It has been a truly fantastic summer. And, to think… my little poppies used to be terrible travelers. This summer, finally (!!!), something clicked and we have enjoyed time spent in the mountains and by the water. This week, my little poppies spent time with their Nana and Papa on Cape Cod. It was a near-perfect family vacation.
There were multiple trips to various beaches.
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| Sweet T. |
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| I went to the beach. I went for a walk. I found shells. |
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| Shell collecting. |
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| Beaching it. |
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| Sand play before a beach dinner picnic. |
Here is video footage of Seuss morphing into his latest character “The Big, Bad Whoopie” … The Big Bad Whoopie had lots of adventures in Cape Cod!
| “Here comes the BigBadWhoopie!” |
There were creatures.
| Leo wanted to take this little guy home. The answer was no. |
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| They found oodles of horseshoe crabs! |
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| Snail collecting. |
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| One of the boys’ favorite games: bunny chase. |
There was some fishing.
| Fishing with Daddy. |
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| No bites today. |
There was a trip to Woods Hole for dinner, a walk along the shore, and after dinner treats.
| This restaurant provided coloring and shells… how cool! Leo preferred to read about the coastal food chain. |
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| Looking at the clouds. |
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| Woods Hole, MA. |
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| Checking out the sculpture. |
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| Tug boat! |
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| Seuss people watches while enjoying his cookie. |
There was hammock time.
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| Leo and I, reading, with Leo art in my lap. |
There were sunsets.
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| Night one. |
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| Sunset… with ducks! |
There was a trip to Waquoit Bay Reserve in Falmouth, MA, where we learned about ocean creatures, estuaries, osprey, Native Americans of Massachusetts, and where we enjoyed a short hike and a storybook walk.
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| Checking out the crab tank. |
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| Learning about horseshoe crabs. |
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| Horseshoe crab sculpture. |
| Learning about Native Americans of Massachusetts. |
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| Osprey nest in chimney. |
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| Osprey nest. |
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| Storywalk: The Seaside Switch by Kathleen V. Kudlinski |
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| Storywalk. |
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| Leo hiked with a tree identification pack. |
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| Seuss hiked with a “bear hunting stick”… here he is, protecting me from a bear that was about to strike. |
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| While hiking, Leo found an old vine shaped like the number 6. |
We only had one rainy day during our vacation, and we spent it doing crafts, checking out shells, building pillow forts, reading lots of books, and… watching a movie.
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| T serenades Leo as he constructs a pillow fort. |
| Quiet time with a good book. |
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| Making a mask. |
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| Shell identification. |
| Shells. |
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| The Secret of Nimh. |
Our vacation was also noteworthy because Seuss slept in a big boy bed for the very first time and, more importantly, he slept well in the big boy bed.
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| Such a big boy. |
And we only broke one thing.
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| Poor parsley. |
Hope you all had a wonderful week, too!!
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No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest him, his attention will slip off to what does interest him, and no amount of exhortation of threats will bring it back.~John Holt***
No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest him, his attention will slip off to what does interest him, and no amount of exhortation of threats will bring it back.~John Holt***
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