Thinking things through....

Simon: Mom, are you going to die before me?

Sera: I hope so.

Simon: If I eat you when you're dead, will I go to time out?

Sera: Well,  I'd be dead, so who would put you in time out?

Simon: Dad.

Simon driving an airplane and car

Saturday morning I took the kids to a little neighborhood park that I'd remembered had an airplane Simon could fly.  He loved it, and also took a few rides in the car.

Things for which there is probably an explanation

The kids at Prairie Ridge

On Saturday, Zac took the kids to Prairie Ridge Eco-station. From the looks of it, they had a great time playing near the creek, climbing cliffs, and checking out the prairie and pond.

  

Alice and Simon's art

Top: Picture by Alice

Bottom: Picture by Simon (with some coaching from Grandpa Shogren)

My Little Pony

Alice loves watching My Little Pony cartoons, especially with her little ponies.

Front-yard photos with our three kids

 

  

The Great Labor Day Camp Out

Sometime in the spring I had booked our sites for three camping trips this summer. For the last one of the summer, I had reached out to some of the daycare crowd parents to see if they would be interested in joining us at Jordan Lake for a summer finale. Three families took us up on the offer: Chris and Lukas, Jess and Anna, and Robyn, Franklin, Oscar, Felix and Xavier. We had seven kids and six adults spread over three adjacent water-front campsites. We all kind of did our own thing for meals, but usually congregated around a single campfire in the evenings. The weather was wonderful, the water was warm, the beach was broad, and the little ones were all loving it.

DAY 1

  

DAY 2

DAY 3

Site #34

Grandparents' visit

Simon's school was closed on Thursday and Friday, so grandma and grandpa Shogren came down for a visit this week and watched Simon so we wouldn't have to take off work. It's always good for Simon to get some personal attention, since Alice usually dominates.

Nelson made a gazillion paper airplanes for Simon which they flew off the deck. They also went to the park a lot and rode bikes. They waited at the bus stop with Alice in the morning and they kept her occupied in the evenings. Nelson even helped Zac with some projects.