Rained Out....

So much for Nicky’s big day. We woke up this morning to cloudy skies and rough water. We decided to wait until after lunch for the weather to clear up to see if we’d take Nicky out in the boat. So, instead of going out in the boat, we went down to the beach to take a walk. We all headed down to the beach toward the little convenience store about ½ mile away. About halfway there, Jennie took Thomas back to the cottage to get the car. Nicky, Alexis and I continued on our way to the store and wound up getting there at the same time. We picked up a couple of new beach toys and a kite to play with. The kite was a big hit with all three kids as they all got turns to hold the string.

It rained for a couple of hours around lunch time. Even after the rain stopped and the skies cleared up, the water was still too choppy for us to even think about venturing out. After all, we didn’t want a repeat of what happened to that other guy yesterday. We took the kids into town again to refill their candy supplies, buy some nice shells for Nicky, and get some dinner. Before leaving for our vacation, Nicky talked about finding pretty shells on the beach, drilling holes in them, and making a necklace from them. Shell finding has been pretty bleak on the beach here, so we figured the shell store in Provincetown was a good place to take him to get his supplies. With that huge selection in the store, all he bought was a tiny shell smaller in size than a dime.

Thomas fell asleep on the ride back to the cottage and we plopped him right into bed where he stayed for the night. With Nicky, Alexis, and Jennie very tired, we put on The Incredibles and shut the lights. With the two kids half asleep, I headed over to Jim and April’s cottage to hang out and see Max and Lisa who arrived late this afternoon. This other guy we know who’s been coming up to Topside Cottages the same week every year joined us for some poker. After poker, Max shared some cigars he brought up with him for a celebratory smoke in honor of me landing the new job.

After smoking only about half of the cigars we decided to call it and night and save the rest for another night.