We went on vacation last week, down to Eastham for a week in the cottage. Sadie came down last fall, but now that she’s twenty-one months old, she actually understands a lot more of what’s going on.

The cottage is on a sand road, just a ten-minute walk down the road and over the dune to Cape Cod Bay. The first morning, Sadie made her way down the road.

At the beginning, she wasn’t sure about the water, but she really enjoyed running along the beach. She got to wear her pretty blue cover-up and her purple hat.

She will eventually learn that it’s not too smart to run with your tongue sticking out.

All the running on the beach can take a lot out of a little girl. After a while, she needed to refuel.

Eventually, we got her to walk into the water. She soon found out that it’s not quite the same temperature as her bathwater.

Oh, but it’s really fun to splash.

Sadie spent some time acclimating to the cape, embracing the culture and the icons.

She was also very helpful, watering Grammie’s tomatoes.

The tides shifted so that most of our beach time later in the week came at low tide. Sadie could run on the sand flats forever, leaving her sad father to trudge behind, carrying her tiny pink rake.

Sadie had a great week, and can’t wait to go back next summer. Hooray for Cape Cod!

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