This is what happens when you let them out after they have been stuck in a car for 4 hours.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sno-Cone Fun
Nathan is REALLY excited about the sno-cone maker....
Amelia....did you eat it to fast? Is that a brain-freeze I see?
Pineapple and Cotton Candy flavors mixed....YUM!!!!
Amelia....did you eat it to fast? Is that a brain-freeze I see?
Pineapple and Cotton Candy flavors mixed....YUM!!!!
Boothbay Harbor/Aquarium/Botanical Gardens
Saturday Chris got to try out his Fathers Day present, a GPS navigation unit, as we headed to Boothbay Harbor to visit the Aquarium and the Botanical Gardens. The weather wasn't bad, despite the look of the following pictures. The weather was warm enough that we never really needed our sweatshirts.
Once there, the first thing the kids did was check out the ocean...
Then into the Aquarium we went. No one warned us that this was a one-room Aquarium. We got to see some lobsters, anenomes and trout in the fish tanks, and then pet some Dog Sharks in one touch tank. The far wall had a tide pool touch tank with a Nazi docent who would snatch things away from you if you got to close to actually touching them. (In her defence, she looked about 800 years old. Oh, am I not defending her? Sorry. So that I don't say anything more rude about her, I will end this section.)
After playing with the sharks and the tide pool touch tank, the kids went outside to watch the lobster presentation. We learned lots of cool things about lobster traps (did you know that the place where they put the food is the kitchen and the place where the lobsters crawl into is called the parlor? And that all lobsters have one huge claw, called the crusher and one smaller claw called the pincer? Really!) Nathan got to help with the presentation by putting the bands on a (fake) lobster.
We also got to see a blue lobster. Blue lobsters are very rare. Only one in every one million lobsters is blue!!
After the presentation, we headed back inside for a few more minutes with the touch tank. Nathan really liked the starfish...
Amelia and I checked out the area while Nathan and Dad washed their hands. Amelia found some friends and went swimming while we waited...
We then headed over to the Botanical Gardens. The Garden of the 5 Senses was one of our favorite parts...
Note to self, I want a stone labyrinth pathway when we buy a house....
Really cool basin in the meditation garden...
Can you tell by this picture that Nathan is really sick of "all this stinking walking"?
We ate at The Lobster Shack in Boothbay Harbor. You can get a grilled cheese sandwich, lobster and/or a bottle of Dom Perignon. It is a strange mix of basic, order-at-the-window "restaurant', and high class, $35/lobster establishment. They were featured on the Food Network. Crab Cake Throwdown with Bobby Flay. The food and prices were above average, but not spectacular.
We were going to stop and get ice cream on the way home, but we would have had to contend with waking up Nathan...which is NEVER a good idea. Not even for ice cream.
We stopped for a bit of perusing at the Christmas Tree Shop in Augusta on our way back home. I picked up a sno-cone maker for $15.00!!!!!
Once we got home, the heat and the humidity overwhelmed us. I called up to camp to see if Jason and Hallie were there yet...no answer. Called up mom, they weren't coming up this weekend. Guess what? Fifteen minutes worth of racing around and throwing things in bags, and we were ready to spend the night down at camp! We hopped into the Xterra and off we went. The fresh air revived the boy...
We had a great night at camp. We saw two adult loons and one baby loon when we first got down there. We swam, had sno-cones for snacks, Chris BBQ'd some fabulous chicken for dinner, and we ended the evening by the fire pit with two s'mores each and plenty of time poking sticks in the fire. Ah! Camp!
Once there, the first thing the kids did was check out the ocean...
Then into the Aquarium we went. No one warned us that this was a one-room Aquarium. We got to see some lobsters, anenomes and trout in the fish tanks, and then pet some Dog Sharks in one touch tank. The far wall had a tide pool touch tank with a Nazi docent who would snatch things away from you if you got to close to actually touching them. (In her defence, she looked about 800 years old. Oh, am I not defending her? Sorry. So that I don't say anything more rude about her, I will end this section.)
After playing with the sharks and the tide pool touch tank, the kids went outside to watch the lobster presentation. We learned lots of cool things about lobster traps (did you know that the place where they put the food is the kitchen and the place where the lobsters crawl into is called the parlor? And that all lobsters have one huge claw, called the crusher and one smaller claw called the pincer? Really!) Nathan got to help with the presentation by putting the bands on a (fake) lobster.
We also got to see a blue lobster. Blue lobsters are very rare. Only one in every one million lobsters is blue!!
After the presentation, we headed back inside for a few more minutes with the touch tank. Nathan really liked the starfish...
Amelia and I checked out the area while Nathan and Dad washed their hands. Amelia found some friends and went swimming while we waited...
We then headed over to the Botanical Gardens. The Garden of the 5 Senses was one of our favorite parts...
Note to self, I want a stone labyrinth pathway when we buy a house....
Really cool basin in the meditation garden...
Can you tell by this picture that Nathan is really sick of "all this stinking walking"?
We ate at The Lobster Shack in Boothbay Harbor. You can get a grilled cheese sandwich, lobster and/or a bottle of Dom Perignon. It is a strange mix of basic, order-at-the-window "restaurant', and high class, $35/lobster establishment. They were featured on the Food Network. Crab Cake Throwdown with Bobby Flay. The food and prices were above average, but not spectacular.We were going to stop and get ice cream on the way home, but we would have had to contend with waking up Nathan...which is NEVER a good idea. Not even for ice cream.
We stopped for a bit of perusing at the Christmas Tree Shop in Augusta on our way back home. I picked up a sno-cone maker for $15.00!!!!!
Once we got home, the heat and the humidity overwhelmed us. I called up to camp to see if Jason and Hallie were there yet...no answer. Called up mom, they weren't coming up this weekend. Guess what? Fifteen minutes worth of racing around and throwing things in bags, and we were ready to spend the night down at camp! We hopped into the Xterra and off we went. The fresh air revived the boy...
We had a great night at camp. We saw two adult loons and one baby loon when we first got down there. We swam, had sno-cones for snacks, Chris BBQ'd some fabulous chicken for dinner, and we ended the evening by the fire pit with two s'mores each and plenty of time poking sticks in the fire. Ah! Camp!
Dinner
He cooks, he cleans, he makes art from food!
I came home from work, hot sweaty and feeling blechy and this is what was for dinner!!!!
Can you believe what a lucky woman I am?!? Chris can apparently do anything and everything that he sets his mind to!!!
I came home from work, hot sweaty and feeling blechy and this is what was for dinner!!!!
Can you believe what a lucky woman I am?!? Chris can apparently do anything and everything that he sets his mind to!!!
Father's Day and Elecia's Birthday
We spent the morning of Fathers Day down at camp. I cleaned inside and Chris cleaned the porch.
2 gallons of deck wash = $10.00
2 deck brushes= $40.00
A deck that is not slimy green and slipperier than greased monkey snot? Priceless!!
We came back and cleaned up and headed over to his parents for a Fathers Day/Elecia Birthday party. The kids helped make the pizzas.... Nathan made sure that I got a picture of the one that he made...
Once they were done making pizzas, they took our drink orders....
Then we opened presents...Elecia's had a heartbeat!!!
2 gallons of deck wash = $10.00
2 deck brushes= $40.00
A deck that is not slimy green and slipperier than greased monkey snot? Priceless!!
We came back and cleaned up and headed over to his parents for a Fathers Day/Elecia Birthday party. The kids helped make the pizzas.... Nathan made sure that I got a picture of the one that he made...
Once they were done making pizzas, they took our drink orders....
Then we opened presents...Elecia's had a heartbeat!!!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Amelia's 10th Birthday Party at Camp, Part 1
So Amelia's birthday is really in January. January is not a good time to have a birthday party where people can swim. So we pushed off her party until today so that she could have a camp party. She invited a couple of her friends and down we went . We managed to get a day where it didn't rain (much) and we couldn't keep the girls out of the water (we did manage to bribe them with lunch and dancing, and then cake).
First we stopped at Grammie and Pops and said hello to the chipmunk that Pop caught in his Have-a-heart trap (this was one of 4 caught today)...
dropped off Nathan and picked up the cake that Grammie made for Amelia (thanks Mom!)
Grammie proved to us that it rained 3.5 inches yesterday!
Then it was off to camp. Time to PAR-TAY!!
They Limbo'd.....
This is Amelia's way to limbo when the bar is to low...on her hands and knees. I don't think that is quite legal, but it is her party, so we will let it slide.
Chris even got in on the Limbo action...
They did the Hokey-Pokey, because that IS what it is all about...
They had their cake and ate it too...
This is what happens when you leave a bunch of 10 year old girls to their own devices with a knife and a dead fish...
I found a friend..
More to come....
First we stopped at Grammie and Pops and said hello to the chipmunk that Pop caught in his Have-a-heart trap (this was one of 4 caught today)...
dropped off Nathan and picked up the cake that Grammie made for Amelia (thanks Mom!)
Grammie proved to us that it rained 3.5 inches yesterday!
Then it was off to camp. Time to PAR-TAY!!
They Limbo'd.....
This is Amelia's way to limbo when the bar is to low...on her hands and knees. I don't think that is quite legal, but it is her party, so we will let it slide.
Chris even got in on the Limbo action...
They did the Hokey-Pokey, because that IS what it is all about...
They had their cake and ate it too...
This is what happens when you leave a bunch of 10 year old girls to their own devices with a knife and a dead fish...
I found a friend..
More to come....
The Forcast.....
Saturday - 65 and cloudy
Sunday - 69 and cloudy with occasional showers
Monday - 68 and cloudy with scattered showers
Tuesday - 67 and cloudy with scattered showers
Wednesday - 70 and mostly cloudy
Thursday - 77 and partly cloudy
Friday - 79 and mostly sunny
Where the heck is the Maine June weather???????
Sunday - 69 and cloudy with occasional showers
Monday - 68 and cloudy with scattered showers
Tuesday - 67 and cloudy with scattered showers
Wednesday - 70 and mostly cloudy
Thursday - 77 and partly cloudy
Friday - 79 and mostly sunny
Where the heck is the Maine June weather???????
Jason Mraz
We love Jason Mraz. Seriously. Not just Chris and I. The kids love him too. Click the link below to watch his video "I'm Yours" and find out why!!! If you can't click on it, highlight it and put it into your address bar and hit enter. Jason Mraz ROCKS!!!!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x67yp4_jason-mraz-im-yours
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x67yp4_jason-mraz-im-yours
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Yorks Wild Animal Kingdom
The day dawned bright and beautiful....for the first time in over a week! We were off to the animal park under a cloudless sky! I dressed the kids in matching colored shirts to make it easier to find them....
We went with Amelia's Girl Scout Troop and met most of them there. This is the group that we toured the park with...hand in hand through the parking lot...Ladies and Gentlemen.... The Seven Dwarfs!! In front, Amelia, Bailey, Acacia and Cady. Followed by Quinn, Brandon and Nathan.
Wait, Nathan! That is not a real Zebra! (Thank goodness! Check out where his thumbs are! Yup! Right in the nostrils. Boys!)
Once we got there, we checked the map...
And we needed a plan of attack....
We decided to start out spying on the Nubian goats...but they caught on to us pretty quickly...
Nathan found a caterpillar. If you know Nathan, you know that he can find a caterpillar anywhere!
We got to see them release the white tiger into its large enclosure...
We fed the regular everyday goats...
Nathan got to pet a boa constrictor....
And who would have thought that they would have deer just wandering the path. We were not allowed to touch the fuzz on their antlers (we were sorely tempted...it looked so soft!) One of the deer was much smarter than the rest and was cleaning out the inside to the machine that you put quarters in to get the little pellets to feed them. He was nosing the little metal covering up and giving little snakey-licks.
(Just so you know, I went through an ENTIRE bottle of hand sanitizer while there.)
We went with Amelia's Girl Scout Troop and met most of them there. This is the group that we toured the park with...hand in hand through the parking lot...Ladies and Gentlemen.... The Seven Dwarfs!! In front, Amelia, Bailey, Acacia and Cady. Followed by Quinn, Brandon and Nathan.
Wait, Nathan! That is not a real Zebra! (Thank goodness! Check out where his thumbs are! Yup! Right in the nostrils. Boys!)
Once we got there, we checked the map...
And we needed a plan of attack....
We decided to start out spying on the Nubian goats...but they caught on to us pretty quickly...
Nathan found a caterpillar. If you know Nathan, you know that he can find a caterpillar anywhere!
We got to see them release the white tiger into its large enclosure...
We fed the regular everyday goats...
Nathan got to pet a boa constrictor....
And who would have thought that they would have deer just wandering the path. We were not allowed to touch the fuzz on their antlers (we were sorely tempted...it looked so soft!) One of the deer was much smarter than the rest and was cleaning out the inside to the machine that you put quarters in to get the little pellets to feed them. He was nosing the little metal covering up and giving little snakey-licks.
(Just so you know, I went through an ENTIRE bottle of hand sanitizer while there.)
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