Lake fun, part 2

Vivie played and retreated in waves over the weekend. She had a bit of a fever the day after we came home so maybe she was feeling a little under the weather. Or maybe it was just the pull of the cozy house and it's DVD player. Who knows! We did manage to get her outside, enjoying the water here and there. He we caught a classic smile.


Pip lives basically all of his life in imagination land. He's always pretending, role playing, acting out the stories in his head. Together we built a lake garden in the sand. Complete with guard ducks, a moat to keep the dragons out, raspberry, strawberry, and blueberry plants, a duracel tower, and palm trees. I might have been more proud of our garden than he was!


Bunk-jumping. I am pretty sure who was the ring leader. And we can blame Phil for taking pictures rather than intervening. Soon everyone was involved ... but no one was hurt.


A huge threshold was reached this weekend. PIP DISCOVERED LEGOS. There's something universal about the Lego stare. All boys get it when then get their little hands on them. Here you see it on Pip, for the first time: