What do you do in Maine in July when it's rainy and cool for what seems like the hundredth day in a row? Legos. Lots and lots of Legos. I'm getting really sick of Legos. {Portland's high temperature of 58 degrees today became the coldest high temperature ever recorded on this date and that's the…

6/27/09  Grace: "Mom, did you know I can sit still for TWO whole minutes?!" 6/28/09  Tess: "I. Want. To. Stay. Up. All. Night. Long." Did you know that on 12 of the last 22 days in June, the National Weather Service measured ZERO minutes of sunshine at their office about 15 minutes from here?! Thank…

Now that they have so much time together, the girls are finding new ways to entertain themselves, by using every hair clip in the house, making elaborate homes for animals, or pretending to be robots.  It's been a good first week of summer vacation. The girls have played together very nicely, and I've been impressed by…

I didn't know that robots like to wear pointy hats and hold their arms up. Our two little crazies teach me something new every day. Not necessarily useful, but definitely new.

We took a walk yesterday at one of our favorite spots — Wolfe's Neck State Park. Over the course of the walk, two facts became apparent to me: 1. Grace will always — always — push boundaries and test limits. In other words, if I say she can wade into the ocean up to her…

Grace is very into bike riding these days, and can ride for over a mile at a time. We even took the training wheels off one evening, and she did amazingly well — until she got frustrated with stopping (i.e. crashing) and requested that we put her training wheels back on. Tess wants to keep…

Our cuties are playing very nicely together these days. This morning, they were both up before the magical time of "seven-zero-zero," so they decided to play dress-up. We were awakened by a scary pirate (wearing a cowboy hat) and a soccer player. I am starting to worry a little about the schemes they will concoct…

On Saturday, the girls attended a birthday party at a bowling alley, providing them with their very first bowling experience. It was candlepin bowling, and the gutters were blocked, but they loved it. I swear it took light years for Tess's balls to make it all the way down to the pins, but she actually…

Today, we were playing outside in the beautiful weather when Grace announced that she and Tess were going inside to the bathroom. They emerged a few minutes later with their swimsuits on, carrying their beach towels. Grace then turned on the hose and dragged it over to the swingset, creating her own water slide. Hilarious.…