Relaxing

We went to the Keys when I was 7 months pregnant with Benjamin- to continue the tradition we went to Prince Edward Island for a week of relaxation before "D-Day".  We stayed at a friends cottage on the beach- the island is a fishing and farming community, some of the most picturesque landscape I've seen.  We ate fish and chips the first night at the "Blue Goose" and then settled into the cottage- no TV,phone, computer, no traffic noise or AC units running. We kept the windows open and really the loudest thing all week was Benjamin (felt a little sorry for the neighbors!) Every morning and night we had that sweet smelling cool weather with a light breeze, and then it would warm up and the sun would shine all day. We spent most of our days driving the roads looking at the scenery and visiting shops, general stores and side of the road "honor system" farm stands. I even found an honor system honey stand! We ate seafood every night, live lobsters that the locals insisted you boiled in ocean water, mussels, seafood chowder, clams, oysters and  quahogs (ask Edmund!) Barb had a small dirt bike that Benjamin had to ride at least three times a day, and Edmund and Benjamin would take off and go exploring the countryside looking for cows- and Edmund had to control Benjamin's "throttle junkie" ways (go figure!)