Make-A-Wish Trip: Day 2

Carmen update: Carmen woke up with another fever. Yesterday I took her to her pediatrician and he suggested we wait on another antibiotic since the last one irritated her stomach. Hopefully she will get through this quickly!

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August 25, 2009 started with room service. Lauren was so excited to eat breakfast in bed! She got a bagel with cream cheese, Dave got French toast and I got an omelet with tomatoes and cheese. After breakfast we picked up Carmen from Connie’s room across the hall and Dave took Lauren to Ocean EdgeVenture at 9:00, the resort’s day camp for kids.

Dave and I then had the morning to explore the grounds and relax. Ocean Edge Resort is a lovely property but we mistakenly thought we were staying on the beach. The resort does have a private swamp beach on the bay side of the cape but we soon realized we would be driving to a real beach with sand and waves!

The weather was perfect, mid-70s, and Carmen seemed to enjoy being outside. We don’t take her outside much so we were very happy to have perfect weather (and that perfect weather continued for the rest of the week!).

Here is a picture of Carmen enjoying the nice weather at Ocean Edge.

We picked up Lauren from camp at 1:30. She was so excited to tell us about her day: swimming, the playground, more swimming, arts and crafts, lunch, a new friend who gave her a bracelet, etc.

We stopped at Subway for sandwiches and then headed to Chatham, MA for the afternoon. Chatham is one of those cute little towns with lots of shops and touristy places. We walked around for awhile and got ice cream and some Cape Cod peppermint salt water taffy. I am normally a total chocolate kind of girl but I got strawberry ice cream and it was wonderful! (Strange pregnancy hormones!). Lauren got her usual, cookies ‘n cream, and Dave got chocolate peanut butter.

Here is a picture of Lauren and me, eating ice cream.

And here is a picture of the salt water taffy bins. The peppermint taffy was wonderful!

After ice cream, we stopped to rest. A bench would have sufficed but rocking chairs were even better!

On our way back to Ocean Edge, we passed Chatham Beach and decided to stop. Carmen was asleep so I stayed in the car while Dave took Lauren down to the water for a little while.

Dave got some great pictures! (The Canon 24-70 is a fabulous lens and we LOVED having it for our trip! Thanks again to Lens Rentals! Thanks to Stephanie who paid for the shipping! )

For dinner, we stopped at clam shack called Cobie’s. We didn’t get clams but enjoyed hamburgers and chicken nuggets.

We returned Carmen to Connie and then we all went to bed!