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Happy as a clam at our first real beach outing of the summer. This year we have a beach pass to a beach on the North Shore,
Crane Beach which is great, especially if you get there early! We ran around A LOT, we dug in the sand A LOT, and we even braved the water A LOT...seeing a trend. We were both pretty wiped by the time we got home but I cannot wait to go back and build more sand castles (just so we can stomp them in to oblivion).
Click through for more pictures.
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see? A LOT of digging.
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beautiful day.
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happy campers with our sunnies, hats and SPF 70!
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cheeky man.
In other news, over the weekend Matt and I snuck away for a belated birthday (his) weekend in Providence. We went to the
Foolproof Brewery and of course it only seemed fitting to start an afternoon filled with beer with an ice cream!
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happy birthday!
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true. and plus he looks so pensive.
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brew tanks.
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pallet of beer.
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on our way back to the hotel we saw the
WaterFire installation.
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And if you are anywhere near Providence and hankering for an excellent breakfast then go to
Kitchen.
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quite literally the BEST breakfast in recent memory.
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so good in fact that we went back Sunday morning before leaving town! (it
was Father's Day)
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chilling in my dad's (now my brother's) MG.
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While we were in Providence, Oliver played and fished and ate ice cream with Meme and Papa T.
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waiting for the hummingbirds.
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back at home and the silliness on the porch.