Since the squirrels have been nice enough to leave this set of cushions alone, Alex loves to play with them. Tonight he was fighting sleep but enjoyed laying on the cushion and looking up at the sky. Then I showed him how he could make a tent and he thought that was awesome!!! He wanted me to get in the tent too, but I told him I didn't think I could fit and that the trains needed it more than I did ;)
When Alex got tired of helping Daddy shingle, he decided to bring out his fire engine that Mimi gave him for Christmas. He rode it all over the deck and then decided he needed me to bring it out to the street where he had more room.
Last Monday, on our day off together, Alex and I went to the beach and had fun looking for crabs and shells in the tide pool. After lunch we played downstairs and he wanted to wear his rainbow suspenders while playing with his tools. Before bedtime he gets to pick out a sticker for using the potty like a big boy. He took them all out of the envelope so he could get a good look at everything and make his choice - too funny!
We went to the beach in the morning and Daddy found a dead fish that Alex thought was the most wonderful thing in the world and carried it everywhere. It was wonderful until it started to fall apart and was a bit stinky so, as you can imagine, he was totally miserable when it was "lost". Thankfully his cousins showed up to play with him and distract him. After the beach we got ready for the big clambake! They got all the food on, covered it with paper, covered it with seaweed, and fired it up to cook. In about an hour we had a great feast with great family and friends. Alex even got a present from Aunt Steph - a little stuffed sea otter that he loves to snuggle! We had a fantastic vacation and even though we did a lot of things, we still found time to relax and enjoy the wonderful Maine experience.
To celebrate the 4th, we went to the traditional Round Pond Parade which is always entertaining. Alex had a great time and saw some really fun things. We even got to see Great Grammy K and Aunt Linda riding with John and Koko in thier wonderful old car in the parade as well and Jon and Jess in her Beetle Bug! Afterwards, we went to the wharf and had a great birthday party for Cousin Kelsey where we had yummy food and got to play on the rocks and look for more crabs.
We had a great morning at the Boothbay Train Museum. We got to ride on the train, see some really cool antique cars, tractors, fire engines, and they even had a Thomas train table to play with! Afterwards, we had a nice dinner over at Uncle Jon and Aunt Jess' house and then Grandpa read Alex some books before bed. What a fun day!
We started out the morning trying to take a ride on Uncle Lewis' lobster boat, but Alex was a little scared so we decided to go down and play at the shore instead. Daddy and Alex played in the water with Gary the dog and looked for crabs and saw some little fish. That night we went over to Brendan and Alden's for a BBQ and had a perfect night. Alex was having a blast running around and he took a liking to wearing Alden's shoes which he thought was hilarious. Thanks for a great night, guys!
We left for our vacation on Tuesday last week and had a nice drive up. We were heading up to Grandma and Grandpa's in South Bristol, ME. Grandma was still working when we got there so we stopped by and also got to play on the playground and then went for ice cream before we went to see if Grandpa was home yet. When we got to the house we found Grandpa and we all relaxed on the deck and played with trucks. 
