catch-up

Here is a peek at our last three weeks...

A calm, warm morning at Bertram Creek Park.  We had the entire park all to ourselves.  We walked the trails, played in the sand, dipped our toes in the cool lake, filled-up buckets of sand, threw rocks in the water and shared some chocolate cookies with an overly-friendly squirrel.  And then made it back home in time for Avery's morning nap.

Oh, how we love the weekend.    

The boys go camping and fishing at Red Lake!  

This adventure included; tents, cool nights, one night terror, head-lamp flashlights, camp fires, s'mores, fly fishing, digging-up worms, allergies, a little rain and throwing rocks into the water, of course.  All-in-all, a pretty good trip.  Especially for a first-timer like Jake.    

Jake had an unexpected allergy attack and was pretty frightened by the unsteady, rocking feeling in the boat (as shown in picture number two); but otherwise had a fun time.  He ran around with the big kids and enjoyed all the snack food in camp.  He even landed a few fish - Eastern Brook Trout - and was a proud little guy.  I overheard him telling my friend "it was a fighter!".

Meanwhile, Avery and I stayed home for a girls weekend.  I couldn't believe how quiet the house was and how much I could get done with only one child in tow.  Ha! 

And Jake joined soccer.

He wasn't too sure about it once we arrived at the first class but luckily we joined with a friend and that helped a lot.  The coaches are focusing on kicking with the inside of the foot, stopping the ball and dribbling but ALL Jacob is interested in is scoring goals.  He's not the most focused pupil out there but he's starting to participate more and more.