Our vacation...

We left on Tuesday morning and headed down to Ogunquit Maine for our first family vacation.  The boys were amazingly good in the car and did not sleep a wink.  But the complaints were minimal and so our traveling was a huge success!

We arrived in Ogunquit around 2:30 and checked into the hotel.  We got the boys set up in the room and they took a short nap.  We had to wake them to ensure that they would sleep that night, which made them a little too groggy for dinner.  But after we ate, we headed down to the beach.  It was low tide which was perfect!  The boys played in the "little oceans" that were much warmer than the actual ocean.  The boys had a blast!  They loved every second of it...

We spent Wednesday morning at the beach.  The boys played in the little ocean and in the sand.  We walked the beach looking for rocks and shells.  It was so great to see the excitement in their eyes.  After their nap we headed to Perkins Cove by trolley.  Nicolas was lucky enough to sit by the window and had the time of his life.  He never said a word and the smile never left his face.  Zachary got to sit by the window on the way back from our walk on the Marginal Way.

Thursday morning was quite cold and windy but we still headed down to the beach.  The fun thing was that there were lots of boats in the water and people flying kites.  The boys were quite happy to sit and watch it all.  We did a little bit of shopping (mainly for toys for the boys) on Thursday night in Portsmouth.  Then on Friday morning we packed up and headed back to Canada...

Here are a few pictures from our trip:

First walk up to the ocean:

Zachary running from the waves:

Nicolas playing in the sand:

Steve and I back to where we went on our honeymoon exactly 7 years ago:

Playing in the "little ocean":

Beautiful sky:

Zachary playing with Daddy's sunglasses:

Nicolas hanging around:

Nicolas started with yet another low grade fever on Tuesday night.  But he was such a trooper.  He was still in a great mood and had been enjoying himself.  He just got a little clingy every now and then.  But once that passes, he got another wave of energy and off he went...  The fever disappeared on Wednesday night just in time for Zachary to have his turn.  He had the exact same fever as Nicolas.  So, we knew it was only a matter of time before it passed.  It was gone by Friday afternoon, just in time to get back to Mom-I and Pop-I's.

Video of Zachary playing with the waves:

Video of Nicolas playing around in the little ocean (this was fever and all):