Plum Tree: From Tassle Top Beach to the Diaper Derby

Get ready for a ton of pictures! I am still struggling to get up-to-date (and I still haven't installed my new memory on my computer - priorities!), but the pictures below capture from our trip to RI to the end of July. As you can see, we've been enjoying summer tremendously. Enjoy!

As part of our "stay-cation" in July, we visited Tassle Top Beach on Sebago Lake...

... and went on the Narrow Gague Railroad in Portland.

We also visited with some friends from our childbirth education class! Elliot is on the left, and Leah's in the middle. (There's also a chicken in the background! He wasn't in the classes.)

At the Yarmouth Clam Festival, Payson received her first face painting. She picked out Elmo, of all things, and kept pointing to her cheek and talking about him well into the following day after he was gone.

Warming up before the Diaper Derby at the Clam Festival. This was timed right at nap time, but Payson did a great job and had so much fun! She even made it to the finals!

We had a great visit with the Farringtons, who we hadn't seen in a long time! Bella is 4 and Nicholas is 2.5, and baby Farrington #3 will arrive sometime in late October!

I went to the Portland Children's Museum with our daycare on a field trip - everyone's doing a craft project here!

Alison & Payson playing in the water table.

Just love this picture!
Going to pick blueberries behind Shirley & Ray's house.

Picking blueberries was easier than picking strawberries! At first Payson was very interested in filling her container, but then learned she could eat them!

What better way to maximize your intake than eating out of dad's pail? It was just like "Blueberries for Sal"!

Payson is getting more and more opinionated and independent by the day. She picked out this Red Sox dress for our ice cream trip, and it continues to be one of her favorites. Here she is being her goofy self, eating ice cream!