Last Weeks of Summer: NH

I can't believe it's September tomorrow.  Seriously?  Where did the summer go??

Before the fall set in, we wanted to make one more summer trip to NH.

We definitely made the most of it and I feel like I can start looking forward to fall things in New England- apple picking, foliage, maybe a hike up Mt. Kearsarge?

We spent lots of time in the pool:

hanging out with H!

kick, kick, kick!

1, 2, 3, jump!

MiniM.E. spent a lot of time searching for bugs.  

And we just relaxed.

Trying out some new winter PJs.

by the fire 

Bob came to meet us for a long weekend, and we took a couple day trips.  We went to Maine and saw the ocean (though MiniM.E. was terrified after the first few waves and wouldn't go in).  Since our beach trip was so short, we also went to the Zoo at York's Wild Kingdom since MiniM.E. loved it so much last time.

We also took a day trip to Boston, just the three of us, to go back to the Children's Museum, which MiniM.E. has been talking about since our last visit.

loving the turtles

lunch break! 

It was a great week in NH and we've been enjoying our last week of summer here in Saratoga.

York, Maine

Last Tuesday while we were visiting my mom in NH we took a day trip to York, Maine.

It was a trying car ride as an accident detour added an extra 45 minutes to our trip, but once we were there, MiniM.E. had a blast.

We started out at York Animal Kingdom, which is a really cute zoo.  (It's also an amusement park but fortunately since it was off season and a weekday it wasn't open so no distraction there!)

We did get distracted by the camel at the entrance.  So distracted, in fact, that we had to shell out $10 to take a camel ride.  It was so worth it.  MiniM.E. is still talking about riding the camel.

doesn't s/he look fuzzy?

We fed the goats.  And hoped to see a pregnant goat have a kid... but it didn't happen.  There were a bazillion baby goats though- they were really cute.

In the petting zoo:

In the deer petting zoo:

Watching the fennec foxes and the lions:

Then, even though it was already past MiniM.E.'s nap time and because we promised her on the way, we went to the beach.  (A plus for us, we got salt water taffy!)  It was too windy and cold for swimming, but we got our toes wet.

We wore her out!