Snow and Crab Cakes

A couple weeks ago we decided to head down to Cape May with Grandpa while Grandma was still in Ohio.  Though it was only a high of about 38 degrees, it still felt like a vacation from the snow and ice covered streets of our town.  We all crammed into the Jeep and Grandpa sat next to Livy while Kyle drove and I sat in the passenger seat with Scooter on my lap.  Turns out a Grandpa is a very useful travel companion! Livy was perfectly content the whole way, while Grandpa read her the entire National Geographic Little Kids magazine aloud.  He read all about the different types of wild parrots, how a pond freezes, etc.  You really had to be there, but just ask Kyle, it was pretty hilarious hearing his loud, informative voice reading from the back seat.  Livy was hanging on his every word.  And Grandpa was very proud of his own ability to find the matching objects in an eye spy type of game!   Grandpa also did a pretty good job of convincing Livy to keep her socks and shoes on during car trips.  This has made our morning routine a little easier, as I haven't had to search for as many thrown socks and shoes in the back of the car before we get out.

We had a nice weekend with lots of good food.  The beach was freezing and there was snow on it, but Grandpa couldn't resist climbing to the top of the new sand dune that they are constructing.  Later, Kyle and I had a nice date night at the Mad Batter while Grandpa babysat.  The weekend was a nice little reprieve from our routine of work-sickness-work-snow and a good reminder of what we have to look forward to this summer if we can just make it through the winter.