Another attempt to make the pictures a little more interesting...although this site does not allow much creativity with its slideshows and the way it crops the images is a little too tight. Jacob is actually in some of these pictures! But at least the slide show works all the time as compared to the one beneath it whcih is sort of hit and miss. I think I will leave both slide shows and take a vote on whcih one is better.
Rachel’s Birhtday
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
End of March Break
March break 2007 was certainly not as exciting as last year's cruise and visit to Disneyland, but, well, I suppose shopping in Maine is better than nothing!
The clocks moved forward an hour last night as daylight saving time began three weeks early. This meant the kids slept in till 10am and it was a mad dash to get some pool time in before check-out.
We finished up our shopping in Bangor and headed back to Canada around 5pm. We stopped at the border and intended on having Chinese food for supper but they drench their food in MSG so we ate at Pizza Delight on the Canadian side instead. The girls made a big mess in the washroom with the hand soap (the waitress informed us)so it was a very quiet meal.We had no trouble crossing the border and we were just shy of our $1000 limit.
It was a busy week-end...
The clocks moved forward an hour last night as daylight saving time began three weeks early. This meant the kids slept in till 10am and it was a mad dash to get some pool time in before check-out.
We finished up our shopping in Bangor and headed back to Canada around 5pm. We stopped at the border and intended on having Chinese food for supper but they drench their food in MSG so we ate at Pizza Delight on the Canadian side instead. The girls made a big mess in the washroom with the hand soap (the waitress informed us)so it was a very quiet meal.We had no trouble crossing the border and we were just shy of our $1000 limit.
It was a busy week-end...
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Day 2 in Maine - Shopping and Eating
I guess a week off from school has played the kids out as they were up rather late this morning. We only had time for a quick dip in the pool and then we headed out for breakfast/lunch at Denny's. After stuffing ourselves(I think mine and Jacob's breakfast was at least 3500 calories)we spent 6 hours in Bangor looking for bedroom comforter/sheet sets for each of the kids as well as clothes and some kind of bathroom closet. I never realized how expensive bedroom linen was until today. We did manage to find some nice sets though.
Next it was eating time and we waited 90 minutes before getting a table at the
Even though Jacob had a great big breakfast/lunch, that didn't slow him down at supper. He went for the Tour of Italy...
We made the mistake of ordering off the Children's Menu for Rachel - not a very big portion! She ended up eating some of Nicole's chicken and all of my pasta as well as numerous breadsticks.
We left the Olive Garden at 9:05pm and noticed that the stores were still open so we shopped till 10pm and then drove back to Bar Harbour.
Next it was eating time and we waited 90 minutes before getting a table at the
Even though Jacob had a great big breakfast/lunch, that didn't slow him down at supper. He went for the Tour of Italy...
We made the mistake of ordering off the Children's Menu for Rachel - not a very big portion! She ended up eating some of Nicole's chicken and all of my pasta as well as numerous breadsticks.
We left the Olive Garden at 9:05pm and noticed that the stores were still open so we shopped till 10pm and then drove back to Bar Harbour.
Friday, March 09, 2007
Taylor's off to Bangor, Maine
A first, well, maybe not the first, but close. We are going away for the week-end and we actually booked a hotel in advance. I know, it is not as much fun as driving around at midnight looking for a place and trying not to get mugged (Miami last spring) but I guess I am getting older and not up for as much adventure.
I found our hotel online using and it turned out to be a nice hotel and a pretty good price. Mind you, Bar Harbour is something of a ghost town in the winter and the majority of the hotels were closed till spring.
We are 100 km away from the border and it was another 180 km to the hotel. It was 7:30pm by the time we arrived in our room. The pool closed at 9pm so we dashed down to the pool for a quick swim before heading out to supper.
Even though it was a Friday, the restaurants that were open in Bar Harbor stopped serving food at 9pm. We ended driving till to Ellesmere and eating at Friendly's and then back and off to bed. We all need to be rested for a big shopping day tomorrow.
I found our hotel online using and it turned out to be a nice hotel and a pretty good price. Mind you, Bar Harbour is something of a ghost town in the winter and the majority of the hotels were closed till spring.
We are 100 km away from the border and it was another 180 km to the hotel. It was 7:30pm by the time we arrived in our room. The pool closed at 9pm so we dashed down to the pool for a quick swim before heading out to supper.
Even though it was a Friday, the restaurants that were open in Bar Harbor stopped serving food at 9pm. We ended driving till to Ellesmere and eating at Friendly's and then back and off to bed. We all need to be rested for a big shopping day tomorrow.
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