Weekend Activities

Ryan was away this weekend so it was just Sam and I hanging out. Sam was great the whole time, which made things a whole lot easier, and we had a lot of fun. Saturday morning, we headed to the Bowdoin Art Museum to meet up with Nate, Shannon, Finley and Charlotte for the museum's Saturday Family Hour. It's a great idea, but definitely geared towards older kids :-) Luckily, it was just us there, so the students had us walking around finding the animals in some of the paintings and then let the kids do some drawings of their own. After we played around on the quad, catching up and letting the kids run off some steam. Unfortunately, this did not mean Sam napped, but oh well. I had the brilliant idea to go to the library, which we can't do on Mondays anymore as they had reduced their hours due to budgetary constraints - so sad. Sam loves it there! It is a perfect kids' area - toys, a train set, a little table and chairs with a few puzzles, and lots of books to read. We must have stayed for about 1 1/2 hours - reading books, playing trains, and putting puzzles together - definitely a good place to spend an afternoon.

Library fun

The train! The train!

This morning, we headed Kristen's. The girls had fun playing together, as always, while Kristen and I caught up. Eventually we decided to haul the kids outside - Kristen had been talking about the trails that are near their house, so we took the singletrack trail across the way from their condo and out into the woods. Tons of flowers were blooming along the trail and in the fields by the wide gravel path - trout lily, violets, wood anemone, false lily of the valley, blueberry bushes, wild oats and wild strawberries. Turns out the trail system we connected to was the Quarry Run Dog Park. Neat! There is what looked like some pretty sweet trails out there too. 

Morgan happily picking dandelions

Sam taking Morgan's little toy cat for a walk

We didn't get as far as I would have liked in the trail exploration, as Sam decided she was hungry and didn't want to walk any longer....but it was fun to see what was out there.

"Uppy!" Yes, up the steepest hill up over the old dump :-)

Sam fell asleep in the car on the way home, so I took the scenic route, wandering through Richmond and Bowdoinham. The apple trees and sweet crab apple trees were blooming along the roadside, a wonderful mix of white, light pink and dark pink blossoms, as was the orange flowering quince. Very pretty. 

Ryan arrived home in the later afternoon, and Sam was so happy to see him, giving him big hugs and saying "My Daddo!" So cute :-) While they were playing and getting unpacked, I snuck out for a short run. It was too nice of an afternoon to waste. I did the short Highland Green loop just to get the legs used to moving again :-) My right leg, and even foot, is pretty tight (maybe even moreso now that right after the race?), but otherwise I felt good. I'm getting a massage on Tuesday, so hopefully that will help with the tightness! Still giving myself permission to just see how I feel this week, and will make a final Pineland decision after this coming weekend.