A few more...

This last photo is my favorite.
Henry is playing the guitar with a buoy and has his (toothless) brother in giggles.

friends.

Henry and our neighbor Lucy. They are quite a pair.

maine.

Since our Maine trip Jack has constructed his Christmas list...

lobster trap
one buoy
rope
gloves
lobster man pants
boots
hat
oh, and another trip to Maine.

to say that it was his favorite trip EVER would be an understatement.

He will, one day, be a lobsterman.

I made him prove it to me by taking him out on an old lobster boat... he needed to show me that he wouldn't get sick (he gets horribly carsick). About halfway through the trip, many miles into the ocean, he yells to me, "Mom! Mom! I am okay!!"

Here we go.

I love Jack's obsessions. they are heartfelt. focused. I envy his focus.

in the middle of the night, if he wakes to use the bathroom, he is talking about it.

3 am: "Mom, can we get a really really long rope to throw my trap?"

In the car, "mom, are there lobsters in Lake Dunmore?"

At dinner: "Dad and I found a trap for $9. a crayfish trap for only $2."

I am sure we will be back, sooner, rather than later.