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michael and mallory michael and mallory grief can take care of itself but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with mark twain monday june 4 2018 memorial day weekend we had a great memorial day weekend on the schoodic peninsula we were fighting off black flies and mosquitoes but the weather was perfect and we had good company with the ellis family the schoodic woods campground in acadia by far has some of the cleanest camping facilities i ve used and per usual the kids all slept relatively well amity slept very well especially since she had just slid into a streak of waking up in the middle of the night multiple nights in a row madie brought her friend anna as well the kids favorite camping dinner is hot dogs chips followed by s mores without fail amity was a good little camper and actually did not get very many bug bites madie and anna got along very well and it was madie s first sleepover with a friend we don t usually allow sleepovers of any type but this was sort of a special circumstance anna was pretty excited for madie to have her first sleepover while madie was excited for anna to have home cooked meals anna has convinced madie that she suffers by never eating home cooked meals so they kept saying anna has to take advantage of this while she can hope those hot dogs with factory processed chips were an impressive home cooked meal we hadn t been to schoodic for a couple of years so we decided to tour the sites we had previously visited such as playing on the rocks at the peninsula seeing the schoodic institute we also decided to hit a trail to explore the woods a bit something we didn t do the last time we visited the rocks were a huge hit the waves were fun to watch and the kids had different games in their heads as their imaginations ran wild finn found this little slot canyon to climb around in amity was a good little hiker and enjoys being outside especially when she can be attached to mumma oh yeah and elvis came with us it cracks me up because madie had been complaining that elvis always sleeps on my sleeping bag which is true for the most part at about 2am i woke up to hearing anna whispering to madie to wake up because she was rolling into her during the night in an effort to prevent everyone from waking up i tried to help anna get situated then i saw what had transpired in the last 4 hours of sleep elvis had taken over finn s sleeping bag fin was now perpendicular to where he was sleeping with his feet on petya s pillow petya was sharing madie s pillow and madie had been squished between anna and petya it was quite the scene but funny to see how these little critters move when they are all sleeping next to each other it was a successful trip particularly since we found a taqueria in milbridge it was literally the most authentic mexican food in maine we had found so far good salsa decent horchata good carne asada it s good to know it s there when we need it a great way to kick off summer along the coast of maine posted by michael at 6 07 pm no comments labels about amity about finn about madie about mal about mike about petranella saturday may 5 2018 sunny forecast what could go wrong sometimes i entice the kids to go on hikes or go rock climbing during less than ideal conditions with snacks or sweets if i took them without snacks i worry they will have a bad experience and will shy away from that activity in the future even though there s a 20 degree windchill with 40mph gusts on the side of mount champlain we can always say hey at least dad brought donuts and yes i was packing on this blistering morning even amity was phased i carried her up in my arms the whole way because i couldn t get the carrier to work probably best that i did she was extra warm inside my jacket the kids had good attitudes at the very end petya began to break down because it was so chilly we found a warm area touched by the sun and sheltered by the wind and enjoyed our hard earned donuts i know the kids won t remember all of these experiences but i m hoping it will make them tougher over the long haul also look who made the front page of the mount desert islander posted by michael at 3 30 am 1 comment labels about amity about finn about madie about mike about petranella sunday april 29 2018 temple run i m torn there are so many great things about living in maine even having to drive 5 hours to go to the temple is a blessing anything that requires you to lay something on the alter and sacrifice time or money arguably two of the most valued things in todays world is going to bring great significance to your life although i may seem a bit optimistic about having a temple 5 hours away i certainly will not murmur if one was built close to us in the meantime we will enjoy our excuses to visit boston and the great history that area offers mal booked an entire home through airbnb in ipswich ma for friday night i think she has had it with me booking cheap hotels that house people on edge see our portland motel 6 experience from summer 2017 trip out west it was awesome to have an entire home to ourselves we headed for the temple first thing in the morning we went with richie candice roberts so that we could take turns watching each others kids afterward we found a legit taqueria that filled my soul and stomach and took our time driving back home boston is such a cool place i can t wait to explore more areas the kids did great traveling a road trip with our van built in tv dvd player is so awesome we only use it for drives 2 hours but it s so nice to lean on for those drives posted by michael at 3 13 am no comments labels about amity about finn about madie about mal about mike about petranella monday april 2 2018 winter that s a wrap old man winter is loosening his grip over the state of maine and warmer days are ahead those moments where you look forward to a 40 degree day here are a few highlights from our winter the kids have been hanging upside down on the bunk bed a lot lately somehow i was able to convince all of them to turn their face toward me for a quick photo madie usually resists any sort of paparazzi type of treatment we went for a fun hike and explored the ice finn has been very curious about peregrine falcons and birds of prey so he is geared up for some wildlife always good to check the guide book one highlight was building an igloo and taking the three older kids camping in it i had been waiting for a good dump of snow and it finally came conditions were perfect for making it but i only had one night to do it the following day temps were going to drop significantly unfortunately i didn t get a roof on the igloo during that narrow time slot i threw a tarp over the top and called it good temps got down to 13 degrees that night with windchill it must have been close to zero being in that shelter made all the difference though great experience for the kids that s what survival looks like mal and i got out to xc ski 2 3 times it s probably my favorite winter sport and makes for a great date night my favorite type of ski date is under the dark night sky that is littered with stars and no head lamp and hey i was even able to get madie out on skis her first time out she went a whopping 4 miles she is tough when she chooses to be and i m glad she chose to be tough around eagle lake this day way to go madie posted by michael at 2 50 am no comments labels about finn about madie about mal about mike about petranella saturday march 24 2018 basketball mike and i decided we wouldn t both coach simultaneously again until our younger kids are significantly older it was just crazy but we did want the kids in basketball and we wanted to support the program like soccer so i volunteered as a coach i asked for an older team but for lack of enough 5 grade participants i was put with the 4 5 year olds again finn passes the ball it s not that i don t like this age they re hilarious it s that i really didn t know if i would be able to explain a game with as many moving parts as basketball effectively and when i first got there i was the only coach with about 15 kids thankfully two men decided to join the coaching team after the first week finn s age group played on 6 ft rims full court on half a gym finn and a couple of the other kindergarteners actually really started getting the pace of the game by the last few meets and their dribbling and shooting noticeably improved madie really didn t want to do basketball the first day of practices sounded kind of like this minus the screaming and crying and flopping of bodies onto the floor m i don t want to play basketball me okay you don t have to you do have to try it today though and if you don t try you ll end up just sitting around looking ridiculous and then i ll make you try it next week m but basketball is so boring me thinking oh maybe she has tried it at school where did you play basketball m i haven t me oh well then you don t know what it s like at all do you m yes i do you ve told me what it s like and it sounds boring after her first practice she said something like actually mom i do like basketball a little bit her team really struggled but they struggled hard and ended up winning their very last game madie is naturally very competitive and losing as many games as they did was hard for her but really really good posted by michael at 7 27 am no comments labels about finn about madie athletics winter games we ve had a good amount of snow this year and although the first half of the winter gave us temperatures too low to go camping in it also gave us excellent ice geared up and blazing a trail the kids started out with some skating props but they caught on quickly we bought sticks and a puck and mike made some hockey goals as christmas gifts pond hockey goal taking a rest between games sometimes we opted for inside activities but a week didn t pass that we weren t outside doing something on the ice for probably two months it was great the temps were also perfect for snuggle sessions playing with our new bocce set we took it to the church and set up a mini bocce court with the tables posted by michael at 7 09 am no comments labels family tuesday december 5 2017 last friday we got letters from cousins last friday madie and sadie have been pen paling for almost a year now and madie got a not from sadie even though she had a card she d made already written and addressed and ready to send out the next day she said she needed to write a new one because sadie had asked questions and madie needed to answer them so a second letter will be in the mail shortly sadie on a side note here s madie sporting cat ears and a mustache from aunt alexa she kind of looks like a guy i went to high school with but that was not all finn and killian sometimes send each other pictures well in the mail i found a large manilla envelope addressed to finn inside was an awesome killian original and a cool shark sticker poster it was like color by number but with stickers finn immediately started working on the shark pausing only to have dinner at the very end the last five stickers or so he started to weary and asked for help i sat next to him and did a couple of them for him but mostly i think he just needed someone to talk to while he did it he is not a quiet boy and spending so much consecutive time on his own doing the poster was i think taxing on his brain i mean that makes it sound like he was doing this for five hours or something it was more like two including supper and setting the table but two hours of quiet activity for finn is similar to two hours of listening to death metal music for other people the shark now hangs on his wall by his bed posted by mal at 7 59 pm no comments labels about finn about madie older posts home subscribe to posts atom other reads the art of manliness stuck on a graduation gift give an art of manliness book archive 2018 6 june 1 memorial day weekend may 1 april 2 march 2 2017 39 december 4 november 9 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