Cole Missed Us

Wayne, Heather and I packed our bags and headed to Maine to spend Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at Gramma and Grampa's house.

They always have a lot of treats. The kids get spoiled. Here is Heather enjoying a powdered sugar donut for breakfast. Wayne and I spent Friday afternoon outside working in their yard. A harsh Maine winter had left a terrible mess of broken limbs and branches everywhere. And I do mean EVERYWHERE. It was an overwhelming task and I did not think we would be able to make much of a dent in it, just my 7-year-old child and myself. But luckily Wayne is quite a worker. He worked, worked, WORKED. I'm not just trying to make it sound cute, like he's such a good kid or something. I'm telling you, Wayne hauled off load after load of branches in the wheelbarrow. The ones that were too big and heavy to fit in the wheelbarrow, we dragged off by hand. I wish I had gotten some pictures of him working, but we were too busy. Luckily, it was a beautiful day and it felt good to be outside. We worked all afternoon and I finally looked around and felt like the the front, back, and both side yards looked good. We also cleaned out the flower garden around the front of the house. I wouldn't have been able to get all of that done without Wayne. I was very proud of him.

Gramma and Grampa were very happy to have their yard looking so nice. My brother, David, mows their lawn all summer, so now it's all clear for him when the time comes. In the morning, prior to all that work, we went into Belfast to check out the boats in the bay. There's a lot more going on here in the summer.
Heather refused to wear her jacket even though it was cool. She was both good and bad for our trip. Mostly good. Thankfully she slept great which is about all I can ask for from a 2 year old. It was clear though, that she would rather be home.

Wayne took these pictures of boats. He thought Cole would enjoy them.

During the drive back to Vermont we stopped at a new playground in Paris, Maine.
By the time we got here, we had already been driving for a couple of hours and Heather was sick of it. It was challenging, to say the least, to get her back in the car after having fun on this playground.

When we got home Cole said, "That's funny. Right before you got here, I wished that you would be home." Nice that I can be somebody's wish come true! The whole afternoon and evening he kept hugging me and sitting in my lap and saying, "You're the best person in this family." and "You look so pretty today." I think he missed me. He must have missed Wayne and Heather too, because they all played and played before bedtime.

Vacation is over. Back to school tomorrow.