Happy Heart Cottage, Hyannis MA

It's a beautiful Saturday and it's also the start of our vacation. Some early morning errands and packing fills up most of our morning so we can leave to arrive for our 3:00 check in at the Happy Heart Cottage.

It's great to have a GPS but it's also great to have Johanna who is well versed in traveling to the Cape. Hitting traffic inspired her to get us off the highway and get us here on her navigating ability. Hence her nickname "The Navigator". We arrived around 3:30. We promptly checked out the house and began to immediately unpack so we can scout out the area.

We are a very short walk to both a pool and a beach. We checked out both. Ellie really wanted to go swimming but the pool was closing in 20 minutes. So we headed back to the house to change into our suits (or as Ellie calls her suit her "Zoo-kini") and hit the ocean! Ellie and I went
swimming in a unusually warm ocean. It was Fantastic! I couldn't believe it. She and I were enjoying the waves brining us back into shore with her inner tube while Mom chilled out on the beach reading and soaking up the sun we have so missed.

Being in the ocean was so refreshing and an absolutely perfect way to start our stay here.

The Happy Heart cottage offers a large front & back yard (each with picnic tables), 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, an outdoor shower, a grill and a lobster pot! hehehe We're very comfortable here!

Along with refreshing us the ocean air also tuckered us out. We all had a wonderful night sleep.

We started the morning today with a very earl breakfast (7:30) which would fuel our
morning drive to find out what else Hyannis has to offer us. Discovering Main St, Hyannis we took in the quiet Sunday morning and did some shopping for some needed supplies. Flip Flops for Elle!There's an outdoor carousel on Main Street... It's like magic for a kid. So Elle took a spin where she discovered her feet could reach the foot rests! "Daddy I'm getting taller!!!!!" We make some change so Elle could go on some kiddie rides so we could build up an appetite since it's now close to lunch.

On our way I stopped to help a small group take a picture! I turn into an amateur studio when I see people not in the picture (since they're taking it). They were so appreciative they wanted to take one of us and would mail us the picture... they insisted but declined.

We enjoyed an outdoor table and some grilled salmon salad... Off to the pool this afternoon!