Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend was busy, but we were able to fit in quite a bit considering how much time we had. First order of business, Levi and Raquel flew back for a friends wedding in Yarmouth, so they came to stay at Grammy's for a few days. We headed up to Dover on Sunday after church to spend time with family. It was fun to see Finn and Kilian hit it off. They play really well together. On Monday morning, I took Finn on a hike up Borestone Mountain with Levi and Raquel. About 10 minutes into the drive up, poor Kilian threw up 2-3 times onto himself and the car seat. He did seem like he was feeling much better afterwards though. The hike was great, but would have been better had I remembered to bring the kid carrier. I carried Finn in my arms/shoulders the whole time since he didn't show any interest in hiking. He did scramble up the granite towards the end, which he loves to do on MDI. 

After the hike, we headed out to Blue Hill to try and catch the Ellsworth Branch activity and the Blue Hill Fair. We missed the activity, which was a bummer because lobster rolls with friends is awesome. Oh well. At least we got to spend some time at the fair. The Blue Hill Fair has some cultural/historic significance since it was the fair that the book Charlotte's Web is based on. There is even a real farm named Zuckerman. It was fun to see the animals. The rides/food was your typical carny flavor. I would love to see a documentary on the carny culture because for some reason, they fascinate me. All in all, a good weekend. 

Looking at Borestone Mountain from 'base' (half-way up)

Kilian was actually trying to get in the water. If you look carefully, you can see a little twinkle in his eye.

This photo doesn't give me much hope for family pictures this year, but we were able to see a lot of different animals.

And while we were trying to look at animals, Finn didn't want to do anything else except admire the Kubota and other work tractor-type vehicles from the driver seat of each vehicle.

Alpacas. I'll take one.

Looking at alpaca products.

Enjoying a hot dog.

Onto the rides. Finn was just shy of the height requirements for a lot of these, but he was close enough that it didn't matter.

Riding the horses were a big hit.

At last!

Madie loved watching the baby pigs and cows.