Blueberries

So if you know me, you know that I love blueberries. They may well be my favorite food ever! Well, today we got together with mummy's friend, Donna, and went blueberry picking at Cider Hill Farms in Amesbury. Since I love blueberries so much, I wasn't very discerning about the ripeness of the berries I sampled and ate lots of green blueberries which weren't so good. In addition to blueberries, Cider Hill had chickens, sheep and goats which we got to feed grass to. It was a seriously awesome adventure!

E.R.

You can see a bit of Noah's bandage covering the stitches and his hospital band. Despite the trauma, you can see he's still smiling (kind of).

Full bandage shot with a little bit of drippy blood stain on his shirt from the ride to the hospital.

Here I am enjoying the bounty of our adventure and my patience.

Boy oh boy did we have an adventure tonight! We were at a BBQ at a friends house and Noah was being Noah and fell while he was running up some steps. This fall turned out to be a bit more serious then most of his falls, and we ended up at Winchester Hospital so that he could get 3 stitches in his chin. He was very brave and I was very patient with the waiting, so we got to have Wendy's for dinner, which was a good end to an adventurous evening.

It's a Brother!

So in case you missed it, mummy has a baby in her tummy and today we found out it's a boy! That's right, I'm going to have a brother! Right now we call the baby, "Baby Shad", but once he arrives in December we'll give him a more normal name. We don't have any really good pictures, but this is the best that we've got for now. Better pictures will come in December!

Cats Meow

This summer I've been going to this really fun summer camp where we do all sorts of interesting things. We've done lots of fun art projects, had Curious Creatures bring in some reptiles, planted seeds, gone on a nature walk and had a face painter come in. Here is the kitty face that I had painted on. Since blue and green are my favorite colors I opted for a blue and green kitty. Cool huh?

York Wild Kingdom

They had a big pond filled with all sorts of ducks. We got to feed the ducks which was fun, although I found out that duck "nips" hurt a little. This was the baby duck that I loved and kept trying to feed.

There were free-roaming deer that you could pet. I really liked it, but from the picture below you may be able to tell that Anna wasn't such a fan. No matter how hard mummy tried, Anna was not going to touch the deer.

Anna is now competition for me to "garbage truck" it on the stroller. There's a foot plate at the back of the stroller that's fun to stand on and be pushed around. Time to work on my competition strategy.


Despite a forecast with temperatures in the mid-90s and moderately high humidity, we decided to trek up north to York Wild Kingdom Zoo in York, ME. It was a fun zoo with some fun animals like an ostrich, a hyper baby zebra, an elephant and a whole lot of primates. Even though we were all super hot, we were glad to not be covered in fur and had a great time!

Flutterby

Me and Gitte checking out the scene.

Ida and Noah sitting with a butterfly. When it opened it's wings it was a pretty blue butterfly.

There were lots of blue butterflies and here Noah is checking one out up close and personal.

We're all checking out the butterflies who were "basking" because they're cold-blooded creatures who need to absorb warmth.

We had the best adventure today! We went to a local butterfly pavilion and got to see hundreds of flutterbys! Our awesome neighbors came along which really made the trip special. I think by the end of our visit we all had a butterfly land on us, and Noah's butterfly landed right on his head!

Epic

Here I am, chillin' in the sun. I had on lots of sunscreen, so I'm happy to report I'm still pale as ever.

We were too small for the big twisty slides (which daddy said were cool), but we did have this kiddie slide. Noah loved it and said that it was his favorite part of the ship. I liked watching him have fun, but didn't like the slide too much myself.

I did like just lounging around in the water and pretending I can swim.

Noah and "crabby" in the splash park.

Noah needed a little help with his first bowling experience. Given the final scores (daddy - 74, Noah - 90, mummy - 94) maybe someone other then daddy should have been helping him.

Me and mummy waiting for dinner one night.

For 4th of July this year we got to go on NCL's new ship, the Epic. We had lots of fun and lots of new experiences. The first night, we got to go to a Cirque de Soleil dinner which was out of this world and then the next night we got to go see Blue Man Group which I can't even begin to describe. We also got to watch New York's fireworks from our ship, go bowling and play in an awesome pool/splash park. It was a great way to spend 4th of July in New York City!