A busy Memorial Day Weekend

We had a busy and bright Memorial Day weekend, the three of us.

Saturday was spent running a few errands at Costco and even a Babies R Us. (We need an "Air Bjorn" now that the weather has turned warmer. Our old workhorse of a Bjorn is too warm. But it will be fine once autumn rolls around, assuming we can still carry her by then.) We started off our day, however, with a trip to the Broken Yolk, as we always do on Saturdays, and we discovered an odd flower on the bike path on our early-morning walk.

While we were at Babies R Us, we spotted Caesar and brought him home. May's favorite toy right now is Freddie (who is either a firefly, dragonfly, butterfly, or grasshopper, depending upon to whom you speak). Aunt Nikki, who gave Freddie to May, let us know that Freddie's got some close relatives so we picked up Caesar to keep Freddie company.

Saturday was also Grammy Grace's birthday, so we called her in South Carolina, where she's visiting for her class reunion.

Then Sunday, which is Christopher and Amanda's wedding anniversary. We all piled into the car and drove up to the Haraseeket Launch and Lobster, in South Freeport, Maine, for lunch. It was a bit of a drive for lunch but May sleeps well in the car and we really wanted to get a lobster roll in before the summer season. (Despite the touristy tendency of people to assume that lobster is a summer food, I hold firm to the fact that lobster taste best in cooler months. Thanks to the warm April, it was very nearly too late as it was.) It was very hot and very bright, so May wore her flappy hat and super-cool sunglasses the whole time.

We also hit L.L. Bean where we used up a thoughtful gift-certificate from Mr. & Mrs. Hoberman (the elders) on a very cool hat and t-shirt.

Today has been mostly errand running -- dishes and groceries and whatnot. We had lunch at Redbones and are going to have dinner with Mr. & Mrs. Hoberman (the youngers). Tomorrow, Christopher has the day off, so it's laundry and a picnic in the park.

(Note to Grammy Grace -- the photo of May in the sun without her hat was taken in the five foot walk from a shaded interior to another shaded interior.)