Blueberry Picking & Ikea

Blueberry picking opened at our favorite place on Saturday and we were there bright and early. After last year's early closure we weren't taking any chances. Since it was a weekend, Alan got to join us for the first time. We ran into some of Caroline's schoolmates, sisters Anna and Maddy, so the kids went off and chatted with them. Afterwards, we left with a very clean batch of blueberries! As always, we got more than we needed, but the picking is so much fun!

We came home and regrouped and had lunch. Then decided, hey since we had lots of fresh air but the weather isn't ideal, let's take a very long drive down to Ikea. Haha! The kids were excited since they could watch the tv in the car, but after a while they realized they should have picked staying home :P

Drawing while watching Lego Batman

Kids thought it was funny that the store was so big to warrant its own restaurant. we actually all loved the food! Some great comfort food in the middle of the summer. "Mom, take a picture of it! "

LOL mine and Alan's meal. Braised beef. 

Very tasty although doesn't photograph well, and I didn't bother fixing it

because I just wanted to eat :) 

tired

Fairy Tea Party

Our library held their annual (although missed last year since they were under construction) Fairy Tea party a couple of weeks ago and this year both kids got to participate. Caroline got to join the older kids and help Miss Terry setup and host. She was SUPER excited. George got to attend his first and he was super excited to do something Caroline has done, he love the library, and he got to dress up as Peter Pan with a sword!

A Very Busy Day

 We found ourselves with an unplanned Saturday and decided to have some fun locally. We hit the farmer's market for the first time this year. Caroline and I tried sea beans for the first time. She loved them, I could take them or leave them. Ha! We also got some Maine popcorn kernels. Afterwards, we headed to KCS to roll down the hill. Sound funny? Well we have our Summer List where we list fun and silly things we want to do during our summer vacation and rolling down a hill was one of them. This whole day was basically a fun day to check off quite a few things on the list.
Caroline was the best hill roller, with Daddy coming in second and George and I tied. Funny note, hill rolling is not for adults! Alan and I had almost instant headaches! We also all ended up with a slight rash, but thankfully once we went home and washed our arms we were fine.

Up next was the first official swim in the pool. We had some dinner and then headed out to Saco for some Dairy Joy ice cream. We came home and played some bad-mitten and then got ready for bed. We kept our eye out for lightening bugs but only saw a few and they were so deep in the woods. So, we went out and watched them but did not catch any. Lightening bugs just don't ever seem to be in the cards for us!

We all went to bed pretty tired that night, but simple fun summer days are the best!

Happy 4th of July!

This 4th of July was a little different from past, but we still had a great time and were pretty excited to start seeing the pool fill with water! The pool installer stopped by and did a little work and the kids had fun playing in the few inches of water along with the sprinkler set in it :)

Then we took care of a few things around here and had smoked pork with Nana and Grampy. It was an extremely hot day and we had a few headaches and belly aches, but somehow we made it out the door and headed into town for the fireworks. We met up with our friends Sarah, Nate and Roxy along with some new friends. We all walked down to Colony Beach and got a great spot to explore, run around and play with sparklers.  We watched the fireworks and then made the long walk back to the car and put four very sleepy heads to bed! Sun, water, good food, family and friends, and fireworks make for a great day!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Alan took the day off from work for his birthday a month or so ago, not realizing that it would be a very productive day! He started the morning off with a rush out the door to finish up the yardwork for the pool installers that were coming that morning (but then came later that morning...)
Then it was a lot of in and out of the house keeping up with outside projects. Finally, it was time for dinner and some ice cream cake (that the kids didn't end up having b/c they had to throw a fit about choosing a seat outside *sigh*). Then, the pool installers came back at like 7pm at night and worked for a few more hours. Happy birthday Daddy, we love you!