Kenduskeag Canoe Race 2010

I took Cooper to the Kenduskeag Canoe Race again this year as something fun and free to do. While it a really raw and chilly day, he seemed to enjoy it a little. I think he would have had a lot more fun if it was a little warmer. It wasn't as exciting as it usually is either as the water was really very low do to the lack of a snowy winter. We did have a lot a rain throughtout but if you read some of the other blogs of people who watch the water levels and actually run the race, it appears that the water dropped about a foot in just the last week. Anway, its always fun to see the different themed boats and outfits people wear. Here's some of the fun we saw this year...
As usual, with over 400 boats, both sides of the river were loaded with boats waiting to go in and leave with their heat of 5. It seemed they had most of the kayaks heading out first this year leaving ahead of the canoes.
A couple of the racers on the bridge with their artistic use of duct tape... This guy didn't really have a heck of a lot going on other than a colored wig but he did have a video camera strapped to his head. There were actually a couple of people with cameras. Would love to see some of the footage from those. Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox...Believe this was Timber Tina from Survivor Redneck Flat-top / Mullet mask. Obama and his Secret Service even made an appearance...Captain Morgan made his second appearance as well. And here is some of the action from 6 Mile Falls...




And at the very end of the race in downtown Bangor, the tide was really high and one of the guys who paddled a white water boat down the river was playing around and bow tapping the bridges as he went under them. Pretty cool way to finish if you as ask me...

Out for a bit...

We didn't really having anything to do yesterday morning so we decided we'd go out and just get rid of some popcorn that no one was eating by giving it to the birds. Cooper likes to chase the pigeons usually so we figured it wouldn't hurt if we baited them a bit. Unfortunately, there weren't may pigeons around as it was a bit chilly and we ended up with sky rats...

First Real Haircut

Cosmo finally got his first real haircut this month. We took him to see Tiffany at Regis because she's cut Cooper's hair the whole time and does a great job. Cosmo's hair is a bit different than Cooper's so he'll be keeping it a bit longer for now. We had been trimming his bangs and the sides over his ears a bit here and there and just had Tiffany do the same but trim things up so they actually look like a real haircut. He sat pretty still most of the time...





Realizing here that it's almost impossible to get a profile picture of Cosmo unless someone else is directly infront of him distracting him so no side or back pictures but it does look good still being longer in the back with his little curls.