On my way to ride at the stables this morning I drove alongside the bus to Calleva camp that Charlie was on with Oliver, Ethan and Jack from next door. I waved twice unsure if he would see me but didn’t want to wave more because I didn’t want Charlie to feel like his mom was following and wanted him to feel like he was grown up and on his own (which he was being 5 and heading off each day on a bus of big kids to camp). Each time I pulled up next to them at a stoplight I could hear them singing gross/ or irritating songs but it was so cute and sweet. When I told Charlie tonight that I was driving with the bus he seemed happy.
We got back from the vineyard and there are so many things that were great
Going on the boat with Grandpa, me, MJ and the boys tubing off the back, MJ teaching Hannah to waterski, the kids playing “tennis” and Charlie and teddy actually playing tennis at the West Chop Club, the boys getting lemonade after camp at West Chop and playing pong pong on the grass, sitting on the porch for lunch, the girls wearing tutus everywhere, Nelly and Scottie demanding to be in the water all the time, Charlie and Teddy swimming with MJ all the way out to the dock, eating meals leisurely with Allan and Michele, dinners made by Milly with everyone sitting outside together, talking with Greg and Carolyn, our first annual Fourth of July scavenger hunt, the kids counting down for me to swim in the water and then take them one at a time out into the water while the others wait lined up on the beach, Charlie having a lacrosse coach come play with him for an hour each day after mini group at the West Chop Club, the boys getting money and shopping for candy at the Chop Shop without any adults (and Charlie telling me exactly how to stay outside while they shop), seeing The Audience with Allan and Michele and loving it, getting to spend time with Allan and Michele that was uninterrupted and so relaxing…I wish we could do this more than once a year.