Last but not least, Nathan and I also got to have some fun at Cape Cod this year. Although, this first picture is not the one to show it. Notice Nate is not smiling, and my smile is a bit forced. That'd be because we'd been wrestling the little guy in the middle for about 90 minutes at our favorite restaurant. We loved being out with family, but on the way home we had that, "Why do we bother trying to eat out?" conversation. I recall some comment like, "Never again until he's at least 4!" Not like that lasted more than a couple of days. Guess we had enough fun to try, try again.
At least the rest of the family was able to enjoy their meal.
I had fun watching Cooper color his picture for the coloring contest.
At least the rest of the family was able to enjoy their meal.I had fun watching Cooper color his picture for the coloring contest.
One night the twins had some kind of face paint, and painted the faces of all those who were good enough sports. Mine was a curly, red moustache.
Cooper and I were on the deck looking out at the water, enjoying the breeze and the view.
Nate had fun socializing with his uncles and cousins (Coop took this picture).
We had a couple nights of Texas Hold 'Em. So fun!!!! 14-yr old Robert won the first night, and Uncle Tom won the second night.
Although I was out early on the first night due to some not soon to be forgotten bad advice from my dear husband, I did manage to take 3rd place the second night. I love playing games!
A trip to the Cape would not be complete without a trip to the Zooquarium! I mean, where else do you get to combine farm animals and sea life in one admittance? We HAD to take Cooper for his Zooquarium initiation.
The peacock put on a good show for us.
Coop was a little underwhelmed by the animals, and instead would have spent the entire time on this train playground, ringing the bell.
Ignore the really annoying kid prominent in this picture, and instead look for Coop's little head in the navy blue baseball cap, barely peeking over the top of the side of the train.
Nate had fun socializing with his uncles and cousins (Coop took this picture).
We had a couple nights of Texas Hold 'Em. So fun!!!! 14-yr old Robert won the first night, and Uncle Tom won the second night.
Although I was out early on the first night due to some not soon to be forgotten bad advice from my dear husband, I did manage to take 3rd place the second night. I love playing games!
A trip to the Cape would not be complete without a trip to the Zooquarium! I mean, where else do you get to combine farm animals and sea life in one admittance? We HAD to take Cooper for his Zooquarium initiation.
The peacock put on a good show for us.
Coop was a little underwhelmed by the animals, and instead would have spent the entire time on this train playground, ringing the bell.
Ignore the really annoying kid prominent in this picture, and instead look for Coop's little head in the navy blue baseball cap, barely peeking over the top of the side of the train.(Please don't let my kid ever be that annoying--he was telling us his whole life story!)
Coop loved going for a ride on the dolphin.
One day we attempted to take Coop mini-golfing. It was a miserably HUMID day, and Coop spent all his time running all over tarnation, wanting to play in all the water...yeah. Not ideal. We played nine holes and called it quits. But at least we got this cute picture out of it.
Lastly, we took a trip to the local park to blow off some steam while we at our ice cream from Smuggler's Ice Cream. This was Coop's favorite playground ride.
But this fun tri-cycle merry-go-round was a close second.
All in all, we enjoyed our week at the Cape. It was a little different this year not being able to do some of the things we usually love to do, since we have a 2-yr old in tow, but we still had a great time seeing family and doing lots of kid things for the first time. Hopefully to be repeated for many years to come...
Coop loved going for a ride on the dolphin.
One day we attempted to take Coop mini-golfing. It was a miserably HUMID day, and Coop spent all his time running all over tarnation, wanting to play in all the water...yeah. Not ideal. We played nine holes and called it quits. But at least we got this cute picture out of it.
Lastly, we took a trip to the local park to blow off some steam while we at our ice cream from Smuggler's Ice Cream. This was Coop's favorite playground ride.
But this fun tri-cycle merry-go-round was a close second.
All in all, we enjoyed our week at the Cape. It was a little different this year not being able to do some of the things we usually love to do, since we have a 2-yr old in tow, but we still had a great time seeing family and doing lots of kid things for the first time. Hopefully to be repeated for many years to come...
He loved pulling water into this water gun, and then shooting it onto the sand (or at unsuspecting family members). Thank goodness he didn't aim for any strangers.
Cooper and Grandpa chillin' at The Shack
Ryan and Cooper just chillin'.
Didn't get any pictures of Cooper and Stephen, so here's a picture of Ryan and Stephen together. Thanks, Denise, for the picture!
And here he is with his winnings--squirt guns!!!
He had lots of fun playing squirt guns with James. They soaked each other by the end of the night!
Days later here's Coop again with a squirt gun.
They also enjoyed quite a bit of wrestling, laughing, and climbing on the couches.
The OMG club had their secret hand shake, which they let Cooper in on.
Even letting him pick some of Nana's beautiful hydrangea flowers, which Cooper promptly ripped up. Look what I did, Mom!
Cooper and Aunt Delia had lots of fun at The Shack.
Aunt Denise ("Neice") and Allison ("Addy") spent a lot of time watching Cooper, which they insisted was fun spending time with him. I was just glad for a nice vacation break. :o) I can't believe this is the only picture of Cooper and Denise I got the whole week! Guess we were having too much fun with them to stop and take a picture. Thank goodness we have lots of picture of them from visits in NC! :o)
Of Note: To this day, Cooper will often run to the living room window when a car drives by, peeking out through the blinds, saying "Niece?! Addy?!" He can't wait for them to come visit him again. The other day he was playing in my car like he often does, pretending to drive, and pushing all the buttons. I asked him where he was driving to and he said, "Niece and Addy," very matter of fact like, "Duh, Mom. Where else would I be going?"
