The Grand Armada of Pillsbury

Pilar is here! Pilar is here!!!
Pilar made the trip from Vermont to spend a fun-filled weekend with the Pillsburys and Prince.
Chris took the kids on Saturday and Pilar and I headed to Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth.

Unassuming looking path that leads down to the most amazing ocean on the planet.

Fashion plate!

Carefully picking her way upon slippery rocks

Crashing waves....not so terribly crashy.

Rocks that look like wood

Super-cool rocks

Finding treasures in the tide pools

Toe dabbling

Best friends

Pilar's toes in the Atlantic

Driftwood chair at The Lobster Shack

Broken lobster traps on the beach

Is it my imagination, or is that Ellen Brody from JAWS?

Checking for treasures

Broken Lobster traps on the beach

Afterwards we went to the HUUUUUGGGE Goodwill store in Portland and made it home in time for dinner!

Right in front of where we parked was this really cool tree...I started in with the pictures right away!

Being goofy!

So cute!

More goofiness

Mia being eaten by a very cute bear...Nathan REFUSED to have his picture taken with this...he gave me the hairy eyeball in a BIG way!

Moose are cool!

This is the most beautiful wildlife park ever!

Real moose

This young moose had no problem with the kids. The minute I put the camera down and started walking toward them...he took off.

Mia wondering where we are on the map

She was fascinated with how many boards they can get out of one tree

There were cute little animals along the trail that you had to find....one dimensional ones, but they kept the kids searching the woods. The cool thing about it was that they found lots of real animals that we probably wouldn't have seen otherwise...chipmunks, bluejays, a snake hole , lots of cool stuff!

When I asked them if they understood what this meant, Mia told us that if you get off the trail, you could fall on a tree stump and it could scratch you and that would leave a scar. Oh dear.