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…After spending the afternoon at Lands End, we split our group. Joe and Dad and Terry and Michael went to Joe’s Baccalaureate ceremony at Bowdoin. The rest of us drove over to Freeport to visit the LL Bean mothership store.
- Photo from the wikipedia commons
Joe and I had visited the store back in 2005, and for the past five years, as I browse their catalog, I’ve thought to myself, “I won’t order that now…I’ll wait until I go visit Joe and get it at the store!” Well, it turns out that I never did visit Joe at school (sniff!), but I took full advantage of visiting the store this time.
I got the kids fleecey-lined hoodies (orange and purple). Evelyn got a pink one. I got a pretty green shirt for myself. That’ll be my version of our Maine souvenirs. Sylvia was tired (no nap for two days) and really, really, really wanted some pink flip flops that she found. So she threw a class III tantrum as we were departing. Ahh well. Memories.
From LL Bean, we traveled back to Bowdoin where we met up with the Baccalaureate crew (who were running late because the fire-alarm had been pulled mid-ceremony by a wayward child) and headed to the all-school Lobster Bake.
Ahh, lobsta.
Sylvia had a bite of lobster and liked it, but then she didn’t want any more. She was much more interested in eating just plain butter (see below as she finishes off a pat). I sit nearby pretending not to watch.
So that finished off our first full day in Maine!
We headed back to the cottages to put the kids down for bed and to relax. Joe headed back to his dorm for his last night as a student with his college friends. Good night, Maine! Thank you for sharing a wonderful day.
