Coast of Maine

I hate how hard I work trying to pick just the right pictures and then they load backwards. I also hate that I am lazy enough to leave them this time. But I am. For our last weekend in the Boston area, we headed to Portland, Maine. WHAT A TRIP! It was so much fun! Here are a few highlights.

Jonas eating the sand. This time he ate BIG hand-fulls. It was really funny until he tasted it and threw a MAJOR fit because...duh...it's yucky!

We found this little baby starfish on the beach at Kennebunkport. Jonas wasn't sure about holding it.

Jonas had his first taste of Cotton Candy at Old Orchard Beach. {It was a beach with Carnival rides and a long pier. It was fun, but windy, windy, windy both days we were there.} He liked the taste, but not the part that it would stick to his hands. He got really mad about that.

Eating more sand

This little boy L-O-V-E-D the beach! The sound of the waves, the sand, the water (Despite the fact that it was a bit cold). My Dad is worried he is a City Boy. Sorry Dad, I think you are right!

Feet in the sand

The water was so cold that Jonas would pull his legs up so they wouldn't get wet! Really, once your feet were numb it wasn't so bad :)

Me and Wrinkle-Nose Jonas. (his latest trick)

Pemaquid Point- Probably the coolest thing we saw on the trip. There is a lighthouse here, so we went to see it, but the beach was really neat. It was rocky, rocky, rocky. Smooth rocks, almost cliff-like, but low enough that you could hike them. We hiked for hours along the beach watching the waves crash into the rocks. It was a beautiful sight. My friend Diana said she thought Maine was romantic. I totally agree. I felt like it was a scene from a romantic movie where the couple was walking along the beach (or hiking in this case).

Jonas and his BEST friend.

Jonas and his Mom-who mostly just provides food for him when he's hungry :)

Portland Head Lighthouse

Devin and Jonas in front of the giant boot at L.L. Bean in Freeport.

The best friends at Pemaquid Point.

The whole family

In only 3 days we are headed HOME! (as in Maryland). Remember when I first moved to the East Coast and I hated it? That has changed. I really like living here (I use the term HERE loosely). I have enjoyed Boston too. It's been a fun adventure. We have seen so many fun things, been to a lot of cool places, and spent a lot of time together-which ultimately matters the most. I am glad that we were able to come with Devin. Three months with out him would have been impossible for all of us. We feel blessed to have been able to be here. BUT we are ready to get back to a schedule, a new home, our friends (oh how I have missed my friends), and our everyday life. I will miss having Devin home until 8 in the mornings, home for lunch and then home by 5. That has been the best part about being here. So long Boston.....Maryland.....here we come!