Maine: by the numbers

7: days spent at the lake in Maine

                          

                            

37: bags of Humpty Dumpty potato chips consumed in those 7 days
6: bags of Humpty Dumpty potato chips we bought to bring home
5: nights there were sleepovers with cousins in cabins or tents
2: nights random nieces appeared on my doorstep at bedtime
0: number of times I heard "I'm bored."
1847: collecitive number of mosquito bites
1: nights I had to make dinner
3: movies enjoyed under the stars

                          

0:number of showers the kids got in 6 days
17: rides in the boat

                          

3: number of boat rides where Sam got to "drive"
359: rocks the kids painted that we had to haul home

 

5: time I got up each morning
4:beds in our cabin

                          

0: number of nights Sam slept in a bed
6:number of nights Sam slept on the recliner
7:spectacular dinners AND desserts
1: trip to town for supplies
4 (okay 5): trips to town for alcohol
2: nights we heard moose

                                    

6:nights we heard loons
5: days spent sitting by the lake
1: day spent on the party barge
1:spectacular, amazing, relaxing week

                                   

78: times I remarked that this was the BEST VACATION EVER!