Fourth of July

July 10, 2007 | By Kristen | In Chaos of Life

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We just returned from Northern Maine where we spent the Fourth of July holiday. The kids enjoyed their time at the “beach house” as they spent their days between their home made forts in the woods and the rocky beach. Overall, sibling fights were down to a min as they were to occupied joining us for coastal walks finding “treasures” of rocks, lobster bait bags and sea glass and lazy trips in the kyaks when the water is calm as we gazed at a large number of dead jelly fish and count lobster pots. The nights that are so still and dark we can lay on the porch and see thousands of stars overhead.

We were amazed to watch the bald eagles and two new babies soar above and swoop fish out of the ocean and visit friends next door to pluck lobsters out of their pound for dinner. Of course, we had the curious questions about sharks and whales in the water and how does the tide move in and out…. we tried to keep things straight and simple as you could see their little minds trying to comprehend… so much to absorb!

Of course, all this fun and wonder is shortly forgotten as we sit in 8 hours of traffic on the way home with three kids under 7 and 2 large dogs in the rain with the pee emergencies in stopped toll traffic, every snack eaten and suggested game poo-poo’ed. BUT again, like any lapse it’s quickly forgotten once we return home and the longing for the cool salt water breeze starts again.

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