I was gone all week. I drove with my mother and sister to Connecticut last Sunday, and then to Maine on Monday. The air was nice and cool. I can see why the birds both fly north for the summer and south for the winter. Sam came along and he was pretty good for the most part, though seemed to take advantage of the fact that there was nothing I could really do about him throwing a tantrum. We came home Saturday evening. Now Sam will have to get used to being sent to his bed if he is just going to scream.
I grew up in Maine. My mom was born in Maine and her family is from Maine and before that from Coastal Canada. We visited my mom's cousins and the house we grew up in. My mom was pretty sad because the house looks terrible, but her cousins were pretty fun. We slept in a nice hotel and ate seafood in restaurants. We went to the beach and some of our old favorite stores. My sister was most excited for LL Bean. We went to the beach for a brief visit. My mom hurt her knee a few months ago, so we could not walk around very much. We did a lot of driving and a fair amount of visiting. I got to spend time talking to my mom and sister, which never happens. That was probably the biggest highlight for me. I am glad that they invited me along. I also enjoyed a week's break from dishes, laundry, and cooking.
At home the family did well. Kate kept school running, meals made, and laundry washed. I came home to a clean house, homemade whoopie pies, and lots of drawings and stories that the kids created while I was gone. They were pretty funny about Sam being gone for the week. I had lots of stories about how things didn't disappear, such as their pencils and headphones and such. When they put something down, it was there when they came back for it. No one got up on the table and counter to dump the food off after a meal, so they did not have to worry about cleaning up right away. Certainly not having Sam around made things easier at home. But within 24 hours of Sam's return things were being moved out of their places again, and they were back to having to keep the bathroom doors shut and clearing up the food immediately.
All in all, it was a good week, though I think we are all glad to be back together again.
Pictures
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| Life at home |
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| Arwen made this bridge with wooden blocks |
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| Kate fried up some food that was going to go bad. She thought it would be good to add to other food since it contained 4 jalepinos. But some people thought it would be fine to just eat. Ouch!! |
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| Back home again |
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| The Coast of Maine near York, Maine |
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| Sam spent a lot of time in this spot |
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| My parents took us here every year when I was a kid |
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| LL Bean, Freeport. Maine |
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| The grave of my mother's parents |
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| My mom's favorite store in Maine |
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| Monika's favorite seafood restaurant. It's really good. |
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| George Washington Bridge exiting the Bronx |
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| A cloudy NYC cityscape |
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| My mom and her cousins. They all have bad knees, or hips, and they all had canes. |
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| The Potomic Bridge that divides Maine and New Hampshire |
2 comments:
This makes me so happy. I'm glad you got to visit with your mom and sister. There's nothing like it. I'm also glad that you got to visit Maine again. How fun. Good job kids at home for keeping things going so Mom could go!
I am so happy that you were able to make this trip to Maine with your mother and sister. I loved that you could get away. You deserved doing this trip. It sounded fun and I loved all the photos of it. I like the photos of you and your mom and I loved theone of her with her family. I think it is awesome that you could go back to the home you once lived in. I have been back to see some of our homes and some have been well kept and some are going down hill.
I really liked reading about how the kids handled it all while you were gone. I love the story of Sam and what he does at home. He wounds like a handfull.
Blessings and hugs for all!
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