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Thanksgiving
We drove up to Maine on Wednesday afternoon. There was less traffic than we'd ever seen before, all the way up to Boothbay. Sebastian slept for part of the trip, then woke up and expressed a deep dislike of highways.
"Is this a highway?"
"Um...yes."
"NO! NO HIGHWAY!", accompanied by tears and shouts of dismay.
It was raining when we pulled up to the house. I unstrapped Sebastian, who ran to the house to see Grandma - only to experience a sudden attack of shyness. But that soon passed, and before long he was running all over the house.
Dan, Jen, William, Lily, and Craig came in at about 11PM; we were asleep upstairs.
Okay, I'm not going to get too detailed here, because I just don't have the time.
The kids had a lot of fun, running around, shouting, playing, etc. They listened to the Peter and the Wolf and Super Mario 64 CDs I'd brought up. Looking back, I wish I'd brought up the Nintendo itself; we'd have had some fun with it.
Both William and Craig want a copy of the Mario CD. Just a note for myself.
We went downtown and I got to hit the library porch. There were a lot fewer books than there are in-season, but I was still able to find ten good ones. Most of them were children's books, including another version of The Aristocats. Sebastian was quite pleased. We left some of them up there, and brought the rest home.
We took a long walk out in the fields and woods in the back of the house during a short lull in the rain. Saw the broken-down old turkey coops, the stream, and some big rocks. Sebastian soon decided he was tired and had me carry him. We all climbed up on a rock and Dan took a picture, but it came out very blurry.
During the walk Sebastian started telling a strange story. Something about "Uncle Dan and Craig and William [who were ranging ahead of the rest of us] all disappeared suddenly, but there was no wolf nearby." I have no idea what that was about.
I brought a length of birch bark back from the walk, but Teri didn't want to bring it home so I left it rolled up in the hollow of the old water-pump lamp that I made back in junior high.
On Friday Sebastian woke up at midnight, wailed "I'm going to throw up!", and did. Fortunately Teri was there with a plastic bag, so things could have been much worse. My poor little boy sobbed and sobbed. The attack was over after about ten minutes, and to my surprise there were no repeats. Once we got him quieted down and cleaned up a bit, he insisted that I sleep in his bed. It's an awfully small bed, so I was crammed up against the wall, but he fell asleep soon enough.
The animals and seagulls dined well on the Thanksgiving leftovers. There were lots of seagulls perched on the top of the house, and their shadows fell clearly on the hill in the back.
The trip home was uneventful; Sebastian went in Mom and Dad's car until we stopped and had lunch in York (ME), at Bosun's Landing. The food was excellent, as always, and we discovered that they were closing for the season the next day. Sebastian enjoyed showing Fred, the large blue fish with a big bulge on his head, to Grandma.
After lunch Sebastian came to our car, since we'd be heading for home. The boy objected to being on the highway, and made us take a potty stop at the state liquor store; after, as we were starting to pull out of the parking lot, he made us stop again, claiming that he had more to do. False alarm, it turned out.
Finally we got home. Sebastian was overjoyed to see Sarah; he kept patting her and saying how beautiful she was. Both cats seemed pretty pleased to see us.
"Is this a highway?"
"Um...yes."
"NO! NO HIGHWAY!", accompanied by tears and shouts of dismay.
It was raining when we pulled up to the house. I unstrapped Sebastian, who ran to the house to see Grandma - only to experience a sudden attack of shyness. But that soon passed, and before long he was running all over the house.
Dan, Jen, William, Lily, and Craig came in at about 11PM; we were asleep upstairs.
Okay, I'm not going to get too detailed here, because I just don't have the time.
The kids had a lot of fun, running around, shouting, playing, etc. They listened to the Peter and the Wolf and Super Mario 64 CDs I'd brought up. Looking back, I wish I'd brought up the Nintendo itself; we'd have had some fun with it.
Both William and Craig want a copy of the Mario CD. Just a note for myself.
We went downtown and I got to hit the library porch. There were a lot fewer books than there are in-season, but I was still able to find ten good ones. Most of them were children's books, including another version of The Aristocats. Sebastian was quite pleased. We left some of them up there, and brought the rest home.
We took a long walk out in the fields and woods in the back of the house during a short lull in the rain. Saw the broken-down old turkey coops, the stream, and some big rocks. Sebastian soon decided he was tired and had me carry him. We all climbed up on a rock and Dan took a picture, but it came out very blurry.
During the walk Sebastian started telling a strange story. Something about "Uncle Dan and Craig and William [who were ranging ahead of the rest of us] all disappeared suddenly, but there was no wolf nearby." I have no idea what that was about.
I brought a length of birch bark back from the walk, but Teri didn't want to bring it home so I left it rolled up in the hollow of the old water-pump lamp that I made back in junior high.
On Friday Sebastian woke up at midnight, wailed "I'm going to throw up!", and did. Fortunately Teri was there with a plastic bag, so things could have been much worse. My poor little boy sobbed and sobbed. The attack was over after about ten minutes, and to my surprise there were no repeats. Once we got him quieted down and cleaned up a bit, he insisted that I sleep in his bed. It's an awfully small bed, so I was crammed up against the wall, but he fell asleep soon enough.
The animals and seagulls dined well on the Thanksgiving leftovers. There were lots of seagulls perched on the top of the house, and their shadows fell clearly on the hill in the back.
The trip home was uneventful; Sebastian went in Mom and Dad's car until we stopped and had lunch in York (ME), at Bosun's Landing. The food was excellent, as always, and we discovered that they were closing for the season the next day. Sebastian enjoyed showing Fred, the large blue fish with a big bulge on his head, to Grandma.
After lunch Sebastian came to our car, since we'd be heading for home. The boy objected to being on the highway, and made us take a potty stop at the state liquor store; after, as we were starting to pull out of the parking lot, he made us stop again, claiming that he had more to do. False alarm, it turned out.
Finally we got home. Sebastian was overjoyed to see Sarah; he kept patting her and saying how beautiful she was. Both cats seemed pretty pleased to see us.