is it over already?

i feel like the luckiest girl alive.

my amazing mom took us to newport for one last hoorah of the summer.

it was just us 3 and my mom in a little house fairly close to the water. i was so unbelievably spoiled the entire time. my mom would wake up with the kids at 6:30 every morning and take them on a walk and let me sleep in until 9 EVERY day...it was bliss.

then she would watch beckham in the afternoons at the house while me and berkeley would enjoy the beach baby-less and have an extra great time.

she took us to ice cream.

bought our dinners.

and gave us all of her love and attention.

i guess i just loved it so much because i had my mom all to myself. it was fun to not have to share her with 6 other siblings and 20 grand kids for once.

as for the beach time....berkeley was so unbelievably funny. for most of the days it was just me and her. she would get lonely and start looking for friends on the beach. so she found lots of "friends"

i mean strangers... to play with and build sandcastles with.

she loved to go in the water and jump over the waves, and declare if they were a baby one or a daddy one.

we had such a great time and i miss the beach so much already.
thank you to my mother who i am so grateful to.

today berkeley started her first day of school. i am so excited for her because im pretty sure going to school is her calling in life. she is such a learner and will enjoy every second of it.

she had a great first day.