Cape Charles

Chris is on leave. We considered taking a family vacation, but opted to stay home instead and focus on swim lessons and moving stuff. That was absolutely the right decision. 

Isaac is really learning to swim. This week, we crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore. I couldn’t believe how peaceful and beautiful it was, just like the Chesapeake book kept saying. Regular crabs, hermit crabs, little fish, oyster shells, marsh snails—lots to investigate! Eloise SHRIEKED when the hermit crab emerged on my hand. That was pretty rewarding. 

Then Isaac and Chris were sharks; Eloise and I were crabs for a game of chomp and pinch (tickle) in the foot-deep water. An ideal kid beach. 

And for the very first time, Isaac SWAM. Actually swam: face in water, forward motion swam. We celebrated with ice cream! Both kids slept all the way home. 

“Ah, oo, ee, or!” Eloise lined up and counted her strawberries at home the other day. She finally says yes and no reliably for what she wants. That’s been huge. 

Just two weeks left here! I know it will fly by!