since we were kids, through the canal. Seth loved it!



Then one day after the guys had left I decided to take Seth out to a grassy patch near the beach to get some nice pictures of Seth. Turns out the “grassy patch” was some sort of suck your shoes off wetlands, also the huge grassy area was not big enough for my kid and he tried to run over the little cliff, without his shoes since they were sucked off. So I had to chase him, also barefoot. Seth than fell and was completely covered in muck. And in my attempt to clean myself off when we got back to the cottage, I left Seth unattended just long enough for him to submerge my cell phone in a cup of water and fry it. So much for my gorgeous Cape photos. These are the few I managed to salvage out of the exhausting attempt:



My sister and I also took the kids to the Cape Cod Childrens Museum. Which is the best place ever for little kids. It was the perfect setup for both Seth’s age and Lena’s age. Both the kids had fun. There was tons of stuff for them to do. The place was laid out well. And there were super comfortable chairs everywhere. And I actually got to sit on them, which is amazing because usually I am just chasing Seth the whole time trying to get him not to break stuff. The place was completely safe for him and was able to keep Lena and older kids interested, too. They even had a little craft center to color and glue. Magical. Seriously. We stayed for 4 hours. Seth loved the music room…though he did quickly decide to play the keyboard with the drumsticks, but whatever he’s creative.



Then we took a gamble and went on a whale watch. I thought this had potential for disaster. My very active toddler stuck on a boat in open ocean for 3 or 4 hours with extremely large mammals in the water. Seth, however, loved it! He loved the fast, bumpy ride out. He did some crazy dance the whole way accompanied by Vroom, Vroom and Choo Choo noises because, well Mama didn’t know what sound a boat makes.

He pretended to drive the boat:

And we actually saw whales, close enough to the boat and obvious enough that even Seth couldn’t miss them:

These three whales came right up to the boat and just hung with us for a while. Course Seth kept asking to “hold whales” and “reach them, Mama.” He is still talking about them. “Where whales go, Mama?”

And we even got to see lots of dives and whales’ tails:

It was an awesome vacation all and all. It was so nice to be able to share all the great things about my childhood summers with Seth. And it blew me away how much he’s grown since last year. Here’s a picture of him riding the same ride at the Zooquarium this year and last year:


Crazy, isn’t it?! Well a perfect end to a kind of cold, rainy summer. And on to a hopfully beautiful Autumn!