Month: July 2019

Friends at the Cabin

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Our friends needed childcare for a day, so I had them drop E & I off at the ferry and I picked them up on the other side.  They made up my more normal number of six kids to take to the lake and beach.  Lots of fun to see them jumping in over and over.  I thought I had raised water babies, but these two take the prize!

 




  Down at the beach, Piper and Wes covered a tree branch in clay… and I really like the affect!

  

Kyla made her own sculpture by using every single Duplo in the cabin.

March home!

The weekend ended with a visit from my brother’s family and Wesley’s favorite cousin!  I think they eventually got out of the swing.

4th of July 2019

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Down to the Maxwelton Parade, for what is now officially Too Many Years. We got crowded and we got candy.  But, we also got some cute family shots. The first one is repetitive, but Wes is smiling, so I can’t just delete it.   


Later that evening, we invited some of our neighbors over for ribs and company.  It’s really our first time using the pergola, with it’s lights, fire pit, and swings–and Dwayne and I loved it!

Join us some time!

Freedom Festival!

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I think we’ve gone to the July 3rd Freedom Festival in Freeland since we our first July at the cabin, six years ago.  This time, I only had 4 kids with me, and actually got to hide out in my little beach tent reading for a while, which is lovely.  
I like that the kids ran around loving the games, the beach (Wes and Abigail got soaked early and thoroughly, of course), the food, and of course, the face painting.  My menagerie!

The 5 Little Pinkies and the Big Bad Kitty

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This is the cat who didn’t catch the mama mouse that was living upstairs for weeks. 
 This is the insulation Mrs. Mouse used to make her nest IN THE MUFFIN TIN under the oven.
 And these are the 5 little babies she birthed in that muffin tin.
Denise: DWAYNE!  Something happened that’s YOUR FAULT!

I actually took care of the problem while Dwayne pretended to scold the slacker cats.  And an exterminator was out the next week. I think we’ve trapped about a dozen of them now, mostly in the garage and Secret Hiding Place.