Day 2- Kittery and Gorham

Day 2-

Started the morning by enjoying our free breakfast buffet. Gotta love breakfast buffets- cereal, toast, eggs, bacon, danishes- kids (and adults) love everything on there. Martin and I gawked at a fellow diner who we could swear was Jesse Jackson, but we'll never really know. We decided to go ahead and hit the road so that we could beat the crowds heading for the "Haaaaamptons". Suzanne had mentioned that traffic could be unbearable on Friday afternoons heading from Boston- north.

We made it through the traffic easily, and decided to stop in Kittery, Maine where we stumbled upon our favorite thing- an outlet marketplace. We headed into the Trading Post, first- you know, one of those places with all the stuff kids love- lobster and moose everything to represent Maine properly. I found a funny post-card to send to Tim. It showed two lobsters- one in a trap, and the other wearing a t-shirt that reads, "I'm with stupid." If you know Tim at all, you'll know he has a t-shirt like that. Anyway, we managed to make it through with our major purchase being the postcards.

We walked about a mile to experience the local Burger King fare. An older woman chuckled as she watched Coen pitch his sippy cup one, two, three times- it finally spilled all over. She laughed and said, "You've got your hands full, don't you?" Hmmm. Maybe.

We finished out the day by finally making it to Sean and Suzanne's house. Sean was playing golf, and Suzanne was working, so we were met by Elise, Gabby and Lucas. It was hot- don't let it fool you that we were in Maine. Later that night, we munched on tacos, while the kids squabbled over the toys. Tobey, Micki, Asa, Keenan, and I think Jerry and Bev stopped by to welcome us. Lots of good family fun.

Bedtime was a challenge, because we tried sleeping in Lucas' double bed with Coen in our room, and thought the boys would be all about sharing the other room. Not so much. I think Lucas missed his bed, and he was too excited to sleep. Finally, Lucas joined his mom and dad in their room, and we settled in, and the house- brimming with our 3 energetic kids, was up on it's ear very early the next morning.