Catching Up

There's been a lot going on around here this week, so today's post is kind of a mish-mash of photos.  First of all, let's go back to Glover Day this past Saturday.  I was busy in the tie dye tent for most of the day, so I didn't get as many photos as usual, but here's a few.

This year's Glover Day t-shirt was multi colored tie dye, or you could get the white t-shirt and come to my tent and do your own original tie dye. Below, Thomas helps Estelle create her own design.

The kids are lining up for the 2k race. As you can see, it was a very colorful day.

Wayne comes across the finish line.

Not too far behind comes Cole.

Sylvia and Sophia were helping me with the tie dye, while the Burt Porter Band played music in a nearby tent. At one point Sylvia paused and said, "Thant sounds like Sophia playing the violin." We looked over and sure enough, Sophia had joined Burt Porter for a little impromptu jam session. She was great. And by the way, she's 10.

In the days that followed, Wayne and Cole spent lots of time with Jacob at Stuart and Emilie's camp. With all those light sabers whizzing around, it was like being in a Star Wars movie.

Above and below you can see Wayne and Cole's original tie dyes. Isn't Cole the most handsom thing you've seen in your life? Even with a mowhawk.

When I was transferring these photos from my camera to computer, I had a split second where I had to consider whether this was actually Lena or Estelle. Of course, it's Lena seizing the opportunity to climb the steps of the camp.

The other day, we spent some time at Shadow Lake beach.

Cole got buried in the sand.

Heather played in the sand.

I just have to show you my broccoli. I'm so proud of it. It's the only thing that's doing well in our garden. We had some for dinner last night. Wayne kept saying, "This is sooo good."  Even Cole ate some and he's not crazy about broccoli. Wayne and Heather both love it. (You know how I'm always saying, Wayne and Heather are the same, Cole is the different guy in the middle? Case in point.)

And just in case you haven't seen enouhg tie dye in this post - the kids and I tried to use up the leftover dye from Glover Day by making these pillow cases.  Before Glover Day, Wayne and I did a lot of practice shirts and also a lot for display at the tent, not to mention the ones we did a while ago with the kindergarten class. In all that time Wayne has been trying to achieve that perfect spiral design.  He fianlly got it with his pillow case, as you can see on the left.  He was so happy.