Breakfast with Santa!

Aidan came home with the 2009 "Parks and Rec" guide for holiday festivities in our town and there was a "Breakfast with Santa" event that he really wanted to go to. We decided it was a great idea for something reasonably priced to do as a family. He was so excited that he ran around the house singing "Parks and REC! (emphasis on REC!), Parks and REC!" constantly. LOL.

So we went to the Coast Guard House in Narragansett last Saturday and paid $20 for our family of five- money to our local Lions Club. We had eggs, bacon, homefries, french toast, coffee and juice- PLUS pictures with Santa. Can't be that with a stick! :)

We've moved!

Ten stinking, hot, humid and ridiculously exhausting days later, we are officially moved out of our rental property and into our newly purchased house! I do have photos I've taken of the little bits of reno work we're doing but lord knows where on earth my camera is in all this mess! I had it until about 3 days ago when my office got packed up at the other house- now, no clue, lol!

Anyway, I just wanted to drop a quick note and let you all know what I've been up to. When I can find my computer (I am on my old half busted laptop currently) and my camera, I'll post some photos and some commentary on the whole thing.

I am just so glad to be done, it of course, had to happen during the hottest part of the summer and while all 3 of my kids were home from school to complain at me about not going to the beach.

Tomorrow I am going to pull out the $5 sprinkler I bought at Walmart and let the kids run around the yard and cool off while I attempt to unpack the mountain of boxes in my dining room and living room.

Signing off as an very tired and achy but official resident of Narragansett, RI.

Tara :)

Life's a beach!

Another gorgeous day at Scarborough Beach in Narragansett...

Crystal clear waters couldn't even keep my normally resistant to the water Austin away...

Aidan's obsessed with wearing goggles, Avery playing in the sand and Aidan snacking on some goodies...



I think Austin's gonna be an architect when he grows up...
His humble beach house- I particularly like the sand bridge he made that spans the area for his moat...



A gila monster

She continues to sell seashells... and some beach pottery too!

As a follow up to my original post, I have been uber busy working on seashell pendants bezel set in sterling silver. I delivered 6 pieces (5 made of seashell, 1 was a piece of beachcombed transferware) to a local shop for the store owner to try out over the 4th of July weekend. She called today to tell me she loves them and has sold 2 already and would like 5 more pendants and also some earrings- go me!


If you are local to the area, my seashell pieces are now officially available at Most Naturally in the Pier Marketplace (Narragansett, RI)

Woohoo!

An Afternoon at Scarborough Beach

Took the boys to Scarborough Beach in Narragansett this afternoon. They played remarkably well together, no one cried, no one got hurt and everyone listened to their mama. Not bad!

Narragansett Schools Beach Blanket Bidding!

The Narragansett, RI Schools PTO is having their giant auction- Beach Blanket Bidding on May 29, 2009.

My donation to the auction is this cobalt blue and kelly green sea glass necklace set in sterling silver.

From the site:
With the help our our sponsors, we can enrich the lives of our students and bring the community together for this gala event on Friday, May 29, 2009 at the Dunes Club. With a silent and live auction, dinner and dancing, and the ocean view, this Auction is going to be spectacular!

Tickets to the auction sold out in two weeks, but there are dozens and dozens of terrific local merchants who have donated time, materials and auction items, browse through and check them out!