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The Beach = Happy Place

Playing in water and napping on the sand continues to be where we find happy ☺️

A quick weekend, we drove just over 2 hours to CT. The Surfside hotel was super cute! Savvy and I joined their yoga session Saturday morning and she did a really good job. It was one full hour and the sun was HOT. A brief sad moment when I thought I was making a good decision letting Cass sleep in....turns out she really wanted to do the class too. Big, fat tears were sliding down her face at breakfast because she felt left out. So, I took her outside to where the instructor was still there, and she was kind enough to spend some time with us on a few different breaths. Did not fully soothe the feelings, but definitely brought some peace.

Matt introduced the kids to The Sandlot. That movie continues to be good! No one joined me at 5:15a for the sunrise, but I took a few pics to show them.

We spent a morning in Mystic. Home of the pizza place, tho the movie itself was filmed elsewhere. The aquarium was cute. First time seeing a beluga whale up close and we had never seen upside down jellyfish. 

The downtown was lovely. They are celebrating the 100 year anniversary of their bridge. We spent a fair amount of time in the visitor center learning about the bridge- it was incredible! Probably our favorite part of the day 😂

No trip is ever complete without a peek at the library. Mystic's library was closed and we walked around the gardens. Guess we'll have to return!









































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