Bar Harbor Visit 2014- Part 1

 

We love the fact that the Maine AAP conference is in Bar Harbor each year.  Last year Gabe had to work and we couldn't make it, but this year we did!  We let the kids skip school on Friday and the weather was beautiful.  We had a picnic at Jordan Pond House.. it wasn't open yet for the season, but we put down our blanket and picnic lunch and enjoyed the view.  We then let the kids play at the sand bar for a bit, but the weather was turning and it was getting a bit chilly for everyone to be wet so it didn't last long;)  We had dinner at the Route 66 cafe that was a highlight for the kids.  It was like a giant eye spy game while we waited for dinner.  Luckily for us it was mostly empty and the kids were allowed to have the run of the place:)

Our first stop, after we made it to the island, was to hike bubble "mountain".  This hike has inadvertently become one of our family rights of passage.  It is a big milestone when one of our kids can hike up and down by themselves.  It is a really neat thing to be able to compare as we try and hike it each year.  This year was our easiest hike yet!  All three boys hiked the entire way up and down... what a life changing thing to only have to carry one 22 pound kid!  There was a really cute moment when the boys were hiking up the mountain together and Gabe tried to discretely snap a picture... James noticed, stopped, turned around and posed... seriously this kids never agrees to a picture, yet the one time we wanted to get one of him not looking he suddenly loves the camera... :)