Vermont and Visitors

A few weeks ago now, Liam and I joined Mike on a business trip to Burlington, Vermont. Burlington is a great town located right on Lake Champlain. Liam did fantastically well the entire trip. One highlight for all of us was going to the Echo Lake Aquarium and Science center, which is located right at the water's edge. It was the first science center that Liam had been to. The center had a dinosaur display, which highlighted some big moving, sound making dinosaurs. Liam seemed totally unsure about the dinosaurs. He always seemed to keep one eye on them as if he were afraid they would start in after him. The science center also had a toddler room, which Liam adored. He made friends with the other kids in the toddler room and explored everything.
Burlington is a fantastic town as it has a nice little pedestrian street, which is blocked off to traffic. All of the restaurants on this street have outdoor seating making it really easy to have a little person with you. Liam and I spent much time wandering up and down this street exploring stores while Mike was in meetings.
When we got back from Vermont we had a couple of days and then Mike and I went to see James Taylor play in Portland. Our friend Barbara stayed with Liam making it our first night when neither of us was with him. We were so thankful to have a good friend whom we trusted enough to not have to worry about Liam and one who was willing to watch him! James Taylor was amazing!! We are thrilled that we got to see him.
A few days after coming back from Portland, Liam's Grammy and Grampy came to visit. We had a wonderful visit with them full of hiking, canoeing, good meals, playing with Liam and in general just good hanging out together. I believe that Grammy and Grampy were amazed by how active little Liam is. It is true that the boy never stops moving. Liam loved playing with his grandparents and was certainly sad to see them go. We all stood on the porch and waved goodbye and he gave us his very dramatic cry in which he is on his hands and knees and then drops his head and wails. The kid is born to be an actor!
The next day we picked up our good friend Mike Ostroski at the Bar Harbor Airport. Mike O arrived for the week ready to enjoy Maine in the summer. Mike gets up to visit every year to year and a half. This was his first time visiting in the summer. He was in love with how green it is here and how nice the temperature was. It was also his first time meeting Liam. He was great at entertaining Liam when Liam was sad. He would pick up the guitar and start singing to the little lad. Our favorite song of the week was kind of Greenday sounding called "Dancing with my Mom in the Morning." As with Grammy and Grampy's visit there was much good food, many good outdoor activities and in general just good companionship.
I started work last week. It was just teacher inservice days but it was getting back into the swing of things. Liam certainly knew that we were transitioning to a new kind of schedule and I am not sure he was thrilled. He has seemed really happy with his new daycare situation. I love picking him up and seeing him outside playing with the other kids. He loves being outdoors so I know he is happy.
Our camera was totally out of batteries for Mike O's visit and we couldn't find our charger so I will post pictures of that visit when we get Mike's pictures. Since we can't charge our camera all of our pictures with Grammy and Grampy are also going to have to be posted later. Stay tuned!
Finally, I have added a short video clip of Liam and his future drum career.