Mini Maine Vacation Part Two

On our second day in Maine we headed south to Portland. We hopped a ferry to one of the small islands of Maine called Peaks Island. Since it is the off season not much was open, well there's not much there anyway. We took to the island by foot and found a gorgeous beach to walk. At the end of this steep walkway was the beach.Here's the view from the path.We spent most of our time there picking up beach glass and climbing on the rocks. It was so peaceful. I braved handing my camera over to a stranger to get a picture of all four of us together. After walking the beach we went to a little restaurant that was feeding all of the island's visitors. I don't think they were expecting so many people but the day was so beautiful I think a lot of people did the same as us and just ventured out. MJ and Annabelle got nice cold beers aka Captain Eli's Blueberry or Strawberry soda. OK, Annabelle just got a sip after which she shivered and made a funny crooked face and went back to her water. After lunch we headed back out to explore the island further and found another rocky beach with more glass to find and rocks to climb.

Annabelle is on her feet more often. Walking still isn't her method of choice 99% of the time but she's getting better at it. She had lots of chances to practice this weekend

As he did on the day of his birthday party, MJ stripped his shirt and went for some exercise. He loves to run shirtless on the beach. He then drops to the ground for some push ups. I had to get pictures this time. I was so bummed to have missed this photo op last time!

The sun was setting and it was beautiful. I trusted more strangers for another family picture. And then I trusted MJ for some pictures of just Mike and I. It was a bit scary to see MJ holding my camera and for those of you who have seen it with the flash attached you know it is almost as big as he is. But he was THRILLED to have the chance to use it. I was relieved not to have to make a claim to insurance on it.

We caught the ferry back to Portland at sunset. It was beautiful both looking back at Peaks Island,

And looking towards Portland.

I have done nothing to these photos, this is exactly what it looked like when we were there. It sure would be fun to sharpen them up and saturate those colors!

On our way out of Portland we stopped at Whole Foods to try and find some of that Captain Eli's Soda "beer" and ended up making dinner out of it. The kids were so tired there was no way we were going to make it through a sit down dinner at a restaurant. Once we got back to Brunswick Annabelle got a quick diaper change and in the bed she went never waking up. MJ on the other hand had to be encouraged a little...we had 10 minutes to get him to fall asleep so Mike and I could have a date with hot chocolate and barely audible Desperate Housewives. :)