Jul
11
2009

Goodbye Beach

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Goodbye beach

goodbye pond

goodbye lobster rolls and days so long

goodbye fish and goodbye shells

goodbye bubbles, and whistles and bells

goodbye ice cream

goodbye daydreams

goodbye fried clams and cookies and cream

goodbye little house

goodbye big yard

goodbye playing so very hard

goodbye stars, goodbye sea air

goodbye sand, everywhere.

{Inspired by Goodnight Moon. Obviously.}

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And a huge thank you to all of my lovely guest posters for filling in—it was wonderful having a break. And I’m ready to come back!

{ 37 comments… read them below or add one }

1 parenting BY dummies July 11, 2009 at 6:37 am

Ending a vacation sucks (not that I’d really know since I never go on them), but we missed you wicked bad, so glad you’ll be back soon:)
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2 LZ July 11, 2009 at 7:18 am

That’s much better than Good Night, Cape Cod…
Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your break!
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3 Mwa July 11, 2009 at 7:25 am

So sad to end the holidays… Hope you had a great time. And good to have you back.
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4 Kate Coveny Hood July 11, 2009 at 7:29 am

I’m off to Rehoboth in a couple of weeks and you are just making me even MORE excited! Did I ever ask what beach you went to? And for that matter, am I to understand that we actually live in the same area??? This only just occurred to me after the news that you and Christy both lived in Georgetown…
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5 Texan Mama July 11, 2009 at 8:56 am

Very Beautiful! And the poem is good too. ha ha
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6 Crystal July 11, 2009 at 9:17 am

Love the pictures, especially the last one.
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7 Laura (aka Mom2Peach) July 11, 2009 at 9:53 am

Such beautiful pictures….I can almost smell the salt air from here! I’m living vicariously…I so desperately need to get down the shore. Welcome back!
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8 Mel @ A Box of Chocolates July 11, 2009 at 9:58 am

All good things must come to an end right? I hate it when vacations end. I’m glad you had a fantastic time at the beach though. Great work on the poem too. Goodnight Moon is one of our favorites!!
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9 Lolli July 11, 2009 at 10:03 am

I wish I could take your place there at the beach. Glad you’re back….Can’t wait to see you next week!
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10 Ronda's Rants July 11, 2009 at 11:34 am

So fun…we go to Disney next week and then…Hello, beach!
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11 Crystal July 11, 2009 at 11:41 am

Awww…love the poem! The guest blogger’s were really cool, but I’m looking foward to you blogging again!

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12 lisa July 11, 2009 at 12:35 pm

loved this post…

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13 Starnes Fam July 11, 2009 at 12:49 pm

Awe……you are leaving the beach and we’re about to go to it. I’m so glad you had fun. Love the Goodnight Moonish poem. Creative!
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14 Jennifer July 11, 2009 at 12:54 pm

That was very sweet. And the pictures are beautiful.
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15 Rachel July 11, 2009 at 4:51 pm

There’s always next year…

Have a safe trip home!
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16 T Rex Mom July 11, 2009 at 7:18 pm

Good bye beach but hello gorgeous photos! We’re glad you’re going to be back soon and hopefully the eye is doing much better.
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17 Tabitha Blue July 11, 2009 at 9:58 pm

Oh this was awesome!! It made me so happy and so sad at the same time. Looks like you guys had a wonderful time with some amazing moments… the happy. But so sad to say goodbye to it all.

Great pics!
:)
~Tabitha
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18 Loukia July 11, 2009 at 10:52 pm

WOW look at those perfect ‘I HAVE TO FRAME THESE!” pictures! Love them! Love your take on Goodbye, Moon. Just lovely. Should be published! :) So glad you had so much fun! Welcome back to the ‘real’ world!
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19 Half Assed Housewife July 11, 2009 at 11:20 pm

What a wonderful vacation and poem. Can I live vicariously through you? Ohh how I long for a week at the beach.
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20 Amber July 11, 2009 at 11:24 pm

Aww. We’ll be going to the beach in a few weeks and it’s always hard to leave.
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21 passions and soapboxes July 12, 2009 at 12:21 am

This was nice. Summer vacations, ahhh memories
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22 scrappysue July 12, 2009 at 7:02 am

looking forward to having you back – trust you had a wonderful trip away!
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23 SeattleDad July 12, 2009 at 10:55 am

Great take on a classic. Sounds like you had a great time.

BTW, Were you the old lady whispering ‘Hush’?
JK.
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24 Paging Doctor Mommy July 12, 2009 at 11:14 am

Love the Goodnight Moon tribute! That was awesome!
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25 Missy July 12, 2009 at 4:57 pm

Welcome back! You were missed in the blogging world, although your guests did a fabulous job.
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26 Shelle-BlokThoughts July 12, 2009 at 5:02 pm

Your pictures are so gorgeous! I love them! I just saw your twitter and don’t envy your laundry! ugggg!
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27 Bethany July 12, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Ahhh I miss the beach so much!! Gorgeous photos :)
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28 WidneyWoman July 12, 2009 at 11:50 pm

These pictures are amazing!
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29 Jen, buried with children July 13, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Loved this!

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30 Life with Kaishon July 14, 2009 at 12:11 pm

Oh, I just adore this. So pretty. You are very talented.

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31 Reluctant Housewife July 14, 2009 at 12:13 pm

Loved it!
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32 Gabrielle Valentine July 15, 2009 at 1:58 am

Ah, that’s a good book! hard to leave that beach, I’ll bet!
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33 John Deere Mom July 15, 2009 at 7:56 am

Well written. I love it!
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34 Tiffany July 17, 2009 at 9:53 pm

Now isn’t that special ;-)

Really, you’re talented my friend!
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35 Amy T (Graco) July 24, 2009 at 1:19 pm

Love it! We just said goodbye to the beach last week.

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36 rikka March 9, 2010 at 4:05 pm

i love all the pictures of your children! they are going to be so glad to have them when they grow up. what kind of camera do you use?

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37 kathy mcclanahan May 27, 2010 at 10:14 am

My favorite baked good is sugar cookies which can be decorated for each Holiday. Starting with my mother we have collected different cutters for each holiday and it is so fun to bake and decorate to help celebrate!

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