Wells Beach with Mammie

My mother works right on Wells Beach, so she met us there after work.

Georgia and Mammie looked around for some interesting shells and rocks in the ocean.

Olivia tried building a sandcastle by herself...

She wasn't too impressed with the results...

But I helped her make one

Georgia drew in the sand

And Mammie fed the seagulls....

what is she feeding them??? Old grape tomatoes!!!!!

But they seemed to like them just fine.

And Olivia had fun chasing them away afterwards...

A Toad Story

Georgia found a toad

She let Olivia hold it

Then all the girls found one

Georgia's hopped out of her hand

Olivia's toad

Anna's toad

Georgia's toad

The End

Park Day

Last week we stopped by the North Berwick park with my Dad, Grampa Trueman, or as the kids will call him, "G-pa".

My crazy sister, the girls' Aunty Katie...

Olivia

Katie's husband, Uncle Steve

The girls' cousin, Annamarie

G-pa Trueman

Georgia

the girls' cousins, Brittani and Brooke

Katie and Brooke

I love these pictures of them

Georgia

Brooke, she'll turn 2 in a couple weeks

Anna and Brooke

Me, Dad, and Steve played "Horse".

My dad won.

Then they played with the kids.

My dad took them this week for a day together. They had a blast. They went to a park in Eliot, Maine along the Piscataqua River which seperates Maine and New Hampshire. They played on the playground, tossed a frisbee, and went down to the river beach for some fun. Olivia had fun throwing seaweed at Grampa Trueman. She called him "dude". She told him his name at the river was "dude", so she went around saying, "Dude, look at this neat shell..." The girls found a lot of crabs....and they brought some back. They are now in an aquarium here. They did some quick research on crabs and what they like and need to survive. They have fun letting them crawl on them. Their pinchers are too small to actually pinch or hurt the girls.

Strawberry Festival

Last weekend we stopped by the Strawberry Festival in South Berwick, Maine with my mother.

We took a tour of Sarah Orne Jewett's house, a National Historic Landmark and home to the writer for much of her life.

Her work provides a glimpse of life in Maine's countryside and seacoast in the early 1800s.

We walked around downtown, peeking in the shops and chatting with people.

We arrived at the festival a couple hours before closing, but there were still a lot of craftsmen out with their wares. We saw a lot of beautiful items made with natural materials.

The girls picked out a polished rock sculpture.

The girls made some sand art at one of the booths.

All done....

When we went to have the "famous" strawberry shortcakes they were all gone! We should have gotten there earlier I guess.

Instead, we walked down to Dunkin Donuts and got some snacks. Then we walked sat near an outdoor concert and enjoyed the music as we ate.