Last day of September 2007

The cold front that brought a small tornado to Blue Hill and Castine earlier in the week ushered in some very Fall-like weather by late in the day Friday. It only seemed appropriate that we gather apples at one of our favorite local orchards, Merrill's Orchard just north of Ellsworth on Sunday.

Sig sampled every apple variety he could get his hands on, which was basically any apple on the ground. I think a few knobs of protein a.k.a. 'slugs' made their way through the parental filters. Henning was particularly pleased by pulling Sig in the wagon into the pits they leave behind when they remove trees from the orchard. Laura made a fine apple crisp with the 'aid' of Henning and Sig while I worked at the house removing sheetrock and obsessing over things.

Kim & Patrick will join us for the holiday weekend beginning Friday. Can't wait to see my little baby sister with a belly like mine.

Last week is over!

Lightning McQueen - don't leave home without him

Sig shows Dad a thing or two

Did someone say bear?

Almost Fall at Bubble Pond

Tuesday, September 25th.

We are thrilled to announce that the insulation is finally completed (see the house blog for more on the woes of insulating) and the kids are now recovering from the first cold / flu of the season. The usual course after the kids recover is that Eric and I become sick. When I felt it coming on this past Saturday, I told Henning and he replied "grown-ups don't get sick".

Eric and I celebrated our 7th anniversary yesterday by actually having a conversation, which is not something we've been able to do for about 10 days. We are grateful to our fantastic friends and neighbors for lending a hand watching the kids and at the house. Just a few more obstacles (tiling, painting, assembling the kichen, moving) and we can get back to life as usual. What have the kids been up to while Mom and Dad (OK..mostly Dad) are working on the house? Sig has graduated to the "toddler room" this fall and is loving it. Henning has moved into another "testing Mom and Dad" phase. Both just barely survived their latest home haircuts.

No shortage of animals here

Sunday September 2, 2007
Labor Day Weekend is the weekend Blue Hill hosts the Blue Hill Country Fair. Sig was fond of the gigantic onion rings and tried climbing into almost any animal cage on the fairgrounds. He's clearly his mother's child when it comes to sharing an appreciation for anything living with four legs and his father's child when it comes to appreciating those four legs served up on the dinner table. The only ride we could cajole Henning into riding was the gigantic slide, sitting on Dad's lap. Sig on the other hand wanted to ride everything and anything but met none of the height restrictions. He and Laura rode the carousel together and after the initial shock of it all he had a hard time understanding why it stopped so soon and everyone got off.

Onion ring

Interesting pairing - cattle judging /beef recipe cookoff