Fort Williams with Bryce

On Friday, after I took Meo to his muxic class, we met up with my brother, Meagen, Bryce and my mom to have a picnic and play at Fort Williams. I had just had a tetanus shot they day before and could not lift my left arm the whole day, so I just took a lot of pictures. Fort Williams is simply so picturesque, it's not wonder it's one of the most photographed spots in Maine. So here are the boy cousins at ages 22 months and 13 months.

Playing by the water:

Brian and Meagan were looking for crabs and Meagan showed them to the boys. Meo thought they were interesting, but Bryce did not care for them and we all had to keep him from trying to step on them! I think he thought it looked scary.
 

 

We went around and checked out all the Forts. It always brings back so many memories of when we were little and my mom used to take us to Fort Williams to run around and play pretend in the forts with our little dog Sandy while mom grilled food for us. Back then the forts were all open and you could explore every nook and cranny. Now, they are all fenced up so you can only peek into most of them. So while it is kind of sad that our children won't be able to share the same experiences, it was still nice to watch them explore and good to know that those forts will be preserved for future generations.

Note my mother trying to climb the fence in back of the fort...

My mom and Meagen had fun exploring the dark tunnel in this fort. Bryce was so brave and kept running in with them! Meo prefered to stay outside and peek at them from the safety of sunlight next to uncle Brian.

We took the beautiful path along the coast that has recently been re-landscaped and headed over to the lighthouse.

Bryce and Meo in front of the lighthouse

Then we walked over to the last couple of forts before it was time for Brian, Meagan and Bryce to head home.

Meagan found a hole to explore in one of the forts

Playing with Bryce's Woody toy

My mom was disappointed we couldn't go into the forts anymore

Brian and Meagan checking out the huge ship

Kissing good-bye

After Brian left, my mom hung out with us a while longer because I still had a couple hours to wait until I could pick Robbie out. We played on the beach a little more and Meo started trying to imitate seagulls.

Wobble

And we played on the swing-set for a while.

Another great day outside with our family!