a thousand word thursday

the boys may not like to eat lobster but they sure had a great time wearing them out...


more ATWT over @ Jen's place

boogie boarding mama

beach day in newport... and the boys got me out on the boogie board...

i've decided that i really need to add the tour de france to my list of things to do...

another reason i love my summer vacation is because i get to watch the tour... i watch in amazement as these people beat themselves up and sit on the edge of my seat waiting to see what will happen... it really is exciting if you have the patience to watch...

i guess the same can be said about any sport...

see this post to see the rest...

summer bike shakedown...

nonna took B out to find a summer bike (bike to use while @ nonni's) at the salvation army... and we found this sweet number... yes it is pink and purple... and only $15!!!

thankfully B saw the potential so with a whole lot more work than he thought...

and a photo shot he insisted on for the "blog"

and we ended up with this... pretty great huh????

arnie the doughnut...

in our house arnie the doughnut is a favorite book... Laurie Keller writes all kinds of awesome books and we are fans of them all...

Chuckles is especially fond of arnie...


we come from starbucks land.... i don't think we even have a dunkin' dounuts... so when we are here we always eat doughnuts... the boys love the idea of an entire place dedicated to doughnuts...

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this view is peace to me... the view from my parents house...

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race day...commando...

wednesday is race day for my parents and when we are in town super hubby races with my dad instead of my mom...

it's serious business for my father... they are contenders... first place over all last year and i think they are headed that way again this year...

getting ready to leave the mooring... by dad fell in the drink (harbor)... and he hadn't brought a spare set of clothes... so what is a sailor to do... strip down to nothing and put your clothes on the line to dry hopefully before the race begins...

i don't know how super hubby did it... sailing along with my dad going commando... now that is a son in law... one who can hang with his totally naked FIL... like there is nothing abnormal about it...

first day...

we made it to RI in one piece...

Chuckles decided he didn't really need to sleep on the red eye so it has been a long 30+ hours... and B announced on his 36th hour of being awake that he just wanted to go home or at least back to the airport because it was way more fun.... was he kidding...

worth every minute... because now i can just enjoy life for the next few weeks and not have to worry about the promotional challenges of the northwest...

the first day @ Nonni's always involves the capturing of the crabs...



b

slip n skim...

the key is flat surface, lots of water, and patience...

thousand word thursday...

summer vacation is just around the corner... and in honor of that i found a classic photo from my own childhood summer vacation... me and my super cool cat suit... circa 1977...

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thank you notes

last week we had a bday party for BIG B...
with that comes the task of getting him to right his thank you notes...
it is painful to get him to sit down and just do it...
lots of threats to take away toys etc...

then he writes notes like these and my heart swells with pride...
i don't get notes with this much thought from grown ups...

welcome race fans...

super hubby and i went to our own birthday party recently...

we wanted to have B's party there but he wasn't big enough yet...
so instead we went with the neighbors to celebrate his birthday...

enter TRAXX racing...

we had a blast... and i had completely forgotten just how much work it was to drive those little suckers... my arms hurt for 2 days...

super hubby checking out the safety video...


he was sporting his own racing shoes :)...


super hubby and super neighbor posing cheese style with their hair socks...

topsy turvy week 6...

so much progress...
in case you missed week one...
or week two...


we even have fruit on them now...

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i love taking photos in the side mirrors... and no... i wasn't moving...



check out other great shots over at Cheaper than Therapy...

bed time

"Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to go to bed."

—Robert Gallagher