Giant Shark vs. T-Rex

Who hates Monday mornings?

Not us!

The Corcoran's devoured this Monday like a giant shark & a T-Rex.... well maybe that's the other way around.

I was up early. I had the coffee on and making notes for the blog. The rest of the family soon rose. We had a little breky and talked about our plans for the day. We had a lot on tap. Cape Cod Bear Factory, an inflatable park, candy store and a visit to the Cape Cod brewing company.

First up. The Cape Cod Bear factory. We had the store to ourselves for the girls to pick out their new "friends". Anastacia picked out a purple unicorn she named Lilah and Elle picked out a Lamb she named Kaylee. The girls got to fill them with stuffing, love and affection. Last but not least a birth certificate and an outfit for the road. The girls were psyched! This made their day but wait there's way more to do.






Next! The Inflatable park. Not knowing what to expect we figured this would be fun for the kids. who knew the adults would love it too. We all signed our waivers.... waivers? I need a waiver for a bouncy house?

No, you need a waiver for the giant inflatable Shark slide & T-Rex slide. Good it's before lunch!
First ride in is the Shark. This was a favorite of us as well as many others. The lines weren't long and the kids each went up & DOWN with an adult. Elle & J, Anastacia & John.



We moved on to the radar pitch gun where Johnny out pitched me (48 mph to 45 mph). Didn't even reach 50 mph.

The kids went from bouncy house to bouncy, slide to slide. They really loved it!
We stopped for some slush and waters in the park.
I wet down the T-Rex slide by myself. Fraidy cats! It was a short ride but it was steep!

So when we made our way out we all decided to hit the Shark again. Great ride. Johnny did a beautiful flip at the bottom of the slide to end our visit. HA! Wish we got that on video. Who knows maybe all the on lookers caught it on video.

Next up some lunch. Man are we hungry! We took a short ride over to the Hyannis and had lunch at the Black Cat. We were so hungry and the girls looked like they could nap... I think we could have too. We all had a different appetizer. From the Black Cat we took a short drive over to the Cape Cod brewery. We bought 2 growlers filled with a Summer ale & a their Blonde ale.

We couldn't go to a brewery without also going to a candy store for the kids. A quick stop over at The Cap Cod mall to visit the Candy Shop. The girls got a lot of gummy candy. Fish and butterflies.

With a lot under our belts we headed home for a little dinner and a movie at the house.
The girls watched the movie Tangled. The parents chilled out on the deck for some much needed rest.

Tomorrow will bring a childrens play and some wet & wild fun.

Sunday! Beach day!

Sunday morning. J & Cheire went off to check out the Cedar Spring herb farm. I'm sure it was fun... Ellie & I hung out in the house painting with water colors and playing in the yard. Ellie painted a portrait of me. I painted a lovely lighthouse on the Cape being invaded by aliens. Why be typical?




Not only were we painting bu we were expecting John & Anastacia to arrive. They made great time. J & Cher got back from the herb farm and we all had lunch. We finished our lunch and J & A. They enjoyed some lunch and Cherie set off back home. We love when Auntie Cherie comes and stays with us. She & Elle have so much fun hanging out PLUS she does all the boring stuff with J that Elle & I don't want to do... ;)

John & Anastacia settled in and what better way to start a vacation than hitting the beach! It was perfect. The water was warm, the beach wasn't busy and the water was wet. The Dad's & daughters hopped in and J nuzzled up to her US magazine on our beach blanket. Two run's in the water and a visit to he ice cream truck we had called Uncle.



The outdoor shower and a change of clothes was what we needed before dinner. A nice queit night in the yard grilling burgers. We had the outdoor speakers filling our ears with Jack Johnson & our bellies filled with beer & burgers.... good night!

2011 Harwich vacation

Here we are.
I'm not convinced I'm going to blog this vacation. Sadly, I forgot to pack my cable to upload my photos from my camera. This blog just isn't the same without the photos.

Our check-in at the rental house was for 3:00 but we decided to made the best of the day and get to the area much earlier. Despite the Saturday traffic's best effort to slow us down we detoured and pushed on. Not only did we want to get out of traffic we also were meeting Cherie for lunch. We arrived around noon it was perfect timing to get some lunch for our empty bellies.

Not far from our rendezvous point we found a pub/restaurant for some sandwiches. Cherie's cheeseburger club looked Delicious! tasted even better since i helped her finish it off! From lunch we headed into town and puttered around. Did Ellie an I want to go into the Vintage Linen shoppe? BORING! No thanks. J & Auntie headed in while Elle & I did what Dad's & daughters do... we goofed around. HA!

We were in search for a local bakery so we could enjoy some yummy treats in the morning. No Luck! They were closed. Oh well. Bagels from DD cafe will do just fine!

Getting settled into the house had us now thinking what will we do for dinner? hmmm... We have Internet access so we scoped out few places. We ultimately decided on Clancy's. They were packed but we made excellent use of our time sitting in the AC in the car waiting for our table. We went into the waiting room and BAM our table was ready! Not only that we had a fantastic table with a water window. Perfect for out 1st dinner out.

Even though Clancy's has award winner clam chowder Ellie thought the chowder she had on Block Island was way better! So now we are having an unofficial Ellorie Corcoran Chowder fest. Who has the best clam chowder on Cape Cod... by Ellorie standards? We shall see.

Dinner was great. Huge portions and my Cape Cod Red was had. We'll be going again before the week ends.

After desert we headed home. We hung out on the deck relaxing while Ellie watched Harry Potter on TV. The layout of the house is really nice. One floor and open so we don't feel like we are disconnected from anyone. The big cushy sectional couch asked us to nuzzle up with Ellie and watch a little HP with her. We did... very cozy! Ellie wants a sectional.... so do we.

Sunday morning agenda. Herb farm for Cher & J. Ellie & I will be hanging out waiting to welcome John & Anastacia.