Guess who's visiting tonight?

Cooper went in for a cavity fill and came out with one less tooth. His adult teeth arent pushing the baby teeth out very fast so the dentist popped one out for him to try to loosen up the works.

Downtown Trick or Treats

A majority of the stores downtown handed out candy today as Halloween, most of them are closed. They got some candy, saw some awesome other minions, and got some exercise.

Determination Is Everything

Dummy

Kids litterally made a new friend this weekend...

Cooper Bike Riding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HED3HcaggDQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Almost There

Cooper has not really wanted to put much effort into riding his bike without training wheels this summer. I finally got him to try today by removing both training wheels instead of just one,  so he had to focus on balancing. After a few attempts, he was able to get his balance and just needs to work on keeping up enough pedal power to avoid stopping so many times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN_B-1vS1Zw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

First Day of School

First day of pre k for Cosmo was a success. He did both directions on the bus from BCLC and had a great time meeting new kids. Cooper is a veteran and didnt have much to say other than that they got to go to the library today.

Holy Unhistoric Batman

Is this the State Of Maine's doing or is it the control of the Friends of Fort Knox? Either way, its a great way to ruin the park.

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/08/28/news/midcoast/maine-officials-preparing-to-sign-agreement-to-erect-1800-foot-steel-fence-at-historic-fort-knox/

Sucessful launch and recovery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjwzOYQ86Y8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Uh Oh Rocket

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpM3gx7WREw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Proud Gardners

We're pretty proud of our sunflowers this morning. They've survived the chipmunks as well the japenese beetles and are running around 10 feet tall. They're pretty much done for height now and the heads will just get much bigger.

Coop's Party 2013

Another successful good time was had at Blackbeards for Cooper's party this year and another 5 hour cake all done with...

Garden Success

The boys were able to harvest two cucumbers from the garden this weekend. Cooper said they tasted better than the store bought ones.

Bar Harbor Trip

Took a quick day trip to Bar Harbor today as Erika's been itching to go and we just haven't taken the time to get there...

Better than prizes from crummy games...

Got a caricture of the boys drawn yesterday at the fair...

Dogs can use ladders...

Erika bought a life jacket for the dog to go in to the pool. Like all Labs seem to, she loves the water. After we took a swimming break for lunch, the kids got back in. Well Maui wasn't supposed to go back in but she figured out how to go up the pool ladder and get into the pool on her own and took the plunge. Now she swims and plays, jacket or not and uses the floats when she needs a break as she can get on and off those on her own as well. 

Hanging at Home

Hanging out in the yard

Long day of hanging out with Erika's family and a lot of sun all weekend. 

Fair Ribbon Cutting 2013

Our Garden

Our sun flowers made it past the squirrel stage this year and are up to about 6ft tall and a long ways to go as the heads are just barely forming. Overall, they should finish around 10ft to 12ft tall. Our corn is about 4ft tall and most of the stalks have at least one ear of corn. It may only be enough for one meal but itll taste better when its home grown maybe?

Wedding at Lucerne Inn

Quick shot from a wedding we went to today for Erika's hairdresser. Came out good for being a cell phone picture. We're even more sure we'll be just having a quickie wedding.

Swimming

I spent Saturday night hooking up the last of the pool pump to make sure everything was leak proof before we brought the water level up to the skimmer. All was set after running the hose for a week, 4-6 hours a day, so after adding chemicals, the water was swimmable sunday. The boys spent most of the day in the pool and were drained by the end of the day. Cosmo got some blisters on his hands because he kept going around the wall hand over hand rather than floating around in the middle. His hands hurt him so much at the end of the day that he had to hold ice packs and use aloe to try and help. Hopefully he heals up quick as he cant wait to get back in.

Priceless Face

Quick trip to Pemaquid this week and thought my mom snapped a good photo of the boys and I. Previewing on the camera, it looked good. Upon further review on a computer, it appears Cosmo may not have really wanted to have his picture taken. He looks like he stepped right off the page of a Calvin and Hobbes comic.