Here Little Puppy

Recently we've been playing with a little puppy. Puppy is also known as Bug. He likes to pretend he's a puppy and play fetch with Roo and bark like a little puppy dog. Bug puppy is very cute and very loving and easy to get along with. Wonder if Bug wants to be a puppy when he grows up; sort of like when Uncle Matt wanted to be a cat :)

Vacation Really Was Wonderful

We had so much fun while we were on vacation that I just asked Daddy if we could go to Maine again this fall. He asked me if I was crazy. It is a really long ride and we're also considering a job change so maybe I am a bit crazy. Regardless, vacation was awesome and the beach house we stayed in was great. We'll probably want to stay there again. What we really like about it was it was decorated in a very relaxing style just like our house and it was right on a beautiful sandy beach. These kinds of beaches are hard to find in Maine. We had to walk down over rocks to get to the beach, but during low tide you could actually play in the sand and relax in a beach chair or even enjoy the ocean without worrying about a strong under toe or the kids going out too far since it was shallow for quite a distance.

The location was great too because it was fairly easy for family to visit. We had a great visit on Thursday from Michelle and her daughter Allison and her daughter's best friend Eva. The kids had a blast playing together on the beach, enjoyed a yummy lunch together and then played in the house. Roo and Allison got along great and Bug loved giving Eva kisses. It was great catching up with Michele and we can't wait to see them this winter in our neck of the woods!

In all, it was really a wonderful vacation, we got to relax, eat lobster and see family and friends, and it was a much needed break from the craziness of work. And the kids enjoyed every moment of it!

Yes it's June, but Here are the Easter Pictures

I fell a little behind on blogging...only a little. Grandma and Grandpa came over on Easter and we had a fun spring celebration with the boys. I hid eggs in the yard and have very small easter baskets for each of them. I made some chocolate lollipops for them both as well as some chocolate eggs. We also made a nice brunch and everyone had a good time! Happy Spring!

Fever Me a Vacation

The title pretty much sums it up. We went to see Owl's Head Light on Friday morning and after we got home Bug just started crying in the car. I laid down with him on the couch and could feel him getting warmer and warmer. We both dozed off a bit and I have to say it was amazing dozing off with a great ocean view. When we woke up he was burning up and had a fever. We gave him Motrin and later that day when he woke up from his nap his fever was 104.3. Nice! So we called the ped's office that we saw in Rockland earlier that week and they saw us immediately. Shocker, no other symptoms but the fever. The doc was great though, said to give him a call anytime, day or night, if we needed anything. We alternated Tylenol and Motrin through the night and he woke up fever free the next morning. We have an idea that this is similar to last year when he got high fevers every 6 weeks or so which seemed to go away a few months after Baxter moving out. We're going to follow-up with his ped this week. For as bad as he was feeling, he did really well on the trip home!

Roo Feels No Cold...Except When He Does

Roo loved playing in the water on vacation. And yes it was Maine and yes it was cold....but it wasn't so bad if you didn't put your whole body in. So Roo had a blast until Daddy came along and dumped him in the water. Daddy learned very quickly that though Roo feels no cold, Roo definitely felt frozen after a full body dip in the water. In fact, Roo was so cold that he took a warm shower and fell asleep for a few hours to warm up!

Early Morning Walk--Owl's Head Light

Bug really enjoyed going on rides this vacation. We decided to go on a morning ride on free donut day and on the way back stopped at the Owl's Head Light. We figured that since we're staying on Owl's Head we should go to the park there and see the lighthouse. It was a good morning walk and though a bit chilly it was a fun time with the boys. The views from these lighthouses have been amazing and the weather really couldn't be better!

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

For another day trip we decided to head south and go to Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. How amazing this place was! The rock formations coming up from the ocean were like nothing we've seen before. Just beautiful. And the ocean crashing so far below you was awesome. The boys had a lot of fun walking around on the rocks and watching the ocean, it was a great day!

Blown Away at Acadia National Park

Holy wind! We took a day trip to Acadia National Park with plans to also walk around Bar Harbor, but it was crazy windy as a storm front was coming in. Luckily, we did everything we wanted in the park before the storm came in.

At the top of Cadillac Mtn., it was super windy...so windy I could barely open my car door. This picture is funny because the kids are all cozied into us and we're smiling. When I asked the gentleman to take our picture, I had to yell over towards him because it was so windy you couldn't hear the person next to you.

After Cadillac Mtn., we went to Sand Beach, which is always so beautiful. Roo had a bit of fun there but it was still too windy for Bug to enjoy it.

Finally, we went to Thunder Hole, which we thought would be roaring considering a storm was coming it. But it wasn't...there was probably more thunder in the sky than the hole.

I've also added some pics of the storm front coming in...some amazing cloud formations...good reason to get a DSLR camera.

It was a great day trip and though it was windy, the kids had a good time and enjoyed seeing everything!

Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse and Beachcombing

Yesterday we decided to take a short drive into Rockland and go to the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse.

The boys get up early but probably too early to take them out on the beach and then high tide comes in, so we need to find things to do until about lunch time. We remembered from past visits how cool the walk is out to the lighthouse. There is very long flat jetty that you walk along to get to the lighthouse.

Roo held my hand so I could make sure that he didn't fall in any of the holes and Bug rode on Daddy's shoulders. It probably took under a half hour each way and the kids really enjoyed it. Roo sang all sorts of songs and gave me random kisses as we were going along. Bug had moments where he decided that he must also walk like the rest of us but would then come upon a hole and decide that Daddy's shoulders were much safer. It was beautiful out and we got to see lots of boats and even an airplane the flew by a few times.

After we got back we walked along the beach and found a ton of great shells.

I think the boys have stolen all of my shells. We took a few steps in the water and it was a bit cold but still fun. All in all it was a great morning and really fun for the boys to see the lighthouse.