And here are some party favors, Harry Potter, from E and Z's cousin and his birthday.
Here we are back at home. Where we celebrated his birthday again (on the real day). We got him a carvel cake. He loved it!
Back to our last night. We decided to celebrate Z's second birthday up at the beach house even though it wasn't his real birthday yet because it is fun to celebrate your birthday at the beach. I made a chocolate cake. he loved it! He is not much of a cake person. But he does love the icing.
Here is where the pictures get even more out of order. While up in the northeast, I was able to go and see my friend C with her new baby E. So cute!
And here is my all time favorite photo. This was taken on our last night. The kids have already taken their bath, and are in their jammies. They are playing on the hammock while we grill dinner.
Here is another picture with beautiful beach lite in the early evening. This one is another one of my favorite photos of our vacation.
On one of our last days, we had a dinner picnic at the beach. It was lots of fun. We say a rainbow, avoided a rain storm and played on the dunes.
E and T enjoying the beach on one of our last days. E has ice cream all over her face.
Here we are back at the beach. We made a tent out of our wind screen.
The driver let E drive the boat!
This is the moment we went into the water. E is really into it.
Z and T on the duck. We got the kids duck quacker whistles. Our fellow passengers loved us.
One day we all went into Boston where they have duck tours. These are world war two vehicles that can drive on the land and also go into the water. We were on a two hour tour of Boston and the harbor. The kids loved it and so did we.
One a day when Aunt B came to visit, E buried herself in the sand. Actually, we helped her. She loved it.
Z fell asleep at the class. Too much fun for him.
T's mom signed up E for a ocean class. It was very cool. For one hour, the kids works with the volunteers. The volunteers would use the big net to catch stuff in the ocean and then they would pull it out and put it into containers with water for the kids to look at and touch. E absolutely loved it. She loves all kinds of bugs and animals.
And here is Z all wrapped up in a towel after his hot shower with dad. Z and sister are snuggled up on the couch.
This photos is of the next day or a few days later. Z had been acting up, as he was now almost two. So T and Z went for a swim in the water at the end of the road. The water was a bit on the cool side and Z didn't like it. So when they returned home, they took a hot shower in the outside shower. This photo is of Z snuggling up to dad after the shower. 
The kids are playing on a sand whale that someone had made at the beach that day. They decorated it with shells.
Here is another beautiful picture of E as she flies a kite.
Me and the kids on the same evening snuggling in the sand. I love this photo.
Me and Z playing around in the sand. Because the evening was cool, the sand was cool between our toes. Z took a few days to begin to enjoy the beach, but once he warmed up to it, he really enjoyed it.
Here is T, with the requisite gin and tonic, enjoying the beach on the same evening.
Back at the beach on a cool evening. I love this photo of E. The light is so beautiful and the colors of her sweatshirt work with the colors of the sky and ocean.
The E's and the G's enjoying dinner together. It was good to see them during a very difficult time in our lives. They are good friends and always support us.
Our friends, the E's, came to visit. Here is K with E. They get along really well together.
Here is T with kites in the background. He is always happiest at this beach.
Me, E and Z enjoying the beach. Yes, I am the palest person on earth.
In August, we went to MA for our annual vacation. Here is E at the beach enjoying the ocean. She looks like a surfer girl.
