The Orono Bog Boardwalk

Fall has arrived. Vanessa and I took the kids out to the bog to see if we could find any foliage starting to change, maybe see (hear) some wildlife, and to just enjoy the crisp fall day. We had a great time and the kids even did the whole boardwalk (a little over a mile) by themselves! WOW! Henry was thrilled to "discover" pitcher plants (full of water)...and was quite intrigued by his binoculars. (Though...most of the time he had them backwards so I imagine he was a bit confused (why would Mom think it's cool to make things look REALLY far away?!). Ah well...

Was pretty cute, though, how he figured out how to just slide his glasses up on his head rather than take them off completely! ha ha ha. The wheels are always turning...

Henry loves to garden...in his jammies!

Henry was VERY proud to grow & tend to his "own" garden this year...In his Easter/Spring basket he recieved his very own gardening gloves and seeds for the garden...
He planted zuccini, tomatoes, peas, sunflowers and Mom planted a few peppers and more tomato (though, she cheated and bought plants...). ;-) Have to say, he has quite the little green thumb...we've enjoyed some wonderful zuccini & tomatoes this summer and just look at those sunflowers (more photos to follow...)!

I wanna be just like my Uncle Rob...

Oh my gosh. How could I have forgotten to talk about my adventures with Uncle Rob and his guitar?! I LOVE to listen to him play....but this time I decided I wanted to play...all...by...myself (this is a HUGE thing for me lately). I was actually QUITE good if I may say so myself.

NOTE: What Henry didn't realize was that as he was strumming down below...Rob was manning the chords....so...he really DID sound good! ha ha ha!

Uncle Wob & Miss Cole

Mom's 33rd B-day...aren't I a ham?!

...and later the next day..100% attitude. But aren't my socks cool? (Thanks Grammie!)

....Now we're finally getting caught up! We're in August. My Uncle Rob (aka Uncle Wob) and his fabulous girlfriend Nicole (Miss Cole) came for a visit. We headed right up to Shirley to see Grammie & Grampie. We celebrated Mommy's birthday with cake and ice cream and all kinds of gifts. We were even lucky enough to see a mom and baby moose at the DOT. Then we were off to hang out at home and relax and get ready for our adventures in Acadia (Miss Cole's first time on the east coast!).We had a perfect sunny day (it had rained the rest of the week)...so we spent several hours at Sand beach then went to check out Thunderhole and Cadillac Mountain...

Doodle-oo-hoo-hoo!

My cousin Grace (and Auntie Tami & Uncle Mark) came home for a visit and we had a blast! The only bummer of it was that it went by waaaaay to quickly!

Headed to work with Dad...

Not a particularly great picture of me...but...we had to include it b/c it was such a cool day. I always like to go to work with Dad and help him "move papers". (I now know that in addition to moving papers, Daddy also talks to big kids and helps them). At the end of the school year I asked Dad if I could go to work with him and he said "when the kids are gone". I asked a few more times and it didn't work out. Then one day, in as pathetic as a voice as I could muster I asked "Daddy, are the kids at school?". He replied "Noooo" (knowing where I was headed with my question)....and of course I followed up with "Can I please go to work with you TODAY Daddy?". He didn't have a chance. The minute he said "Yes" I raced around and got my bag packed (Mom helped)...and we were off. I was proud to carry my own backpack and my "work stuff" (coloring books, crayons and a snack, of course). Let's do it again soon Daddy!

Fishing in Shirley Pond

Don't I look all grown up?! We were visiting my Great Gram & Gramps in Shirley and Dad took me fishing where my Gramps & Great Gramps used to fish a loooooong time ago. I had a blast!