Such a sweet little mama to wake up to.

To be honest, I had plans to use my sewing machine this afternoon. I tried to put off this kid and her ideas for ‘sewing something’. I tried to put her off till tomorrow, but there was no having it.

In the end I spent the afternoon going through our fabric stash, helping her make a plan and supervising the iron and sewing machine use. With minor guidance from me, Catherine was able to make this sweet skirt on her own. And boy, was she ever proud!

{and so was I}

I caught this sweet scene on the T tonight. It was a long day to begin with and then we added an after dinner trip to the Lawn on D to see the Bunnies.

Everyone had a good time, but by 10pm, and back on the subway, the day started to catch up with us. Even so, it is awesome to live close enough to Boston to partake in it’s culture and quirkiness.

We introduced Aunt Marsha to Candlepin bowling tonight. So fun!

They are back off home on the left coast tomorrow. We were so glad to spend all of last week with them and then a bonus night tonight.

We love bowling all the time, but it is so much more awesome with family and dancing and bowling balls on heads. Yay!

The end result of a spring spent observing the growth patterns of the bullfrog tadpoles at in the pond. (Though I suspect this one is not from this year’s batch of tadpoles!)

Some more craft fair inventory- fancy bubble wands. Here’s hoping they sell!

How better to spend the last night of vacation? Why, with a new costume drama, of course!

Catch it on PBS before they pull the episodes offline and enjoy some of our favorite British actors with us- Warren Clarke (RIP), Ruby Bentall, Richard Harrington, Phil Davis and many others.

And it has a fantastic score, besides.

And in the blink of an eye, we are back off Island. It is always hard to leave, but so nice to know that we will be back soon.

Tomorrow we’ll sweep the sand out of our car, and wash the swimsuits and settle back into city life. But tonight we fall asleep with salty hair and sunscreeny skin, dreaming of the smell of beach roses.

A peaceful end to a great day and a great day to end a great week.

My parents, Corey and I, just as the ceremony was beginning.

It was a beautiful night for a beautiful couple and I was so glad to be there with them!