More summer

We have been to parades,

 Picked raspberries,

and picked rocks galore.

 It has been a great summer!

Did I mention swimming?

These kids have grown leaps and bounds in their swimming this year. Marty leaps off the dock, without plugging his nose - over and over! With his life jacket, he pops back up and safely swims to shore.

Lizzie has not only taught herself to do somersaults in the water (just like her mama) but also to dive! What a big girl!

 Both kids have spent a lot of time on the boat too. Lizzie has gotten herself up briefly on water skis - no pictures of that, all of the picture takers were either in the water helping her or on the boat pulling her! One more month full of trying and I bet we get some good photos. Marty is content to drive the boat and ride the tube.

June

We have had a great summer so far. We have moved out of "camp" and into our own home again, though we still spend a lot of these hot summer days there, swimming, boating, playing, lobster eating - you get the idea!

Memorial Day Parade

I love living in a small town. I was reminded of that yesterday when we took the kids to our little memorial day parade.  This year, Lizzie was old enough to ride on the fire truck with Uncle John. She was very excited to be part of the parade!  Maeve and Martin were pretty excited for the parade from the sidelines as well.

 Uncle John, throwing out candy. I figured I bought enough candy - I bought what I thought was plenty, then added two more bags. Turns out I could have doubled it! Luckily, Lizzie saved some for herself at the end.

 Lizzie was so excited about this day. She wanted to go to bed early the night before, to be sure she was well rested for it. She asked me if it might be the best day of her life. That morning, she called it a miracle. This girls knows how to express excitement and appreciation for these things!  She had a great time, thanks so much to Uncle John.

 Uncle Dan was home this weekend too - the guys got the dock partially in at camp, worked around burning brush and I worked on emptying camp of the last of our belongings (while we are mostly "moved out" of camp, it would be a stretch to say we are "moved in" at the new house - there are still boxes all around - we are making progress slowly, but surely).

Here are the "littles" enjoying their candy.

Spring

 Helping Daddy in the garden:

Easter

Another great Easter - the annual Easter Egg hunt at Mimi and Timber's was again a great success!

balloons

When we were setting up for Lizzie's birthday party, the kids learned the joy of the static electricity and balloons on the ceiling. There was great joy in jumping to the ceiling to try to reach them.  These kids love to jump!