A special thanks to everyone that shared uplifting words after my rant yesterday. Hubby and I are trying to work out a better work/life balance so Avery gets the best of daycare & home life…an ongoing puzzle we’ll perfect one of these days…

Now onto something a little brighter today…..After swearing off all travel during the month of August, we felt recuperated enough to venture down to the cape (only an hour away) for Labor Day weekend. For those non-New Englanders, ‘The Cape’ refers to Cape Cod… the south-eastern peninsula of Massachusetts…lots of beaches, lighthouses, tourism, and a common place for summer homes… the Kennedy’s even have a summer home down there!

Our friends J+D invited us down to their family house in Hyannis, and we gladly accepted (we went with them 2 years ago).  It was a long weekend, so it was worth an hour drive each way.  And knowing the crazy traffic going south on Friday, we left Saturday morning.  Avery took a nice nap in the car…

10 minutes into the ride…

…and we were there by 10am. The beach is a short walk down the street, so we spent the weekend enjoying the sun and sand…

And as always, Avery HATED the ocean… it’s just too cold for him.  But he loved playing in the sand…

Are you closing the summer with a trip to the beach?  We’re glad we made this trip because fall starts tomorrow….