Day off at Crane's Beach

The kids and I took yesterday off. Mom met us at the house at 7:15 and we zoomed East. First stop, Dunkin Donuts - blueberry muffin for Addie, sprinkled donut for Miles. Got Mom a bagel. :) We made great time, and met Stephie at Woodman's Restaurant by 9:50. Kids scooted over in the back seat, threw Stephie's tote and chair in the back and headed off to Crane's Beach.
Here we are at arrival, so excited - beautiful day, no clouds whatsoever!
Next up was loading up our gear on our bodies to haul to the waterfront. We were like 5 mules, but I am a firm believer in having "the stuff" at the beach. Mom's first job was setting up the umbrella.
We settled in and just enjoyed the heck out our mid-week day off. The kids were fantastic. They played together and alone, went in the waves together and alone, rested, dug holes, and created sand masterpieces. All the while, they stayed close and made me so happy to have big kids. :) The water was freeeeezing, so that kept us adults out. You'd never know by the pics since the kids didn't let the water temp spoil their fun. We definitely needed sweatshirts but to me, that is the perfect beach weather. I am not one to sit and fry like a piece of bacon.

Around 3:30 we packed up, became mules again and loaded up the car again. Stephie invited us to BBQ at her house, so we stopped to pick up fresh corn, pie, and BBQ stuff at the store. Chris was home when we got to the house and of course Molly was there, ready for Addie. United again:

Chris took the kids outside with Molly where they played a fetch game after dinner. (Fetch with the dog, not the kids.) They have pj's because we got home at 9:30 and I wanted to just scoop them up and put them into bed when we got home.
All too soon, we turned into pumpkins and it was time to go. But not before I whipped out the camera for some more family pics.