What a difference three years makes! Well, not for Reggie...he still gets cut out of the picture. And it is difficult to tell if we got Eli to smile in the first picture...
August 2008
August 2011
Eli and Momma went down to the Cape on our own for the first few days this year. And of course, each day we were there alone, it rained! We did drive down to the beach during the storm and watch the waves pound the shore. Eli asked if there were sharks in the ocean and when I said yes, he told me we shouldn't go in there. Ok - don't have to tell me twice!
On Monday morning, it was gray and foggy. Eli looked outside and told me it was a nice day for fishing. Then, on the ride to Cuffy's, he asked if I brought his fishing rod. Where does he get this stuff??
As soon as Daddy came on Monday afternoon, the sun came out. But Grampy brought the real sunshine with him on Tuesday, just in time for swimming with the boys!
Eli was a fish this year. He started out pretty wary of the pool and barely left the steps. I had no problem with that!
But he was just teasing me. By the next day, you couldn't get him out of the pool! He loved to swim and did well by himself - not that this over-protective mother was very far away at any point! But clearly, my fear of the water has not rubbed off on this boy. He LOVED the pool. He even started jumping in! We spent the whole week relaxing at the pool and doing a whole lot of nothing - it was great!
Look out, Eli - the tickle shark is behind you!
We had an international guest, too. John and Cindy came to visit for the day and they brought Gavin, their friend from England. It was so much fun.
Of course, my favorite moments were the snuggles. We got to snuggle a lot when Eli got out of the pool to warm up and when we played with some of the glow sticks that Baba got Eli.
We did have a scary moment by the pool. Eli had just gotten out of the pool and I took off his swimmies. Laurie and Jim arrived and Tom was watching Eli. Eli went to swing a pool noodle and spun right into the pool. Thankfully, Tom was right there and got him out quickly. He said Eli did a great job of keeping himself afloat! And I love having firemen as guests - it is always nice to have a first-responder around with a boy as accident-prone as Eli. Thank you, Tom!
Once again, we had a great vacation and made some great memories at the Cape house. And I learned that I could make a rocking train station out of blocks that can entertain a two-year-old for hours in the rain! Even Reggie got to relax a bit...
