On Mother's Day we woke up to sunshine, wind and frigid temps! We headed out to the coast so my children could see the ocean and the beach for the first time ever. I wish we would have gone the day before even though it was overcast and rainy. The wind and the cold were too much. We enjoyed ourselves and did have a good time but I so wish the weather would have been a bit nicer for their first trip. I had big plans to sit in the sand and dig with Hailey. It didn't seem to affect Hunter much but I tried to keep Hailey bundled up as much as I could. When I looked at the weather before our trip I didn't think they would need winter coats. She was on her 5th day of running a fever. Her antibiotics didn't seem to be helping and I was still giving her tylenol to reduce her fever.  We plugged along and took in the sites anyway.  Grammy offered to stay in the car with her at times so Brady, Hunter and I could soak in the views. 

Our first stop was Plymouth Rock. Let me just say that I had a totally different image in my head and had not expected what I saw. I think somebody made this stuff up. I like the picture better in my head. The one where the rock is gigantic and had jagged edges.  It was so not impressive that the pictures Brady and I both tried to take of our children to prove we were there didn't really matter. A few people kept getting in our shots and we didn't bother to get a "good" one. I know this sounds negative but I was really excited to see this site!

NEXT STOP: THE BEACH/OCEAN!

Even though it was super windy, both Hailey and Hunter liked trudging through the sand to see the ocean. Kelsey found us the perfect spot to adventure. Hunter enjoyed throwing rocks into the water and exploring with his daddy. Hailey roamed around, collected some rocks and plopped herself smack onto the sand and made a sand angel. She loves to play in sand!

NEXT STOP: Cape Cod

Cape Cod was a really scenic area. So pretty. We stopped and got donuts and hot chocolate at Dunkin' Donuts for the kids first. You know like here where there is a Walgreens on every corner? Well Dunkin' Donuts shops are everywhere. We drove around and visited a few sites where they had some lighthouses. Brady and I wanted to see some of those in person.

Hunter liked this pathway in the above picture where he said he was "chooching". He was pretending to be a train and dragging his feet in the dirt path!

Before driving back to Boston to our hotel, we stopped at a local restaurant and ate dinner. It was here that we exchanged Mother's day gifts and Hailey gave me the gift she made at school for me. I had specific instructions to pack it. She had wanted to give it to me in the hotel but we didn't have time and I wanted pictures. She was also so sweet when she woke up on Mother's day too in the hotel. She immediately began to worry and asked me if we had any peanut butter. She wanted to make me breakfast in bed. So sweet. It was also touching when I asked her before falling asleep in the hotel for the night what her favorite part of the day was and she replied "Giving you your gift." I believe her too. She loves to make others happy.

On our way back Hailey slept in the car, Hunter looked cute and they decided to change shoes. We even stopped at a super nice Target for potty breaks!

Before entering the hotel, we drove out behind the hotel to humor Hunter. He had to have his train fix. He got it too. The train that was parked was making spooky noises to me but was cool all at the same time. We went up to Grammy and Smokey's room where Kelsey recorded some of Hunter's "stories". He can talk nonstop sometimes and it is funny to me because he gets all into it and means every word. He even gets his eyes rolling and hands moving when he tells his stories. He tried to talk Smokey several times into going back down and going to check out that train again. It is hard to distract him when he has something on his mind and he is determined about something.

We ended the night. I put the kids to bed and packed our bags for our morning flight back to Oklahoma. It was a good Mother's Day. Thanks everyone!