Penultimate Weekend of Summer (unofficially)

First grade starts Wednesday, so this is the unofficial second to last weekend of summer. It's dark now by 8 pm, and we're trying to get back into some sort of routine so 6:15 am for a 7:00 am bus isn't a horror show for some of us (who shall remain nameless but live in the same house as me and have been staying up late/getting up late). Ahem.

Saturday we went to the beach - in Rhode Island. The waves were big (no red flags this time, but an interesting assortment of people). We got "rocked" a few times (this summer's new slang term meaning the wave crashed into us and pushed us all the way down - "breadcrumbing" is the other new term, meaning when the child gets out of the ocean and promptly rolls around in the sand).

No pictures were taken on Saturday - I forgot the camera, and sometimes, it's nice to participate in the activities versus taking the pictures. We spent the better part of the afternoon there, until the waves reached our blanket (and one actually soaked everything!). We went to the little amusement area across the street from the Water Wizz where C enjoyed the carousel and another ride. We tried to play some games at the arcade but most were sadly not working.

Hopefully we'll get back to the beach at least once before it gets too cold (and weekend activities, birthday parties and friends from school start monopolizing our time). We'll have one more weekend for the pool at my dad's (because, in the great tradition started by my mom back in 80-whatever when they put the pool in, it gets closed right after Labor Day).

Today was some errands and the back to school haircut. Then home for some hanging around time and bike riding before bed. Our last two free days (since I have this week off) will be filled with another trip to the uniform store and the back to school picnic.