The big metal bird flew daddy back to Maine on Saturday the 18th. It was a full house with Carol and Norman joining Audrey at the Supovitz Compound.
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Saturday and
Sunday we decided to break up the usual beach monotony of swimming and digging in the sand with some swimming and digging in the sand.
On
Monday we began our annual "Vacation From Vacation" festivities with another trip to the Mount Washington Hotel. The girls made it crystal clear that they
did not want to go up to the top of the mountain
like they did last year (too cold and windy, don't ya know). Instead, all they wanted to do was check into the hotel and swim in the pools. So that's what we did. All day.
Stella and Marni were very eager to show us how much they learned at swimming lessons by splashing around without ever using their swimmies.
After swimming the girls were ready for their other favorite Mount Washington Hotel event... hot chocolate on the back veranda.
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| Dancing at the Mt. Washington Hotel |
That night we all cleaned up and headed to dinner in the main dining room. In between courses, the four of us danced to the band. Some better than others.
On
Tuesday we did some more swimming before checkout and then hiked The Flume again. Lots of fun. Just a little bit of whining.
On our drive back to OOB we stumbled upon
Loon Mountain Aerial Forest Adventure Park. We slammed on the brakes and headed in for a bit of spontaneous fun.
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| Marni makes sure her bungee cord is okay |
The kids were too small to ride the zip line. But mom and dad weren't. So Lisa and I got tickets for our first zip line rides and Stella and Marni had to settle for bungee jumping. The bungee jump operator was especially taken with Stella's laugh which he compared to Butthead's in "
Beavis and Butthead". As for Marni... he compared her laugh to a hyena in The Lion King. It was enough cuteness to get them both an extra turn on the ride.
Wednesday was another beach day with a bike ride to Rising Tide for dinner. At some point during our Maine adventure, Stella decided she liked lobster... a lot! Now, everywhere we go, Stella's meal of choice is twin lobsters. She loves the claws and the legs, but thinks the tail is yuck (she's an idiot). Little does she realize that her days of twin lobsters comes to an end once we leave Maine. It just ain't gonna happen in New York City.
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Thursday the cousins arrived and the beach fun got even funner.
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| Shark tournament |
Brian and Jill headed to Portland on
Friday for a well-deserved overnight stay at the swanky
Portland Harbor Hotel (a gift from us to thank them for taking care of the girls during camp). We piled the four kids into the car and took them crabbing and to the
Maine Shark Tournament. While at the Tournament the kids got to be up close and personal as each caught shark got gutted and cut up into pieces. Yum.
Saturday we took the four kids on a walk downtown for pizza lunch and then (finally!) to Palace Playland. This year we smartened up and bought each kid a day pass. Then we sat back and watched as they went wild and rode every ride possible... multiple times. Tyler even rode the adult roller coaster all by himself (because we're such responsible caretakers). Later that evening Lisa and Brian took the four kids back to Palace Playland to do it all over again and maximize the value of our full-day passes.
On
Sunday we made pancakes, smashed geodes, went to the beach, and ate lots of lobsters.
And on
Monday daddy got back on the big metal bird and flew home to NYC.
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| Digging with Cousin Lilly |
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| Checking into the Mt. Washington Hotel |
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| Stella takes the plunge. |
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| Marni takes a dive. |
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| Hanging on the veranda at the Mt. Washington Hotel. |
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| Hot chocolate time. |
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| Stella and Lisa at dinner. |
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| Marni and daddy at dinner. |
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| From the wrong side of the tracks. |
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| Cousins arrive. |
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| Biggest hole of the summer. |
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| Looking for China. |
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| Brother and sister. |
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| Getting ready to hike. |
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| Marni surrounded by crabs. |
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| Stella on the bungee. |
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| Tyler casts out a crab net. |
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| Stella and her new friend. |
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| Getting ready to zip line. |
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| Touching a freshly hacked-off shark fin. |
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| Pancake time. |
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| Geode smashing time. |
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| The yearly photo. |
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| Shucking the corn. |
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| Brian shows Stella how to do it. |
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| S'mores time at the new fire pit. |
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| The tide attacks. |
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| Marni and friends. |
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| Delia and friend. |
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| The fire pit. |
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| Hell's Nudniks. |
