Last of the Maine Summer

The last of the pictures from our visit to Maine.

Hello kiddos!  L-R you see Gavin, Nolan (brothers), Lucy Sue, Ellee, Brennan, Chloe, and Lucy.  Exactly one month separates the last four girls in line.  These were our Maine buddies, major playdate material here.  I put out a facebook call for friends to meet us at the new bounce house in Bangor and all these families came.  It was great to see how all the other kids had grown up too.

 Our Great Pond water-skating adventure.  My triumph and tragedy.  I figured if my (ahem)-year-old father could get up on skis then I could too.  And I did!  Lucy's story goes "last day, Mommy went water-skating and SPLAT!"

My new camera has some effects settings ....

At Amy's house (Grampy York's girlfriend.)  This is right before Jamie pooped all over Aunt Sara.  Check out the intense stare.  We thought it was interest in the pug, but apparently it was total BM concentration.

This is how excited Lucy was about the pool at Amy's.

Lucy playing badminton teamed up with Jacob against Uncle Matt (and I believe Grampy).  She looks like a pro!

We had a nice visit with Grammy York, too, and all the cousins.  Yup, Jacob loves Lucy.

Jamie, Lucy, Jacob, and Lennon.  It's funny to see this picture with Lennon's wide smile.  He's usually super reserved, shy, grumpy.  I could tell he spent a lot of time at Grammy's house because he was immediately comfortable and we saw a side of him I haven't really seen before.

Uncle Ryan and Mr. Cool himself.  We went to the Taste of Waterville for an afternoon and Jamie, believe it or not, just went with the flow.

Lucy got to go in a couple of bounce houses at the Taste, which was fun.  The mouse behind us was part of a bounce obstacle course - and she got stuck.  There was a wall to climb up with a slide on the other side that she refused to come down.  One of the workers had to go and rescue her.

No bounce houses yet for Baby J, but those legs are shaping up to be bouncing machines, just like his big sister's.

Another pool?  This is my friend Tina, from the Whig and Courier, at her house.  Lucy slowly lost her clothes and jumped right into Tina's pool.  So Tina slipped her suit on and gave Lucy her first swim lesson.  Tina lamented the fact that she didn't have a couple of solid days in which to teach Lucy to swim. 

And yes, this is how we feel about spending a big portion of our summer in Maine.  Awesome.