Max: we are still vacationing in Maine where the sky is clear and the night sky is full of stars . . .
Your Lola left today. She showed you a good time. You got to explore a suburban supermarket with all of its thrills …
And you had plenty of time with Lola in the sand. She showed you how to put sand in your bucket with a shovel.
She found a little public beach nearby with a swingset, children and shallow water just perfect for you …
You had fun with Lola right up to the moment we put her on the bus home.
And now for this week’s video:
by max's mom
Nice! Looks like you all are having a great time in Maine. Now MAX is doing stairs – guess his 1st steps aren’t far away! Impressive.
This is all just the best, the best!
So Max:
Everything was about Lobster on this vacation. Your favorite toy was a $3.00 windup lobster that I found in a junk gift shop that had lobster everything. The local economy is all about lobster; lobster trapping, lobster boats, lobster trap foot races, lobster to eat, lobster decor ad infinitum – there’s a lobster on virtually everything.
Your mother, whose is a closet junkie, and whose taste in food definitely is biased to street food (I’m sure you’ll see a shot of Lola’s Taqueria, where she and Randy ate twice – sitting in the car)- was mainly attracted to what she called a “trifecta” foodery (can’t exactly use “restaurant” here). It was a drive-in, shack, that exclusively served lobster. Nowhere else, could or would, lobster be served at a drivein to your car.
We went to the “Blessing of the Fleet” in Harpswell, where your mother had all the local ladies whispering “Who is that photographer?”, because your mother was carrying a lens that was longer than Zulu.
Speaking of which, the photo of us sitting on the grass at the bus station, caused me to pause in shock for a moment. I had just bought you a miniature horse ranch in a plastic jar, which we displayed on the grass to amuse you. It had six plastic horses in it. When I saw that huge animal in the background, for a crazy minute I had the weird idea that one of the horses had grown to full size. I wonder, Max, if you think Zulu is a horse.
Lots of fun with the Krock-Blumenthal kids.
OMG, this all looks and sounds like an outrageously fun time. Too bad you can’t hear Julia Zane (8 years old, Melissa and Brad’s, Alan’s son and his wife’s, little girl) who is spending the week with us. (grandparents’ camp, she calls it) Julia is obsessed with how precious you are, and she has played your videos over and over again in total glee. Her repeated question is how is it possible that you have so much more hair than your dad. She does love your blond curls, and me, too. It looks a little chilly and windy there, but I know from Florida that the weather would not bother you at all. Doesn’t Lola find the best toys??