Owen the Lion

Very cute town festival last night to celebrate the end of summer. They had rides, a foam pit, dunk tank and a nice firweworks display. Best of all, he got to see his friend Thomas.

Burger Hill Hike

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Blackhawks

Owen and Whit visited with Gram, Nan and Bob last week. Nan took him to her Blackhawk repair facility where he got to see them close-up. It was quite a thrill as you can imagine, although Whit says he was intimidated by the huge helicopters and burly soldiers walking around. I like how he looks just a little nervous in the middle photo above!

Pool Time

It's still hot and humid here so Whit and Owen headed to the pool again this afternoon. He swam for 2 1/2 hours and she had to drag him home.

Zero Tolerance

Owen is having a zero-tolerance-day today while we try to adjust his attitude. He's spending a lot of time sitting on the step and up in his room.

Owen the street performer

Here we are at Quincy Market watching a performer and he asks for an
assistant. A few kids declined but Owen surprised us by being very
brave and agreeing to help. So Owen's job was to toss a cone, a wrench
and a plunger to the performer while he was balance on a board on a
ball on a box. Owen did a fantastic job and the performer paid Owen $5
for his help. Owen tried to return it to him after the show but he
wouldn't accept it, so Owen bought him a lemonade because he was hot
after performing in the sun.

Duck Tour

We decided to do some tourist things today and Whit has wanted to do a
Duck Tour forever. So here we are on the Charles River where Owen got
to pilot the Duck!

"I won't be home for Christmas!"

"Mummy! I won't be home for Christmas!"

What do you mean Owen? What are you talking about?

"I just looked at the calendar and Christmas is on a Friday. I'll have to go to school that day!"

"You're Ruining Me!"

This happened several months ago but I forgot to report it here:

Owen was having a rough day and Whit had enough so she sent him up to his room. He wasn't thrilled about it, so as he stomped up the stairs he screamed back, "You're ruining me!" and slammed the door behind him.

Pals

Owen and Seven are really developing a nice relationship. I think it helps that Seven has learned not to nip him! She did chase after him and pull his shorts down one day last week but Owen thought that was hilarious.

Caterpillar Hill

Owen, Seven and I took a trip to Caterpillar Hill. We weren't sure if the view would be fogged-in, but it turned out to be a beautiful clear afternoon. Eggemogin Reach in the foreground and Deer Isle in the distance.

Craig Brook Hatchery

He had a special tour of the Craig Brook Hatchery, thanks to Grampy. Owen especially enjoyed the big aquarium, the salmon puzzle, and the salmon egg game. The big thrill was feeding the salmon by hand!