Tide Pools at York Beach

The girls and I visited the rocky part of Long Sands York Beach to check out the tide pools. It was foggy over the ocean.

We thought these snail tracks were pretty cool. These rocks were underwater...

And we could see where this snail had come from...

We found the smallest hermit crab we've ever seen.

the girls watched him crawl away...

The girls and I looked through the tide pools and found a lot of interesting things, mostly crabs, hermit crabs, snails, seaweed, and barnacles. There were also a lot of "baby fish" swimming around. We wondered what they would grow up to be.

Wells Beach

We stopped at Wells Beach for a quick walk on the beach.

We brought along the girls' cousins Anna and Brittani (not pictured).

The girls jumped some waves.



And they had fun walking along the beach.

Saying Goodbye

Mark has to go back to Ohio for a few weeks while me and the girls stay in Maine. He'll be coming back in mid July. The girls said goodbye to him at the bus station where he rode to Boston's Logan Airport.

The girls and I talk to him on the phone every night before bed. We also have a webcam where we will be able to have a video call with him, too. He's emailed the girls some videos which were a big hit. The girls' cousins want him to send them one now, too.

Creativity Time

The girls worked on some collages last week.

Olivia has cut out pictures but has not glued them on paper yet.

They also worked on some puzzles. Georgia and Olivia worked on this one together.

And Olivia worked on her Alphabet Road puzzle.

When it was finished we played a game, naming an object on the puzzle and guessing which letter it started with.

Olivia worked on a lot of other puzzles, and has now started the world map puzzle with Mark.

The girls also painted some rocks and decorated boxes to put them in. I don't have a picture because they will be a gift for someone when we go to Maine later this month. I don't want to spoil the surprise!

The girls have been taking good care of their flowers. They like to dead head. Georgia puts the petals into the soil, or as she calls it, "giving the plant some nutrients."

Georgia's Pansies

Olivia's Impatiens

We've been busy with buying a new car, planning our trip to Maine, where the girls and I will be staying for a month, and busying ourselves with other "Spring Cleaning" type activities. We will probably not be updating our blog as often as we have in the past. We leave for Maine in two weeks. I may be able to update while there, though.

Park Day

We had another nice day at the city park.

The goslings are really growing!

The girls had fun seeing the changes that took place from the beginning of spring to now.

And they had fun on the playground...and taught Mark how to walk on the balance beam.

Though the girls were more interested in checking out seeds and insects on the playground rather than the playground equipment.

She was wearing her "Nature Lover" t-shirt...how appropriate!

Back to the Prairie

Today we went back to the prairie to check out the new growth, do some birdwatching, and release the snails we have been studying.

Here are our pictures from today...