Making the Most of Summer

The kids and I decided to stay an extra night in Maine.  Summer is too short to pass up an opportunity to enjoy a beautiful day with family at the lake.  I find it so hard to tear myself away from the lake on a Sunday afternoon only to go sit in summer southbound traffic.  Yuck.  It'll take much less time to get home tomorrow.  :-)

Testing out the new fishing pole with Grampy.

Co-captain.

I think he's got something!!

It's, it's, it's…... an Adam!  Toss it back.  We'll go out for dinner instead.

Bree's 4th Birthday

Hard to believe our baby girl is going to be 4 years old in a few days!!  As we've done in prior years (because it would be cruel to make family drive to Massachusetts to celebrate in our hot backyard...), we had Bree's family party at Grammy & Grampy's house on the lake.  We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day!

The theme this year?  You guessed it - - Hello Kitty….

Babchi and all her GREAT-grandkids. <3

Bree and "The Maine Elizabeth" have seen each other only twice this summer, but they are totally best friends when they are together.  Their friendship must have somehow been genetically passed down to them from their mothers.  xoxoxo

Gorgeous (and delicious!) cake made by Mommy's college friend.

Two generations of friends.  :-)

She totally would have sunk that fork into the cake before we sang happy birthday, had I not been within arms reach.  My foodie….especially when it comes to sweets!

Bree's very own tackle box -- to go with the fishing pole that she'd been begging for.  All princess themed, of course.  Thank you, Auntie Nay and Adam! 

Some new "jewels" from Babchi.

The best part of this new Hello Kitty outfit shipped to us from Nan & Pop, was that Nan didn't even know it was a Hello Kitty party!  Pure coincidence.  It's utterly adorable on her!!

Daddy & his lil' mermaid.

Cousins.  xoxo

Sleepover???

No, not quite. But tonight was an evening playdate, of sorts.  Our friends' mumma had a birthday today.  Their dad was traveling abroad, and our dad was traveling for work, too.  Sooooo…. we brought over pizza dinner and cupcakes to celebrate the occassion.  The kids were excited for a potential sleepover, but I don't think the moms are ready for that just yet!!

The Fearsome Foursome of Forge Beach

Tuckered Out!

Too much fun at Forge Beach!  Poor Aiden couldn't even get his swimsuit off before crashing on his bedroom floor…..

Pool Party!

Celebrating friend and neighbor, Sunjay's, 4th birthday.  :-)

My Lil' Guppy