Madeline woke up this morning full of happy energy but apparently still in plenty of teething pain.
Once she'd chewed a teether, munched her first bit of scrapple, and taken a little something for the pain, she was ready to enjoy the ocean (from the safe vantage of the deck).
She soon found herself joined by family; grandma offered a thumb to gnaw while great-grandpa looked on.
Next she got to bond with great-grandpa.
And then it was back to mama ...
... which, of course, was great fun too.
Grandpa then joined Madeline on the floor so they could play with his gift to her: a toy piano.
Toys gave way to pat-a-cake; rather than clapping, Madeline bounced along enthusiastically.
And, when the afternoon temperature finally reached its apex in the mid-60s, we went for a walk on the beach. We showed Madeline lots of neat things, especially shells (clam, crab, sand crab, horseshoe crab, oyster, scallop, sea snail) and birds (gulls, oystercatchers, sandpipers).
Eventually, sleepy Madeline nodded off and napped.
She woke up back on the deck, and came inside full of energy again!
She found good outlets for this energy: eating crackers with great-grandma ...
... bouncing along with my dancing, and chewing a spare rib at the dinner table. And then, after a nice, full day, it was bedtime.
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