Sunday, October 11, 2009

Our Vacation - belatedly

Well, our vacation was over a month ago, so these pics should have been posted in September, but whatever. I'm busy.

We travelled up to the north-westernmost corner of Vermont, to the border of Lake Champlain and Canada and stayed at a family resort called The Tyler Place. Think Dirty Dancing but with toddlers and sand pits rather than hot & heavy dancing teens. It was great because Serena got to play with a bunch of kids her own age every day, and Matt and I got to eat every meal in peace. We loved it.This was our cottage, which was called Hickory:



There was an aquarium at the boat dock, which Serena loved. It was pretty mucky, but there were several native fish glugging around in it.

An afternoon at the pool:


On a hayride. Serena is sitting on the right side next to her counselor, Britta, who was from Northern Ireland. Before you worry about the dangers of falling off this thing, know that it was driving more slowly than Serena walks.

Sleepover!

On Friday night, Serena's two favorite big girls Grace and Georgia came for a sleepover. After enormous bowls of spaghetti & meatballs, everyone (except the photographer) settled in for a bit of Looney Tune viewing.




Then we set up the inflatable mattress and there was a snuggle fest!

Friday, October 9, 2009

More Painting


Some paint did actually make it onto the paper, but not much.