Ode to Good Harbor Beach

Once there was a beach in Gloucester

It is simply the BEST kid-exhauster

The water, the waves, summer in its prime!

So much adventure, so little time.

How's this for a quick little guide:

Get there early and arrive at low tide

Cross over the sand bar, head up the hill

The view is gorgeous and the hike is a thrill.

Come down and it's time for snack number one

(everyone's hungrier under the sun)

Then grab a blanket and hit the sand

Kids take a rest while parents get tanned.

Pick up the football, throw pass throw

Go check out the pools during tide that is low.

Hermit crabs, fish and creatures galore
So many wonders to find on the shore.

Speaking of tide pools, these are unreal
Waist deep, like grottos, and the water is teal.

 

 

Then snack number one hundred and fifty eleven

Grab that boogey board and head into heaven

Crash through the surf and float away

This is the heart of a child's play.

Pretty soon they are in the zone

This day, I'm telling you, has completely flown

The laughing, the thumbs up, the eruptions of cheer

For the best videos click here and then here.

One last refreshment, some Italian ice
Nothing on the beach tastes quite so nice

Time to head home and fire up the grill
Today we earned our license to chill.

P.s this was obviously just a post with so-so poetry about how much I love Good Harbor Beach haha. Our Cape Cod summer vacation is up next!!

July 4 and someone turns 42

Guys I'm obviously just skipping right over spring at this point. It was rainy, filled with sports, and general busyness. The boys had their last days of school and while I would love to do "first day/last day" side by sides, some things you just have to let go. Let's get recent, shall we? Like July 4 weekend! We did something completely original and headed down to HB NY ;) But it's really the best place for celebrating America's birthday (as well as Jason's). It's also a weird anniversary thing for us because the first time I ever went there was for Jason's 30th, and now he's 42.

Haha.

Anyway, we went to see some fireworks and hung out at the beach and in the pool with the whole fam and it was perfect :)

In pictures.

Thursday night lights, predictable terrible iPhone photos.

 

Friday

Grandpa made sure to take a nap ;)

Kids table! Libby Owen and the boys

Grownups table

7/6, the best day in the history of everything. Jason's birthdaaaaaay - a little kite flying and tidal ball on the beach and of course fudgie the whale for dessert.

Um that says 24.

Bocce obvi and Uncle trying to talk some strategy into Alex LOL

 

The problem with being the best chef in the house is you have to make your own birthday dinner.

Now you've got it. 42!

Parting group shot! The family Nill/Stone/Beninati

Mr. Cool in the back seat on the way home.  

xoxox all! Hope you had as happy of a 4th as we did :)

Mother's Day 2019

Welllll I guess this is my 7th Mother's Day! And what I have to say about it would fill maybe a...thimble? Is that a saying? It rained all day. ALLLLL.DAAAAAY. Jason worked, we had plans with friends to meet at the bike path and ride to an ice cream stand and wear sunglasses. But no. Instead, we spent 3 hours at the Discovery Museum in Acton. If it had not been for Kathleen (three cheers for other boy moms that are also solo on Mother's Day!), I would have walked around that place asleep. It was that dreary of a day :-/ But, Ashton and Alex behaved themselves and kept their food demands to a minimum, so that was nice. Oh, and at the museum, Alex made me this:

"Breakfast". I don't even know.

So it was kind of another day that just passed by with lots of TV and snacks. My real gift is being delivered next week - the next picture I post of myself you won't even recognize because I'll be ten pounds lighter and ten years younger. 

I would be remiss if I didn't formally thank these two, I suppose ;)

All the love I can possibly imagine. Happy Mother's Day to all :) xoxo