Maine trip - January 2013

My Dad had a trip to Maine planned for the end of January to check on my grandfather and asked if Claire and I would like to join him.  Thanks to flexibility of being a stay at home mom, there was really no obstacles preventing is.  Well, except for the challenge of Claire on a plane.  But we went anyway!  From January 29th to February 2nd.

They had a good few inches of snow on the ground when we got there, but high temperatures were forecasted for the next 2 days.  So the evening we arrived, we got Claire dressed up in a bunch of borrowed snow gear and headed out to play.  She loved her boots, and glubs, and the "no" (snow).   And dropping chunks of snow on the driveway and watching them bust.  Not such a fan of the sled. 

We had a good visit, getting to see a good amount of both my grandfathers.  We stayed with my Aunt Dori, who my Dad has nicknamed Irod (Dori backwards).  He has passed this on to Claire.  So when we would pull up to her house, Claire would exclaim "Iwod's house!"  Or when asked who bought her a cute pink moose and ball: "Iwod!"

Claire had her first bubble bath.  And Mommy and Paaps got to eat lobster.  And Mommy and Claire got to go to the beach, even if the windchill was 17 degrees!

Claire did ok on the plane rides.  She did well on the way up, with a morning flight.  The return trip was during nap time and she got cranky.  But she wouldn't fall asleep, even when I tried to let her cry for a few minutes.  Didn't work!  So I guess we'll be aiming for morning flights in the future!  We did love the great kids' play area in the A terminal at Logan.  Perfect for burning off some energy!

Here are some pictures from our trip:

Claire playing under a blanket on the plane

Snow pants

Almost geared up

Iwod helping with glubs

Ready for the snow!

Fall down!

Dori getting ready to take her on a sled ride

Claire do it!

With Great-Grampa

Playing ball

Bubble bath!

Looking at the wind and waves in Wells

Now that's a view!

Claire in a shopping basket

Found a rock at Ogunquit beach

Awesome play area at Logan airport

Sliding down the traffic control tower!