A Tour of "Around Here" Part 4

This morning Abby came up to me with her swim diaper in her hand and said "beach" "beach" repeatedly. This is the spot she was referring to. It's Eastern Point Beach, our closest and most visited "beach." It's located just down the street from Pfizer, so Abby and I go at least once a week before we pick James up from work.

We went with Grandma Goodman the first week we were here. Grandma bought Abby her first "beach toy" set, which has been a big hit. Grandma showed Abby how to "pat, pat, pat" the sand into the molds to make fun shapes.

Abby learning to shovel sand.

Behind the beach is a playground with swings and slides--another fun spot.

More digging and shoveling with Grandma.


Instead of fireworks on the 4th, New London does fireworks on the 12th of July in conjunction with Sailfest. We went to Eastern Point to watch the fireworks from across the Thames River. It was a good spot to see the beautiful (and huge fireworks) but not close enough to scare Abby with the noise.

We had to go early to get a good viewing spot. We had a picnic and played on the playground while we waited.

Sunset over Long Island Sound...

Getting close to fireworks time--only two hours past Abby's bedtime. She hung in there like a champ and enjoyed the bright colors, although she kept "sniffing" them as if they were flowers...I guess they kind of look like big flowers.