Around the House

Here are some pics from last week.

Below: One night last week we noticed a flock of turkeys really high up in our pine trees. It was very strange so I thought I'd take a picture.

Baby George O'Brien turned one last weekend and this picture of Dan, Sebastien and Nathan in the pool was taken at his birthday party.
Below: our little girl playing with "power tools"

Below: We're not really potty training yet but sometimes he goes for fun on the potty. He was doing way more reading than pooing this time.

Below: Genevieve proves that it IS possible to fall asleep while holding your foot.

Bye Bye Beach

Our two week long beach excursion has come to an end...how sad. We had a great time though and it was awesome to watch how much Sebastien loved his time there. Here are some parting pictures....

Below: Kim just HAD to get a family picture in front of Nubble Light House.

It didn't turn out too bad:

And since we spent most of our time on the front porch of the cottage, a family picture there seemed fitting as well.

Now it's time to get back home, back to work, and try to enjoy the next two weeks before Kim and the kids head to South Bend at the end of August.

More Beach Pictures

Here are some more pictures from the beach!

Below: Genevieve sitting in Sebastien's chair. I guess I should have brought hers too but I didn't think she'd need it until next year!

Below: Since there's only a shower in the cottage and Sebastien is deathly afraid of it, he gets his baths like this...

Below: Down time in the cottage means eating fruit snacks while watching cartoons.

Below: Genevieve checking the baby afghan that her Grandma Masse just made her.

Below: large beach rose hip

Weekend in Colorado

Dan and I took a break from vacation in Maine (that sounds pretty funny) to fly to Colorado last weekend for Sam Crimmin's wedding. Sam is Kim's friend from high school who now lives in Greeley, CO. The wedding, however, was in Golden, near Denver. Conveniently Dan's old college roomate, Jesse, and his wife Erin and their baby, Jonathon, live near there too. We stayed with them and were able to fit in some Colorado-ish things like hiking even though we were only there for about 32 hours.

Below: Here we are hiking in Golden.

Jonathon and Jesse at a river/park in Golden.
Below: Sam and Bob Pearson's first dance at the wedding.

Below: It was so good to see Sam. I hadn't seen her in a while...before the kiddos came along to be exact.

Below: Dan & Kim at the wedding. A quick trip away from the kids was SOOOOO nice.

It was sad to leave such a nice time, but hard to be too sad when you're only going back to the beach for another vacation week!

Trolley Time at the Beach

Today's report of life at the beach is as follows: Sebastien and Genevieve woke up at 6:30AM, which is earlier than normal, but they are just so excited about being here that I really can't blame them. We went out to the beach once everyone got up and Sebastien had so much fun splashing in the pools we dug him in the sand. Genevieve took a little beach nap and then enjoyed chilling in the shade. Sebastien is still very scared of the ocean water and won't go within 20 feet of it, which is ok with me for now. After nap, we went for a ride on the trolley that goes along the beach to downtown York Village, where we got off to play on the playground before heading back to the cottage for dinner. Of course baths and bedtime for the kiddos followed. It was a nice, full, relaxing day at the beach. Here are some photos:

Below: moon rising last night

Below: My little groundhog on the beach
Below: my sleeping beauty on the beach

Below: Sebastien and Grandpa on the see-saw at the park

Below: on the trolley!

Grandma & Grandpa on the trolley with the kiddos

Genevieve and Grandpa on the trolley

Do baby girls get any cuter than this?

First Full Day of Beach Vacation in Maine

Luckily we have great internet access here at the beach, so coming to you only a few hours old are our pictures from our first full day.

Below: Genevieve was not a huge fan of the beach today but she was only out there for a little while and was already tired and hungry. Later this week we'll get her suit on and make her a little warm baby pool in the sand and hopefully she'll like it.

Sebastien loved making little pools and playing in them. Daddy made him a jump on this one and he spent countless hours jumping off of it into the puddle.
Below: Becca shows off the yummy lobster dinner on the porch of the beach house.

Below: Masse family photo.

Below: our family photo
Nice view from the porch at the end of the day.

A week at home

Well another week has almost come and gone. I can't believe how fast these summer days are flying by. We didn't have many playdates or activities planned this week and that's partially because I wanted to slow down and enjoy some time at home with the kids before our end of summer chaos begins. By that I mean, we are leaving Saturday for 2 weeks at York Beach, ME. There is a quick trip to Denver mixed in there for a friend's wedding. When we come back from York, we leave a couple weeks later for South Bend, then followed by Brian & Jaclyn's wedding. So, yeah, I'm trying to make sure we take a big breath of home sweet home.

Genevieve has had a productive week. She learned how to roll over and can do it fairly consistently from back to front. She also discovered her feet. Both of these milestones were not hit by Sebastien for at least another month, so I was pleasantly surprised. She also tried rice cereal for the first time this week, and spit it out, but that's normal the first couple of times. We'll keep trying. Here are some pictures:

Below: All ready to try cereal!

Not as good as she hoped.
Below: Sebastien (and a hopeful Gwynnie) loved eating her left overs.
Seabstien points out his accomplishments with lining up and stacking cars.

Below: alternate view of "tummy time," which Sebastien still insists on doing alongside Genevieve.

Thursday morning we went to "splash day" outside the Windham library. Sebastien enjoyed this water hopskotch. (Note how brown the grass is. We've been in a major drought and sadly our front lawn looks like this too.)

Genevieve at splash day.

Below: back at home, Genevieve checks out her reflection.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to post at the beach, but I'll try. If there's a long delay in the next post, you'll know why :)