Chuck bought a house on the Cape a few years ago and we subsequently started a tradition where our lab and a collaborating lab from BU goes to Chatham, MA for the day.
This year was the 3rd Annual Lab Day on the Cape, and I was excited to share it with Silas & Zoe! Vanessa & Oliver drove with us in the M.V. to Chatham. We tried to time it so that all 3 babies would sleep for most of the nearly 2 hour drive, but of course that didn't happen, and Vanessa ended up in back on "puffs" duty!
The day started at our collaborator's house. It was a gorgeous day, and those of us with kids set up shop on a blanket down by the lake. There were 4 babies all around the same age, an 18-month-old, and 4 older kids. What fun!
Everyone ate lunch outside on the blankets and we all enjoyed the gorgeous weather for awhile after lunch.
As always, my friends & co-workers were such a huge help with the babies! Here is Auntie Eliza with Zoe,
And here is Sonya giving a hand as we were getting packed up to head to the beach,
Everybody was tired but it was time to hit the water! I was excited since this would be S&Z's first time in the ocean.
Fair-skinned Ollie got slathered in another layer of sunscreen before we headed out.
We set up a tent for shade once we got there, and we put swim diapers on everyone.
The little boys LOVED the water!!!
I cannot make that same statement for Miss Z, however! She was curious about what was going on down below, but she didn't want to be in the water herself.
Here's one picture we got of her,
She was MUCH happier in the bathtub once we got home that evening :)
Vanessa & I were EXHAUSTED by the end of the day, and we concluded that bringing babies to the beach is a lot of work. But, the photos are awesome I wouldn't trade their first day at the beach for anything...
I hope that everyone is having as fun of a summer as we are!!
The day started at our collaborator's house. It was a gorgeous day, and those of us with kids set up shop on a blanket down by the lake. There were 4 babies all around the same age, an 18-month-old, and 4 older kids. What fun!
Everyone ate lunch outside on the blankets and we all enjoyed the gorgeous weather for awhile after lunch.
As always, my friends & co-workers were such a huge help with the babies! Here is Auntie Eliza with Zoe,
And here is Sonya giving a hand as we were getting packed up to head to the beach,
Everybody was tired but it was time to hit the water! I was excited since this would be S&Z's first time in the ocean.
Fair-skinned Ollie got slathered in another layer of sunscreen before we headed out.
We set up a tent for shade once we got there, and we put swim diapers on everyone.
The little boys LOVED the water!!!
I cannot make that same statement for Miss Z, however! She was curious about what was going on down below, but she didn't want to be in the water herself.
Here's one picture we got of her,
She was MUCH happier in the bathtub once we got home that evening :)
Vanessa & I were EXHAUSTED by the end of the day, and we concluded that bringing babies to the beach is a lot of work. But, the photos are awesome I wouldn't trade their first day at the beach for anything...
I hope that everyone is having as fun of a summer as we are!!
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