Early birthday party for the almost 3 year old :)

Elizabeth's birthday is on the 11th, so we decided to have a little celebration on Monday night in Maine, since a lot of the family was together.

This picture is out of order cause I can't seem to move it to the bottem of this post (sometimes blogger is really frustrating!!) Anyway, out on the deck setting off a "birthday sparkler" with Grandma and Aunt Betsy...
Below, having her first taste of lobster. She took one bite and said, "Gross!", then a few minutes later took another bite and said she liked it. :)

Blowing out her birthday candles...

She got some adorable outfits and presents from Grandma and Aunt Betsy, unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of her opening them. Oops...

More from Maine

Elizabeth and I returned back to work and Day Care today after a wonderful long weekend with family in Maine. Here are some more pics from the weekend.
On Sunday night, we went to our cousins' house for dinner. Elizabeth loved playing with my cousin Barb's two boys, who were adopted 3 years ago from Russia.

On Monday, we went to go pick up some lobster for dinner that night (can't really see them in this picture).

Elizabeth also loved playing down on the rocks. The water actually wasn't too cold for Maine!

Greetings from Maine!

We are having a fabulous long weekend up in Maine at my parents' place! We arrived here just after 11 on Friday night. Elizabeth actually did great in the car. We just made one stop at L.L. Bean to use the potty and run around for a few minutes. After a long drive up from Boston, Elizabeth and I were very, very happy to be here :)
The next day, we went to a 4th of July parade (yep, on the 3rd, not sure why...).

Afterward, we came back to the house, and Elizabeth had fun on the rope swing, and the sandbox that Grandpa fixed for her.

She also liked helping Grandma water the flowers...(notice the cool new shades Aunt Betsy gave her)

Later in the afternoon, we went to a neighbor's party (which Elizabeth thought was for her, LOL). At the party, Elizabeth found...

a sweet dog named Watson...

a kayak...

and some guitars!

Last night, I got to go with my mom, sister and BIL to hear the Blue Hill pops, while Grandpa stayed home with Miss E. It was a real treat! Thank you, Dad!

This morning, Aunt Betsy gave Elizabeth a beautiful new bathing suit (love it) and Elizabeth promptly christened it by playing in the sprinkler :)

Loving summer!!

I gotta say- Elizabeth and I are loving our summer so far! We are settled into my parents' condo (while they're up in Maine) for the next couple of months. Things are good right now. Really good. I have to be honest and say...the last nine months, since we moved to Boston were not easy. In fact, I'll just come right out and say- much of it sucked. BUT...things are so much better now. I have a new job that I like, summer is here, Elizabeth and I are in our own place...Life is good :)

Today, we went to a lake with some friends. So much fun!

Summer is here!

We had a fun weekend, with lots of water related activities- which of course made Elizabeth very happy :) On Saturday afternoon, we went to a nearby lake. This girl has no fear of the water...

Next to the beach is a very nice playground, which helped Elizabeth feel less sad about about leaving the water area.

And I bought us a little plastic pool today, which we both enjoyed after Church.

Enjoying a popsicle after her swim :)

Later this afternoon we got a brief rain storm. What kind of mother lets her kid run around outside in bare feet to splash in dirty puddles? Jeesh!

Visit with friends

Friday night, my friend Heidi and her daughter Julia came to visit us. The girls had so much fun together :) And could they be any cuter? I think not...

Today, some other friends I've had since high school visited, with one of my friend's son. I could kick myself for forgetting to pake any pictures. Ugg!! Anyway, it's been a busy, fun weekend so far!

Memorial Day weekend

Well, Elizabeth and I are all settled into my parents' condo for the summer. We had a fun holiday weekend, complete with a Memorial Day parade!

Back home, watering Grandma's flowers :) Notice the awesome new bathing suit Aunt Betsy sent :)

Playing in the "bandstand"...

Riding her bike... (she's great at peddling, still working on the steering)

So happy that summer is here!

And her bubble obsession lives on...