What a way to wrap up the summer! We had a gorgeous late summer/almost feeling like fall weekend in Maine with Mom, Dad and Heather. It was a little too windy for kayaking in Wells, but not to waste the drive we stopped at this great mini-golf place that had 2 courses and an arcade. Kelly got 2 (count 'em 2) holes in one and Devin won a free ball pitching session for getting a hole in one on the last hole! Then he proceeded to win the jackpot of 500 tickets on an arcade game afterwards. Crazy luck, this kid! Please note the incline on one of the holes - gave me vertigo!
Another cool thing that happened was the discovery of the fallen bird's nest and 6 little babies in the front yard of the cottage. Heather valiantly gloved up and with the help of a Corona box we managed to get the nest back into the tree. To our relief the frantic parents came right back to feed them. We had one more "loose bird" the next day, but the box seemed to contain them pretty well. No one said nature conservation was easy!
Played both the Wii (is it possible to get tennis elbow from a video game? The answer is yes.) and the GREATEST game on the planet called "Apples to Apples". Run, don't walk to your closest toy store. The highlight was any one of Dad's hysterical word pairings. My favorites were matching "horrifying" with Heather's choice of "meatloaf" and Dad's "baby showers". I almost stroked out.
We got some planting in (Julia, who still couldn't possibly be genetically mine with her hands in the dirt) a trip to the beach and some rides. See Devin riding solo on the Ferris wheel. One of the many, many benefits of being 48 inches tall!
We had a great time, and although it's sad to see summer end, it was a nice way to see it go. Next up?? School!!!
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