Ocean finale!

On the way home we stopped at a state park and enjoyed a rocky coast and lighthouse like we enjoyed in Maine.

lovely day for a sun dress at the ocean

the boys

the handsome Stevens' boys

looking good

sweetness

a curtsey before a lighthouse

lovely girl

climbing fences

daddy is so funny 

family picture curtesy of a stranger. just lovely

last treat before the drive home (for those of us still awake)

Mystic

We camped near Mystic CT so we could experience the aquarium and seaport museum.

beluga whale

watching a sea lion show

The seaport museum children's museum

washed with a wash board and hung to dry 

dressed as sailors!

driving the ship ;)

sailor Ollie and his fish net

Elsewhere at the museum...

steering another ship

instruments from tools...shovel guitar

ollie's turn

swab the decks matey

the water shuttle back to the exit

mama and sleeping eliot in ergo

oh yeah and ships and stuff, we got to go onto this one!

Camping!

We went camping last week/weekend. It was great times in RI. We had perfectly great weather and survived pretty well.

set up

hammer away

collecting rocks

breakast on the coleman grill mmmm

brothers!

camp coffee 

daddy did most of the cooking, even over the fire a few nights!

always on or falling off of the picnic table

he was just about always covered in dirt, but still cute

SMORES!

so cool

Lily's instructional league

Gillian played pre-t-ball what they call here Instructional League. Here are some pic from her on her last day, about a month ago:

uniform

the trusty glove

playing catch

mama got to be a helper coach. she needed sunglasses that day though...

batter up!

made it to first

it can be boring out there waiting to run again...time for grooming ;)