Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts

Monday, August 31, 2009

my new place

At long last...


A big thanks to Krystyn of Krizzy Designs for making it all look so pretty!

And if you really love me, you can now be my facebook fan too, just by clicking on that little button over there on the right.

And finally, a review, in pictures, of what we have been up to for the last few weeks.

Lots of beach time. A solid week of 100% perfect beach days in fact. So good that we found ourselves dragging the girls home from the beach one night because the sun had set.

girls at play

floating in the bay

wave jumping


Toasting marshmallows on the beach. An annual tradition.

a perfect night on the beach


The carnival parade in Provincetown. Another annual tradition, this year with a theme of "Peace, Love and Go-Go Boots".

Carnival Parade, Provincetown MA

Carnival Parade, Provincetown MA
and for you Boston locals, yes, that is the Randy Price

The forced sunset photo shoot, complete with matching hair bows, so I have at least a couple of decent shots of my own kids.

my girls

sister love


And for the last week, back home, time spent catching up with friends.

the breakers
finally, I reveal the front of my house on this blog. HA HA

living the life
Claire eating lunch poolside

living the life
Abby "laying out". God help me.

And now the mornings are turning cooler and thoughts are turning to school. The new shoes and new outfits are ready, the backpacks are ready, the kids are ready and quite honestly, this mom is ready. This week we sneak in a few last day trips, then Abby is off to Kindergarten and Claire is off to preschool two mornings a week, leaving me with a whole five hours a week all to myself. Oh, the possibilities fall brings!!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

and so our vacation begins...

A leisurely morning... because after the vacations of my youth, planned with military precision, I would have it no other way.

A two hour car ride that meant two hours to chat with my husband as the kids watched a DVD in the back.

An afternoon of glorious sunshine and gentle sea breezes perfect for rocking in the hammock and walking along the field picking wild flowers with the girls.

Blowing dandelions and making wishes...
... I wish it was always summer...
... I wish I got to have ice cream every day...
... I wish my girls a lifetime of happiness...

Chilled wine waiting in the fridge and dinner off the grill.

Another glass of vino while my husband cleans up two tired girls and tucks them in to bed.

Wireless Internet and ocean views.

Ahhh... and so begins our Cape Cod vacation. Not exotic. Not an adventure. But a part of every summer for as long as I can remember.


and the sunsets

Sunset over Provincetown, as seen from our deck. The only picture of the day since the rest was spent blissfully camera free.