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!!

Cape Cod...where's the sun?

So, we started our summer adventure this past weekend. We headed down with a full van on Friday with the expectation of several weeks of beach fun. Mother Nature had a little something else in mind.

Doug and the kids did get a chance to get to the beach on Saturday for a bit. That was the day that I had to go shopping, get the kids unpacked, make sure that Liam stayed down for a nap...and so on, and so on. So I didn't make it down there at all. I think that the sun is angry with me for that! It hasn't shown itself since. On Sunday, we started the day with breakfast and wishing Daddy a Happy Father's Day. He enjoyed his gifts and Nolan proved that kids listen and repeat EVERYTHING!! We got him a Red Sox garden gnome and Nolan said "Hey you can put it out front of the trailer, once you pull those bushes out!!" Oh well! We did get to spend a lot of time outside playing, biking, etc. Until the winter wind blew in off the ocean and sent us indoors, for two days!!!

Monday dawned wet and dreary. The wind was whipping this way and that and I was sure that any moment we would be flying through the sky and would end our journey by landing on a witch and following that yellow brick road. We stayed inside most of the morning. I never knew how happy I (and therefore my kids) would be with the somewhat modern convenience of a working VCR!! The rain cleared a bit in the afternoon which allowed us a couple of hours outside. Then dinner and the boredom overtook the kids. They decided to play tiger and apparently their imaginations were not quite enough for that game. A few swipes of the marker and they had been transformed into tigers!! Nothing a little scrub-a-dub wouldn't fix! Baths and bedtime soon followed.

Today, the day dawned wet and wild again. I found Liam's little bike across the street next to a swim tube and the American flag was not doing well either!! We spent the morning inside, watching movies and playing. After lunch, we headed out to Christmas Tree Shop, which the twins found to be a fascinating store. A couple more errands and it was back to the campground for the Connolly family. We decided to take a drive around the park, just on the chance that some people had decided to brave the weather and arrive today. We found Sue and the girls and decided to tag along on their bowling trip. The kids had a blast, even though they don't quite get that everybody gets a turn. They'll learn eventually, right? We ended the night with dinner and a visit to Sue and company.

We are expecting visitors tomorrow! Trish and the boys should be arriving sometime in the afternoon.