Monday, November 4, 2013

Long Island Day

One of our favorite New York days wasn't in Manhattan (Gasp!)  We're suckers for the beach.

We took a drive out to Long Island last Thursday.  One thing about being married to Scott is that you NEVER know what will happen once you get in the car.  You could think you're going to the beach, and the next thing you know, you need a snow coat.  (That really has happened.)  He thinks I'm crazy for packing so many car snacks, a change of clothes for T and a few extra things, but it's a good thing I did last Thursday, because we ended up driving out to the very point of long island!  


Brenda is so good to hang with us, baby toddler and all.  Our first stop was in a cute little town- East Hampton.  As in "The Hamptons." Brenda thought she was kind of a big deal :)

 Like I've said before, this is the story of our lives.  Both Scott and I thought we were the star until T came around:
This photo marks the first day *ever* that T has willingly held my hand.  I've always wished she was a bit more affectionate and then one day it happened!  She just reached up and grabbed my hard to walk along together.  Total butterflies :)
 And then we found the beach.  A sandy, warm, empty beach.
It was heaven.
We'd been on Manhattan island just short of 3 months and we had the itch.  The day trip wasn't nearly long enough, but it felt SO SO GOOD to look far out on an empty space and to feel the breeze and the sand and the earth.  Manhattan has a lot of good to offer, but open spaces isn't one of them.
 We need to get this girl back to the beach asap.  (Preferably the Caribbean :) She LOVES running in the sand and taking off for the waves.  She just laughs and laughs and runs and runs.  This is heaven for our baby girl.



She spent a fair amount of time collecting shells and sticks.  I swear, everything she does is "the cutest thing" to me!
 Always eager to pet the "DOG!"
A stop for fish and chips was a must.  Really good, fresh fish!


And we ended the day with a drive out to the point, Montauk.  The lighthouse was pretty cool, especially once it started hailing.  It was the first lighthouse in New York State built in 1792.  It looks like they've kept up the paint!
This was a day for the books!

4 comments:

Chelsea said...

How dreamy. :) Thanks for the updates and keeping my morning blog check ups interesting. ":)

Heather said...

Sounds like a perfect day. So glad she finally reached for your hand.

Julie T said...

So glad you got to do this before the cold sets in! And I'm just Sayin' you are so lucky to have Brenda who enjoys doing these trips with you!

Julie T said...

So glad you got to do this before the cold sets in! And I'm just Sayin' you are so lucky to have Brenda who enjoys doing these trips with you!