Our original plans was for the 4 of us to go to Hyannis for a few days earlier in the week but due to Hurricane Bill those plans got washed out. Lucky for us, Grandma and Grandpa Pondillo had a small cottage reserved for later in the week in Wellfleet and let us join them.
Isabelle surprised us and loved the water.
She would get so excited when the waves would come in, cold water and all.
Ava also surprised us by not liking the water. I am not sure if it was the unexpectedness of the waves coming or cause it was cold but she definitely was afraid of it. So instead she found her love in playing in the sand.
She said "dig, dig, dig" over and over.
Miss Ava
After the afternoon at the beach, we drove to Provincetown to have dinner. The girls favorite part of Provincetown was seeing the boats on the water. They were quite upset when we had to leave the boats. But they did learn the word "boat".
Ava and Grandpa Pondillo
Isabelle and Grandpa Pondillo 
We'll after this action packed first day, you would think the girls would be exhausted. Nope. Or maybe they were but just overtired. They only had 1 nap (still on the 2 a day schedule) in the car for about 1 hr on the approximately 5 hr drive up so we thought they would be itching to go to bed. Since the cottage was small, we tried to set them up in the common area to go to bed in their separate playpens. Bad idea. They wanted no part of going to bed while we were still up in the next room watching TV. We even tried to trick them by watching TV in the dark. Didn't work. So for the first time in 18 months, we put them in the car to get them to fall asleep. The one plus was that we passed an homemade ice cream shop and daddy ran in to get us some as the girls finally slept!
Unfortunately, the sleep challenges were not over. Belle woke up around midnight screaming horribly for 20 minutes. Her poor gums were swollen so think she is getting a new tooth. Then to our shock, Ava woke up at 4:30am. We think she was just confused where she was since we were in another room and after 20 minutes she was back asleep with us. So starting day 2, I think the grandparents were ready to pack their bags and run home. However, after moving the play pens into their own room and shutting the door they slept great! Lesson learned for mommy and daddy..the girls need their privacy.
