Innocence Is Bliss....

The kids slept in this morning. Nicky didn’t wakeup until 6:30. Thomas and Alexis waited until 6:50 to wake. The first thing Nicky and Thomas asked to do? Go play on the beach. After a breakfast of mini eggos, we all headed down to the beach for some fun in the sun. It was still relatively early and there was quite a breeze, so it was a little chilly for some. We also got there around the same time as low tide so there was lots of sand for the kids to play in and the water was less than waist deep for me (chest high for Nicky) for several hundred feet out from shore. Nicky and I headed out for the raft and hung out there for a little while. We headed back to shore and got Thomas and brought him out there with us for a little while also. Due to the less than warm weather I mentioned earlier, some of us wanted to go back to the cottage.

Once back, I found a church for Jennie to go to so she wouldn’t miss Sunday mass while she was here on vacation. So we all changed and headed out to drop off Jen while I took the kids to a playground. After 45 minutes or so on the playground we picked up Jen and stopped at a little grill type place for lunch. It was your basic no frills place that offered burgers, pizza, etc. Much to our surprise, when we ordered pizza for the boys, we were told that they hadn’t made any pizzas yet so we couldn’t order them. What? So we ordered the other type of food they eat – chicken and french fries.

After lunch was more playtime at the playground then we headed back to the cottage for some more beach time. (side note: Alexis and Nicky just fell asleep 9:10pm) After a couple of hours on the beach, and a very brief dip in the bay by Nicky and me, we showered, changed and headed out to Provincetown with Evan to get some pizza finally. Oh yeah. Almost forgot. Jennie took a dip in the bay also. Although, it wasn’t by choice.

None of the kids had had any naps yet, so we were hesitant to put them in the car for the ride to town. Having them take a nap that late in the day would be a near disaster. They’d be up extremely late if they napped after 3pm. (side note: Thomas just passed out 9:15pm – YEAH!!!) Thomas fell asleep about 2 minutes before we got to the parking lot and I woke him up when we got there without much fuss. We stopped by George’s for some pizza (finally!) and then walked around town for a bit. We took a walk down the pier hoping to see the replica merchant’s ship, but were saddened to see it wasn’t there. We stopped by the candy store for dessert and headed back to the cottage.

We took the scenic, longer, route back to the cottage hoping that the longer car ride would finally put one or more of them to sleep. Nope. All were wide awake and talking to each other. As you might have notice with my little side notes earlier, all three kids are finally asleep. All it took was some liquid (juice and milk) and an Elmo dvd.

One good thing about Nicky still being too young to grasp many things is his reaction to many things in Provincetown. He and Thomas were very excited to see so many rainbow flags hanging everywhere. They were also amused by the many “women” with strange colored hair. I know there’ll be a time when he figures out that those “women” are really men dressed in drag. I guess now is a good time as any to start thinking of answers to those types of questions when they start to come.