She fell into the crack.
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I decided to try and get some pics of Ivy’s crazy long tongue today.
This is the best I could do.
I love their silent fighting.
Tuckered out…
Homework
Must. Touch. Sister.
Quick! There’s the sun!
These days you need to record the sun when you see it so you can remember what it looks like.
Those paws.
Wiped out after her urgent trip to the vet.
Ivy was acting really weird earlier today and we thought she might have had a seizure (she was basically motionless with some slight twitching in a weird position for four minutes).
The vet was thrilled I had recorded it and agreed it looked like a minor seizure. But! She was also diagnosed with a double ear infection so the two things might be related. Blood panel came back with everything looking perfect so it’s a wait and see kind of thing.
Why are dogs so weird?
The girls helping me read.
Just a Barbie girl!
The high school had a trick or treating event so I took Katie. It was mostly for younger kids but she played some games and came home with some candy so she was happy. And she was thrilled that lots of the high school girls knew she was Barbie and loved her shoes!
She also learned a great lesson—heels suck.
Stephen King can feel daunting.
They like helping Tom nap.
Homework drama
This is an all too familiar sight these days…
These ears. Even when sleeping.
They go where the sun is.
Two kids one outfit
She cleans up well when she wants to.
I attempted to straighten her hair plus did her make-up. I don’t like how old she looks.
I missed these girls.
Friday Fave: my stepsisters
I was busy when my Friday reminder went off and I thought I snoozed it but here we are.
I grew up an only child so was thrilled when I gained three new stepsiblings when my mom remarried! We don’t get to see each other that often, so when we do, I love it!
Last week, these two were able to join us in Maine so we enjoyed some time on the beach at our cottage just catching up!
Jazz Concert
Goodbye, Maine
My last homemade lobster meal from my mom before heading to the airport—a lobster omelette with a side of lobster!
Our last full day in Maine!
Our last fresh lobster dinner—2+ pounders! We couldn’t even finish them so we have leftovers for lobster quiche in the morning before heading to the airport and back to real life!
Marshall Point & Owl’s Head Lighthouses
Today’s adventure in Maine…So happy it was sunny today! We started at Marshall Point Lighthouse in Point Clyde, ME. This is where the Forrest Gump scene of Tom Hanks running was filmed.
Read the book? Check!
Visited the lighthouse? Check!
Another day around the house
It started out rainy and overcast but eventually the sun came out. We went out for lobster rolls for dinner.
It rained all damn day
I sat across the couch from Owen and read a book.
Everyone else played many hands of Buck Euchre (Katie learned it and loved it), Tonk, Kings Corners and others I’m surely forgetting. Katie was a card-playin fiend.
Friday Fave: fresh lobster
I’m in Maine so that means FRESH LOBSTER!
There’s a dock just a few miles from where we’re staying that we visit every other day. If you saw my reel yesterday, that’s the place.
Honestly if I had my choice I’d probably choose a lobster roll, but there’s something about cracking open your own personal lobster!
Lesson learned and Pemaquid Point
Last night we had asked Owen to take out the lobster waste and set the bucket inside the garbage bins (because it was too dark to go too the beach and dump in the water—but it couldn’t stay in the house or be left out where animals could get it.
Never underestimate the non-listening power of a teen brain. This is what we found in the morning. He somehow missed that we said to put the lobster shells IN the garbage bin and just left it on the porch. So then he got the glorious job of cleaning it all up! We all had a good laugh.
Then it was off on another adventure—to my mom’s favorite spot: Pemaquid Point!
You’ve seen the lobster dinner, now see our dessert! Everyone loves strawberry shortcake!
Lobster, lobster, lobster!
When in Rome…
When vacationing in Maine, fresh lobsters straight from the dock are mandatory. You’re looking at nine lobsters coming in at 18-ish pounds!
Vera Wong is 5 stars!
Book 1 of Maine vacation.
FIVE STARS! Loved this book. Loved Vera—everyone needs a Vera in their life! It was utterly delightful. I enjoyed it so much I might listen to the audio version!
