Bumper sticker number 2 for this gal who’s not terribly fond of them.

Jumped on the buff bandwagon with my girls. Decided to put a bird on it!

We had a great time watching the eclipse with friends at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site. Thanks to Erin for getting a pic of the three of us!

A common sight this week, Peter doing car repairs. He’s become fairly adept!

Testing out a new bit of camp gear. We saved and sprang for the fancy bunk cots. Let’s hope they prove themselves worthy of the cost!

We got out and adventured today before the rain came thundering in. No matter how many trails we get out on here there seem to be just as many that we haven’t hiked yet. Today was Blackwater Pond in West Tisbury with Meg. From this spot we saw two beautiful Osprey!

Beach days with friends are good. Beach days with friends in a convertible are just better.

It was my great pleasure tonight to pass on the ages old game of “hide the glowstick” to a new generation. Esme, Catherine and our neighbor V had a grand old time playing!

Quick shot of Esme and her self-imposed typing lessons.

I routinely check out a ton of random library books that I think the girls might find interesting that they might not have found on their own. Most of the time I just include them in the stack and set them out with the other books and see if they pique anyone’s interest.

Many times I tote those same books back to the library unread. That’s okay. There are plenty of things to read and I don’t always get it right. But I do really love the times that they pull out and read that book that I knew they’d love, but didn’t want to push on them.

I found this one left by a favorite reading spot this afternoon and she brought it up in conversation tonight. Perfect!
Sometimes reading riddles makes me happy too, like this one, check it yourself.