Lake Days

A week at Shadow Lake. Some rain, some sun.

Some wildlife.

Early morning canoe ride. The lake was peaceful and misty.

 Catching minnows to use as bait.

Windy swimming.

 Roasting marshmallows.

 On a rainy afternoon, Heather plays dominoes.

Cole had been wanting to see the new Jurassic movie, so one rainy afternoon we went to the movies.

 There was a rainbow.

Wayne caught several perch.

 After the rainstorm, it was very windy. Cole swims in rough waters. It looks like he's in the ocean.

Wayne fishes off the A- frame dock. Due to all the rain we've had, the water is higher than I've ever seen it.

 This is what we got Wes for Father's Day. It's a 4 seat flotation thingy with 2 built in coolers and 4 cup holders. You could pack a lunch and drift around the lake all day. We left this at the camp. If anyone wants to use it, I have a pump that inflates and deflates it fairly quickly.

 Wayne looks content here. Until he saw a spider, jumped ship, and swam for shore.

 Heather fishes off the dam.

 This big frog by the A-frame dock was very friendly. 

 He hopped right into Heather's hand and when she tried to set him back in the water, he just snuggled more into the palm of her hand. I said that it must be her Prince Charming and she might have to kiss it. She didn't want to.

 Wayne caught a catfish. It was really weird looking. I didn't know there were catfish in Shadow Lake. He threw it back.

Wayne had a couple of baseball games that we came out for. It gave Heather a chance to play with her cousin and classmate Jayden.  Jayden's brother, Tyler, is on the team with Wayne. Jayden is 2  days older than Heather.

 Water fights!

Thanks Stuart and Emilie. We had a great week.

End of the Year - School Field Trips, Part 2

Whale's Tale Water Park

There is not a lot of work getting done in school these days. It's all about letting off some steam and having some fun. Wayne and his classmates took a trip into the White Mountains of NH to Whale's Tale Water Park.  There was no bus for this trip so parents had to volunteer to drive  and chaperone the group. Yours truly drove all the boys (Wayne, Ben, Asom, and Bailey) in the Red Devil. It was a tight fit, but they were great.

In the hot tub. We don't know who that curly haired pale kid is. He photo bombed us.

Shooting down a waterslide.

Wayne and Ben, on an inflatable raft, are ejected into a pool.

Some of Wayne's classmates.

I only had my phone with me as a camera and it takes very poor video. See that telephone booth thingy at the top. Wayne is getting into that. The floor drops out and you free fall down the slide. He has no fear. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

I didn't take very good pics so I lifted these from their website.

It was a fun day and we all came home exhausted and a little bit sunburned, only to have to head right back out the door to Wayne's baseball game. It was a home game against St. J. Wayne's team won. It was a good game.

This morning Heather's class put on a couple of skits. Here she plays "the silly hare" in a story about a rabbit who thinks the Earth  is about to crack in half. It was very cute.

I should mention here that Heather went on a field trip to the Montshire Museum. I was not able to go because I was still in preschool, but Wes crashed that party, surprising Heather when he got there. She also went to Kingdom Creamery and ate ice cream.

This afternoon Cole is on another field trip to Northwoods Stewardship Center learning about pond study. We already know all about that. Then Monday he has one more field trip to Elmore State park with his DCF Book group. They'll swim, hike, and canoe. The school librarian planned it as a thank you to the kids for reading all those books!

To top off the festivities, Tuesday is a half  (and the last)  day of  school and Mr. Paul, the long-term sub who stepped in when the science/math teacher suddenly threw in the towel a few months ago, is inviting the 7th grade class to Parker Pie for a pizza party.

What a life these kids have:
-drive a school bus up a mountain to look at a wind farm
-go canoeing with your school librarian
-sit in a hot tub surrounded by the white mountains
-eat ice cream after milking a cow.
-have pizza with your substitute science teacher