Hi. Nice to be back. Happy summer vacation. I have been on summer vacation for about a week and a half, and we have been having a blast. I dont have the time to do retroactive blogs, so I'll just start at what we've been doing lately. 

Callum, as I have mentioned so often before, is shockingly good at Legos. I mean, the kid is a savant of sorts. He stymies me. He got about 8 Lego sets for his birthday and, today, being a cold and rainy day of 50 degrees #globalwarming, Callum finished his last set--a 493 piece "Coast Guard" set complete with the Cutter, a hovercraft, a helicopter, and a rubber raft thing (and sharks, men, lighthouses, etc). Unreal. I asked him what he was going to do now that he put his last set together. His response? "I'll start taking old sets apart and then I'll put them together again." Sounds good. 

Yesterday was a beautiful day and we went to Camden and had lunch at Cuzzy's restaurant and then hiked Mt Battie. Interestingly, this was our first trip ever to Camden where we didnt go in ANY stores whatsoever...and we go to Camden all the time!

We werent sure how the day was going to do because on the way there, Maira kept telling us she was going to throw up in the car, etc. And even through lunch she was pretty 'removed' and despondent. But, shortly thereafter, she became excited to tackle the mountain!

The trail we took (off of Megunticook Street in Camden) was billed a a great trail for dogs and kids...yeah, maybe kids meaning "baby goats," even!!! Lulz. The first half was grand and Maira had a blast. Then things got kind of crazy and Kathadin-esque. So, then, Callum and Amanda kept on pushing towards the summit (which they did because Callum hikes with great alacrity!!!) and Maira and I kind of hung out, built cairns out of rocks, and took some pictures. I just thought it was too steep for Maira's four year old physique...hehe...

See the harbor in the background?

 This was right before it started getting too steep for Maira...sheer, smooth boulders that were hard to scurry up for her...but, like I said, Callum was like a little gazelle...or ram...or some other quick animal that climbs things or whatever...

We finished the hike, headed home, and stopped for ice cream at the Purple Cow in Fairfield before going home to a very excited and animated Orso!

A great summer day