...Priceless

Visiting the Cape Cod Lighthouse is one of the absolute highlights of our vacation. The weather was perfect - beautiful blue sky with a cool breeze...just the kind of weather that makes you want to be outside all day.


William was captivated by the lighthouse - he's not stopped talking about his "ba-house."


When leaving the shore, we crossed path an artist en plein air painting our beacon. When asked, she agreed to sell her work - she even personalized the piece with the inscription, "For William, September 12, 2007."


After returning home, we learned that the artist was trained at Yale in painting and sculpture and later received her doctorate - her work is sold at galleries in the Cape.



Our lighthouse painting is safely drying at home. In a few weeks, we'll frame William's first piece of art. It will hang in Will's bedroom - we hope it reminds him of the time when his parents took him to the Cape Cod shore on a perfect, sky-blue day!

So..what does all this cost?

• Week at Cape Cod Beach house: $1,000
• Lobster dinner for two: $70
• Touring a 150 year-old lighthouse: $8
• Giving our boy a custom painted lighthouse: priceless