Archive for August, 2008

Sadie’s vacation on Cape Cod

Monday, August 25th, 2008

It took us a while to pack. It turns out that 50 pounds of children need to carry with them 80 pounds of crap. Because, the world will end if our giant stuffed panda doesn’t accompany us to the vacation spot.

Packing for the trip to the Cape

Once we got all our gear down there, we spent most of each day down at the beach.

Sadie in her beach hat

At the beginning of the week, Sadie was pretty scared of the water, so we spent most of the time up on the beach, often playing with the frisbee.

Sadie playing with her frisbee

And then, often chasing the runaway frisbee down the beach.

Sadie chasing her frisbee down the beach

Later in the week, we got up the nerve to walk out on the flats at low tide.

Sadie walking on the flats

That’s pretty exhausting, so it’s good that were always smart enough to pack a snack.

Sadie having snack on the flats

Sadie then worked up the nerve to get into the water.

Sadie playing in the water

It’s kinda fun playing in the water. All sorts of interesting seaweed.

Sadie playing in the water

Splashing Daddy is serious work.

Sadie splashing in the water

When we were done with beach, Sadie had a great time playing around the cottage.

Sadie in the chair

Everything’s more fun with a pink balloon.

Sadie playing with a balloon

Sadie did a lot of work with the spelling games — Boggle and Upwords. She likes asking us how to spell out words and then putting them out on the board. Lucy didn’t quite see the point.

Sadie spelling

Lots of fun.

Sadie in the chair

She can’t wait until next year.

Sadie down the Cape

And, this was a tweak gone awry. I was playing in Photoshop cropping on the pictures, and I somehow managed to do something weird with the output. Anyway, I like it. It kinda looks like a painting. (It’s the same picture as the first one in this entry)

Sadie weird looking picture

I have a couple of videos I should be able to put up later this week or next weekend.

Lucy’s vacation on Cape Cod

Monday, August 25th, 2008

We went down the cape for a few days earlier this month. This was our first real trip with both of the children, and we survived, so that’s a good thing. Lucy didn’t really understand what was going on — it was more of the same for her.

When we got down there, we took a quick trip down to the beach to introduce Lucy to the joy of Cape Cod Bay. She was excited to try out her new sunhat.

Jason and Lucy at the Beach

We also worked to introduce her to some of the local wildlife. Here she is trying to roll away from a rogue lobster.

Lucy and the Lobster

Lucy is trying to work on her sitting up and balancing. She was practicing in her exersaucer.

Lucy and the exersaucer

And in her boppy…

Lucy in her boppy

And on the couch…

Lucy on the couch

Lucy sitting up on the couch

We had her working on her tummy time, trying to improve the neck strength.

Lucy doing tummy time

She enjoyed playing with Sadie’s baby doll, Unc.

Lucy and Unc

And, by playing with, of course, I mean eating.

Lucy and Unc

And mostly, she was being a sweet little baby.

Lucy on her mat

Lucy in the sunlight

Lucy closeup

Sadie’s pictures are coming soon.

Sadie and the bubbles

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Sadie wasn’t feeling great yesterday, so we keep her out of school for an unplanned “Daddy and Sadie’s Day of Fun.” We ended up outside with a good round of playing with the bubbles in the haze.

Sadie and the bubbles

Ok, so it’s less haze, and more my cropping tightly a picture I took from fifteen feet away with the camera on my phone. It’s like an impressionist painting of a little girl blowing bubbles.