Fort Knox

On Monday we hit Fort Knox on our way home from Old Town which was very cool because I haven’t been there in 30 years (?) , Erik and Alec have never been there AND we didn’t have to take the highway home! Yeah!

We roped Julie and Colin into coming with us. They had just visited the week before so they had the layout down and acted as wonderful tour guides and we stumbled around listening to Alec ask a million questions. Typical.  The weather was not promising when we left Debbie’s house but as the morning progressed the clouds lifted and the sun peaked through. It was perfect weather for exploring.

After we explored ‘Castle Knox’ as Alec called it – we rambled over to the observatory tower bridge thing.  Details.

You step off the elevator and there is a moment of vertigo. Once you gather your wits about you…WOW! What a view!

And from the bottom

The ride home after a fun filled weekend!

Wordless Wednesday

 

(last Tuesday 24 hours post op)

CSA Week 9 Again

I went back and counted and I think I messed up. I am pretty sure THIS should be week 9.  Does it really matter? Probably not.  But I don’t want to rush this goodness too much.

Some farm pictures…

And after the farm…

CSA Week 9

My half of the goods.

I used up a lot of it already. We had salad for dinner. Everything in it was from the farm.

In fact everything on this plate for dinner tonight was from the farm. We did have meat but that didn’t come from the farm.

This dinner was also special because it was out inaugural dinner on our screen porch. Yeah! Now-we just need new furniture for it.

I also made summer squash bread. Sounds gross but is pretty tasty. Oh and a garlic beet salad. I am looking forward to trying that with tomorrow’s dinner.

It’s back to that darn patty pan. It’s haunting me.

I would consider the farm share a huge success for our family. While Alec hasn’t grown too much in the veggie world- he has picked up a few new things that he likes (cherry tomatoes and peas out of the pea pods) and that’s good enough for me.

Bon Appetite!

A little culture never hurt…right?

On Sunday we drove down to Ogunquit to the playhouse to see a production of The Jungle Book.  As we sat in traffic on Rte 1- I thought to myself…”self- why did we think it was a good idea to drive down Rte 1 on a beautiful Sunday in the summer? Don’t you know better? I hope this is worth it”.  To Erik I was saying “relax..it’s just a little traffic-don’t worry-we won’t be late”.  To myself again “huh….we might be late”.

But we made it in plenty of time. We cursed a few of the out-of state plates along the way..trying to remind ourselves that these very plates are the ones that contribute to our local economy.  FYI- I don’t care what state you are from- your Ferrari does not impress me-nor does it allow you to park anywhere you would like! 

I digress…

In the summer, the playhouse puts on a series of productions by children/young adults. The prices are reasonable and they are fun,decent productions. 

We dressed him up a little.

We had decent seats…

We all thought it was pretty good. Afterwards we went for ice cream for lunch at Browns by Nubble Light in York. I would have taken picture of the lighthouse but we didn’t stop this time because, well, we were sick of tourists.

Yum! 

Saturday afternoon beach time

 

An adventure of a different kind

We rose early this August 1st for a different kind of adventure. Alec was scheduled to have tubes in his ears and his adenoids removed.  What fun –right?  He was in denial about the whole thing and  to be honest we discussed it very little leading up to it. Limited information kept the anxiety level low. He handled it like a champ! 

Watching cartoons while getting ready!

Alec was very engaging while speaking with all the doctors and nurses that coming into and out of his room. You would have thought this would be an everyday occurrence for him. He even corrected one nurse who kept calling him Alex. :) I was the chosen parent to accompany Alec into the OR…we all know Erik doesn’t do so well with these settings..think back to my epidural story or Alec’s stiches.  When they wheeled Alec into the OR –he said it looked like a rocket ship – so as he was using the breathing mask to fall asleep –they were making up a story about rocket ships to help him. Very cute. Very disconcerting to a mom –when your child just slumps over, even if you are expecting it. It was very hard to walk out of that room and leave him there. 

But in less than 50 minutes the doctor was back out and telling us the results. Apparently he will be able to hear REALLY well now. The doctor indicated that with the removal of the ‘cement’ that was in his middle ear area he should hear better than ever and his vocabulary and speech should improve. Yikes..can you imagine? He was already a pretty articulate kid! I am anxious to see if this will alleviate those mysterious fever/headache combos he has. 

Next was recovery- he woke up pretty rough- sobbing and thrashing-so they sedated him to let him sleep it off a little longer. Thank goodness- it brought tears to my eyes watching him so agitated .But watching him snuggle in and sleep on his daddy brought tears to my eyes too. Just a little emotional I guess!

Waking up a little more and still a little stoned from the additional sedation.  It took quite a bit of concentration on his part to actually get that popsicle into his mouth.

Instead of wheelchairs… pretty clever!

Resting a little more.

And then we were outta there a mere 3 hours later. Yeah!

Now we are home – resting on the couch and streaming some Netflix -Mighty Machines-pure happiness and munching on Cheese Its of all things!  They say that recovery for these procedures is pretty quick so look for some more of Alec’s adventures soon.