Our ferry plopped us on Block Island on Sunday, July 23rd by 10:30 am. It was windy, cloudy, and cold. Little did we know, the sun would not come out until Wednesday. It's true, at several points during the first three days, I said "This is actually worst case scenario right now..." and then I'd go check the window again to see if there was any semblance of light coming from the sky. At any given moment while we were there, someone in the house was checking their doppler app. And then someone else would check theirs for a second opinion and we'd all sit around and say "surely it won't stay this cold/windy/cloudy/rainy...". I will say, the house we rented was floor to ceiling sliders on the main level and had spectacular views, so it helped not feeling closed in. And the kids did great. Better than the adults I'd venture (i.e., me). I brought a huge box of new toys/art supplies/games/puzzles/etc. and for the first half of the week the boys were with their cousin Owen and the second half they were with Callie and Holden and they all stayed very entertained and busy. In fact, we did a lot of stuff that we don't normally do on BI because we are always at the beach, so it kind of worked itself out.
Sunday we were occupied by settling into the house we rented. Monday it just rained all day and I don't remember a thing. Tuesday it was about 62 degrees and the wind was still whipping, but we forced ourselves to eat lunch on the beach and packed up after 45 minutes. GG arrived which was a nice distraction. And then finally, beach days on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday! But then Saturday was crappy again and Sunday it was time to go home, just in time to miss this glittering forecast for the upcoming week:
Despite the weather, on the way home all we could talk about was how amazing a trip we had had and how we wanted to go back next year for TWO weeks. LOL. What the what?
We hung with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Lizzie, Owen, GG, Aunt Kari, Uncle Ben, Callie, and Holden (and special guests Robyn and Mike) and in various combinations we went to the farm, shopped at the farmers market, hiked down Mohegan Bluffs, played at the playground, fished, ate, drank, ate, drank, went out a night or two and sunned ourselves wherever possible. I give you BI 2017! First, who wins for cutest picture of the week?
Ashton, Alex and Owen in matching pajamas
~ OR ~
Alex and Callie playing Scatch (the series)
They were all so stinking cute. It's a tie.
The end!
How tired is your scrolling finger right now?! Hahaha. See you next year Block Island!!
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