23 July

Chris decided to spend an extra night in Portsmouth but this morning he had to finally get on the train and head back to work in CT. Within about 5 minutes the girls had dry eyes and were back to the normal sibling interaction...arguing about who got more bacon or the larger slice of french toast. We took a long walk and saw lots of ducks, minnows, and some crabs. J.C. Waters was on the Spirit of Independence so we stopped in to visit. On the way home Liv got really tired and cranky so we had a quick lunch and then quiet time. Ruby helped Sara weed the garden. Liv asked for pasta for dinner so we made our secret red sauce and cooked up some 'bow tie' pasta with meat balls. Oddly enough that led right to bath time and then to bed time. Time just flies by when you are having fun! Ruby is pushing to go fishing. I think Sara will get her hair cut tomorrow and if there is time we will try to scare some fish.