Maine the recap...

So Maine... we went from July 19th to the 25th. Our trip started with a one day driving marathon from Chelsea to Kennebunkport, Maine . It was a long 9 hour trip, that in retrospect should have been done it two days! Abby was easily entertained, with surprise bags I had prepared for her, books, food and drinks. Gillian, on the other hand, was not so easily entertained. When we'd stop to stretch the legs, and change a diaper, she would scream and fight being put back into the car seat. Do we blame her? NO, I would two if I was one year old and strapped into a car seat unable to move for hours!! So we didn't do any sightseeing, except for Eric's "kid in the candy shop" stop at the New Hampshire State Liquor store!!

July 20th, 2008

Upon arrival, the girls test out the furniture!

We arrived in Maine around 4:00 pm and had to stock up with provisions, so I went in search for a grocery store - the only thing within reasonable distance was the little general store in Cape Porpoise. After dinner We went in for a little swim to try and calm the girls down a little, gave them their bath and put them to sleep for the first time in the same room. Not a problem for Abby, since she shares a room at daycare, and at first OK for Gillian too. Unfortunately that first night she woke up for a couple of hours, crying and sad because I think she didn't know where she was. The condo didn't have blinds on the windows, so it was much brighter than what they are used to at home.

On a side note, we were staying at our friends condo near Goose Rocks Beach (see map). It was a cute little two bedroom place with access to both indoor and outdoor pools, and gym and games room, which we used a lot because of the rain.

On our first official day there, we decided to hit the beach! Goose Rocks Beach was fantastic. The sand was so soft and fun to play in, and when the tide was out, the space was great for Gillian and Abby to run free in!

Abby discovers the beach!

It was a perfect place for Gillian to run free

After a few spills in the water... they got n-ak-ed!

She loved the water!
She also loved the sand!!
Gillian protecting our sand castle... you go girl!

Love this shot!

As you have undoubtedly noticed, it wasn't exactly sunny. But we were lucky to have had at least a couple of rain free hours at the beach with the girls, and moments after we started packing up, the skys opened up and it poured!

Here comes the rain...

That afternoon we spent eating fried clams in Kennebunkport, and swimming in the indoor pool!

July 21st, 2008

Unfortunately the second night spent at the condo was a sleepless one as Gillian once again decided that she couldn't sleep from 12:00 am to 3:00 am, and still woke up at 5:30!!! So we were progressively getting more and more tired. But in order to make the best of it, and being up so early, meant getting to the beach early and getting a prime spot (as we were the only family on the beach -- all others were the early morning joggers!)

Day two provided us with a little more sun, but really only glimpses of it from time to time!


Again, the rain hit so we rushed home - which was fine, it was usually time for lunch and naptime by them!

July 22nd, 2008

We decided to go to Kittery, for some outlet shopping on the Tuesday, since it was raining again and we thought that it would be a good plan to shop on the not-so-nice day. It was good, I finally bought Gillian a couple pairs of shoes at the Stride Rite shop as well as some cute clothes for the girls. Eric bought some nice clothes and I got myself a raincoat and some stuff from J. Crew. All in all it was a good, quick, shopping trip to Kittery!

Stay tuned for the continuation of the Maine Recap... as it only gets more and more exciting from here!! I'm off to bed!!