It's almost over!

The kids and I have successfully made it to 5 weeks living here in the camper. I think we've done well!!! Especially given the weather that has hit Cape Cod over the last five weeks. Many, many days of wind, rain, mist, clouds and what have you. It's been crazy. I'm sure that starting Monday, the sun will shine daily on this little bit of the world.

We've spent hours upon hours at the park, riding bikes, at the beach and let's not forget those many trips to the candy store! I will admit to having some tough nights trying to get the kids to sleep. It's just so different down here than when we are at home. I will also admit to finding one, two and even three children in bed with me in the morning. I will admit to mornings without showers because "I wanna go outside, I wanna go outside, I wanna go outside". I will admit to one lost flip flop. Buried perhaps, or perhaps sent out to sea at the hands of a two year old or a four year old boy. I will admit to enjoying my time in the laundry room, yes time alone, waiting for that final spin cycle on the washer. I will admit to really enjoying the sight of my husband's car coming down the street on Friday evening. I will admit to the pleasure of opening that first bottle of beer for the weekend. I will admit to really looking forward to the visits of family and friends, if only to have an adult with whom I could sit and chat and have a cocktail. I will admit that the first time my husband brought me here, I was a little apprehensive (We're going to a trailer?!?). I will admit that I look forward to many more summers here with my children. I think this experience is something that they will always look back on with happiness.

A Friendly Visit

Well, the day that my kids had been waiting anxiously for arrived! Friday morning, their best friends Michael and Katherine climbed into their minivan and headed down to the Cape. When the kids woke up in the morning, they asked their usual "What're we doing today?" and I told them we would have some visitors. They immediately started with "Is it Michael and Katherine? When are they coming? Are they sleeping over? Can we show them the beach? Can we show them the Candy Store? etc, etc" They were just so excited. When the kids saw each other, it was the usual screaming match!!

We headed to the beach for a bit where Meghan and Katherine immediately headed for the water. They had so much fun playing in there. Michael and Nolan joined them, but Nolan was doing a lot of hanging back. Liam, was just running around in the water and yelling to the kids. We had lunch at the beach and headed back mid afternoon to go to Lollipop Bingo. The kids all won a prize and they also had face painting (or arm painting in our instance). The kids rode bikes, scooters, took a ride on the beach shuttle and went to the playground. Our friends stayed for dinner which was so exciting to the kids and then we all went and got an ice cream. A very fun day indeed! They can't wait for their friends to come back.

Summer is Flying By!

Well, I have now successfully made it through three weeks on the Cape with the kids! Doug's been coming down on the weekends to join us. We are having such a great time and I am soooo glad that I can do this for my kids!

We've had so much going on! And lots of WEATHER! Rain, sun, wind, you name it...we lucked out of the hailstorm, though. 4th of July weekend was fun. Lesley, Jay and the kids arrived on the 2nd and the weekend was quite a celebration. We had a visit from Jeff and Lauren on the 3rd which the kids thought was great! J&L ended up running into a lot of friends from Braintree and had a fun night out. The kids marched in another Pots and Pans parade. Then they had games and music at the beach. The night of the 4th, there was a party in the pavilion and then we watched some fireworks on the beach. Doug and Jay cooked up some breakfast for everyone on Sunday morning and then more time at the beach. Boy, was it windy on the beach that weekend!! It drove us off the beach on Sunday and the kids and Doug headed to the playground. Jay had to leave on Monday AM to head back to Texas and Doug went back to work.

We hung out with the cousins a lot their first week here. Monday was a great beach day, although somehow one of the boys lost one of my flip flops. It's either gone out to sea or is buried somewhere in the sand of the Campers Haven beach. I was not a happy mother when I had to chase Liam off the beach with a beach cart and no shoes!! That kid can run!!

Tuesday was nice because we had a visit from Grandma and Grandpa. The day dawned bright and sunny, but the clouds came in just before G&G arrived. We had lunch with them, walked around the park, and of course, took them to the Candy Store! It was a nice visit until Nolan decided to act like a 4 year old boy. He was trying to wake his brother, but was unsuccessful. When we got back to the trailer, he was sent to sit on the couch and then he fell asleep!! Meghan, of course, did not. I swear that girl just goes and goes and goes.

Wednesday, we made our visit to see Grandma Noreen. The kids hadn't seen her since their birthday, so it was a nice visit to get reacquainted. We then went out to lunch at A&W and then over to the trampolines, which was F-U-N. It was Liam's first time and boy did he enjoy it.

Thursday was just an ordinary day. The kids hung out with Jessica and Taylor for a bit while I did some shopping and then we just hung out, riding bikes, etc. Liam is now riding the kids bikes up, down and all around. He loves it!!