New Friends

Chase and max have been very social this summer.  Here are two examples of the new friends they have made.

BTCing

BTC: sandboxes, playgrounds, hot suits and more!

River, Round 2

This weekend, we got rained out of camping with The Chickens so we convinced them to go river tubing instead.  Remember everything I wrote about "tube therapy" and relaxation...well, I now realize that true relaxation only comes with the correct equipment.  I guess I did not properly inform Kristen and Chicken because they came with some pretty silly gear.  Kristen started by pulling the girls along with her teeth (see above) and Chicken had to work hard to stay afloat (see below).  But, we all laughed and laughed which may be better therapy than relaxation anyway.

The kids had a blast and were ready for the fishing and swimming hole activities of the next day. 

To celebrate the fun night, we lit some sparklers but my camera stopped working so I only could capture the picture below.

 

Poppy's Last Stand

For Poppy's last night, we took him to the Inn at Shelburne Farms for dinner.  We had drinks out on the front lawn before the meal.  Pretty nice night.  We miss you Poppy!

Froggy

Chase is absolutely obsessed with frog-hunting.  It is incredible how fearless and curious he is.  As soon as we catch a frog, he scoops it up and keeps it for a while in his bug-catching tent.  I had no clue how hysterical frog-catching is.  As I watched my boys hopping, laughing, and enjoying nature, I thought about how lucky I am to spend time with two little men....thankfully, no ballet recitals or beauty pageants in my future....just muddy, wet, sloppy FUN!

Good-bye, Swimming Lessons

To celebrate the end of Chase's swimming lessons, we bought a dozen little cupcakes and brought some friends to the pool to watch his last lesson.  

 

Chase did a great job with Jeffrey (as long as I was not within whining-ear-shot).

And, everyone enjoyed the cupcakes.  Yay Chase!

Tractors, Stewart-Style

We are lucky to have good friends.  Two days after we visited Ed's trains, Chris invited us over to ride on his tractor.  Before our visit, I let Chase try out a tractor from 1957 (at Shelburne Farms) so he would appreciate the power of a modern John Deere.