September & October 2009

Well we had a great summer and now Autumn is upon. The weathers getting cooler and the leaves are starting to change. It's really a beautiful time to be living in New England!

I have a bunch to update you all on from the last couple of months.

Here's several photos from one of the agricultural fair we went to this summer. Anna loves taking pony rides and was so pleased to be hanging on all on her own. She also took her first ferris wheel ride and went on 2 rides on her own. My baby is getting so big!



Nanny and Granddad came for a visit. We rented a house on Cape Cod in Chatham for a week. We did not see any of the great whites reported in that area, thank goodness! Mommy, Daddy, and Anna went up a day early to get settled in, then Daddy went to get Nanny and Granddad from Boston airport the next day.

The first day we went to watch the fishing boats coming in with their catch. They were some other guests there...seals!! We went to the ocean side beach down the road from our house. We couldn't swim because of the currents, but it was nice and windy for kite flying.


The next day we were all there so we did a bit of exploring. We went to the Cape Cod Museum on Natural History and went out for a nice lunch. We then spent the afternoon at LightHouse beach, part of the National Seashore. It was a bit cool and we started out just playing in the sand, but it wasn't long before Anna was paddling in the water and we soon abandoned her pants!


We spent the next morning enjoying Morris Island. The tide was out so we got to see all kinds of crabs and shells. Anna did a lot of exploring. That afternoon the temperature warmed up quite a bit so we went to a bayside beach for some fun in the sun. Anna loved getting gin the water, finally!! Granddad and Nanny built wonderful sand castles and Anna had such a good time!!

After dinner, we went back to the same beach as the sun set. Their was a calypso band their playing as the sun went down. The tide was out and you could walk for what seemed like a mile where water had been a short while before. We found a bunch of hermit crabs that we put in our sand basket and let them race away when we released them. The sunset was spectacular. Bryan took some amazing photos which will no doubt be hanging on the walls of our home the next time you all come see us!



Regrettably Mommy and Daddy had to get back to work so we drove back home while Nanny and Granddad spent a couple of extra days in Cape Cod. They came back to our house on Thursday and on Saturday we headed to the Burrell's house for Maggie's first birthday!! We saw so much family and it was so wonderful hanging out with everyone. Pictures form that event can be seen at: http://lifewiththeburrells.blogspot.com/

Nanny and Granddad spent the rest of the week with us and Anna got lots of love and attention! Here's some pictures of us all roasting marshmallows one cool evening. Anna LOVED them, though Daddy wasn't so keen.


Nanny and Granddad left on Sunday and we were very sad to see them go. We had such a wonderful visit!