Family at the Seashore

Here we are enjoying Wallis Sands Beach last Sunday. It was overcast, but warm and Sadie loved the water and the sand. The weather got better as the week went on.

We've got lots of photos up on Ofoto too, check them out here!

Beach Beauties

Sadie had a fabulous time at the beach with Nana and Grampy this weekend. When her cousins Anabel and Sophie arrived on Monday, she was so excited. Sadie loved playing with the big girls, going in the ocean and digging in the sand.

Sadie definitely inherited Mommy and Grandma's very fair skin...Daddy's side of the family all get tans! More pics will be posted soon.

Sand

This photo is from playgroup last week. Within the last couple of weeks, Sadie has started to enjoy the sandbox. She likes the trucks and using a "shubbel" to fill the "backits" with sand.

This Saturday, we'll be at the beach with Nana and Grampy. We can't wait to see how Sadie reacts to so much sand and such a huge expanse of water. She went to the beach last year, but was too little to remember. Last year, we couldn't stop her from shoving handfuls of sand in her mouth. Now she knows that sand is yucky.

Portrait in the Style of Rembrandt

Today, at the Hanover StreetFest, the Hood Museum was celebrating their new Rembrandt exhibit with lots of activities for kids. Most was really geared for older children, but Sadie was willing to wear a costume and be photographed for a polaroid portrait.

I love this picture so much. It reminds me of antique portraits and those Victorian pictures of children in elaborate costume.

First Fair

Last Friday, Sadie went to her first fair, the Norwich Fair, with rides, games and carnival food. She won a stuffed animal, ran around and had a pretty good time, although she was frustrated to be too short for all the rides except for one.
Sadie was interested in trying Daddy's sno-cone.

But she didn't like it.


This weekend is forecast to be very hot. We'll definitely be filling up the baby pool.

Sadie Loves America

Sadie loved the 4th of July! We did so many activities and had a blast with Grandma and Grandpa.
The day started with a parade in Hanover. This was a pretty understated parade, to put it mildly, but Sadie enjoyed seeing the kids on their decorated bikes and hearing the bagpipe band.

After the parade were activities on the Green, including a small petting zoo, some dogs who herded ducks, vintage cars, and more. Sadie especially loved watching the fabulous Foggy Mountain Cloggers. She danced along to the music.


Children were allowed to sit in the fire truck.

That night, we went over to Andy, Laura and Isaac's to see the fireworks. By the time we arrived, Isaac had gone to bed, but Sadie had a good time playing on their hammock and generally running around with a two year old boy who was among the guests.

The fireworks were a little loud and scary, but she was brave. Mommy and Daddy have to admit they like it when Sadie gets a bit nervous, because she becomes very cuddly with us. The next morning, as she and Daddy were driving, she remarked "boom boom" as they headed towards the area where the fireworks were.

Billings Farm

Today, we took Sadie to Billings Farm, which is an historical farm and museum in Woodstock, VT. It was beautiful and much nicer than we expected.

Lately, Sadie has been really interested in farms, farm animals, farm animal noises, and the song she refers to as "Old Donald", as in the frequently heard command, "Mommy, sing Old Donald!", so we thought she might like to visit a farm. All three of us really enjoyed seeing the animals, the exhibits and touring the 1890 house, restored with furniture, gas lighting, working kitchen, etc. as it was when the farm manager lived there.



Sadie loved seeing the baaa-baaas.



She liked the chickens, especially the dispenser of hand sanitizer for after you leave the chicken barn. Here, she is running back to the chicken barn for more.



Not only is Billings Farm a museum, it is also a working dairy farm. We saw the milking barn and the nursery for the new calves. There was a baby cow that had just been born overnight. The big cows made Sadie a little nervous, but she liked the calves a lot.

They sell some of their milk to Cabot Dairy for cheesemaking, etc. and also use it to make products for their dairy bar. Sadie and Mommy shared vanilla ice cream.



We had a great time. We'll go back again for sure.