Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Simple Pleasures

Monkey Bars

Spin-a-round

A dog on a leash

A new friend on a swing

A pre-lunch swim

Swimming with Daddy





A rainy muggy afternoon became a sewing bee for lots of mending!



Some beautiful stockings Lisa has been making for the Church Xmas sale.



Turning Thomas' pants into shorts.


Skinny dipping before dinner.


Reading with Anna who arrived from Boston!

What a great day.

Bastille Day in NH with Lisa & Dan - Start to Finish!

Our Bastille Day began with Life Cereal and "friends" at breakfast.

Then, Storyhour at the New Boston Library.  Even Thomas attended!  He even lead the gang in "Freres Jacques"!

A little pause.

A little Nature Trail walk, with our friends the deerflies.

Back at the ranch, time to cool off and play in the pool!




Reading a book to Anna's old bear.

Next up:  18 holes of mini-golf!  I hadn't played in 25 years or so.  VERY fun!


Lots of strategy discussions!

How to teach a left-handed 5-yr-old how to swing a putter.  This was a constant challenge.

This hole was called "Mine Shaft".

The afternoon wrapped up with some Go-Karting.  I had never done this!

Thomas and Léna had a fast kart!


Meanwhile, the M & M "Dud" car tried it's best to catch up, to no avail.

We had fun none the less!



The evening ended with a nice concert, complete with a beautiful music stand courtesy of Dan's mom!  Thanks Elaine!
We may not have been singing "La Marseillaise" all day, but we certainly celebrated with a lot of fun!

Monday, July 14, 2014

Summer Saturday - July 12th - Craftsbury & Shadow



 Thomas arrived safely into America on Friday after Jeanne got him over the border.  Saturday we went to Craftsbury to the Antiques & Uniques show and had a great day!
 Estelle picked out a handmade hula hoop to keep in Glover as an early birthday present.   She has one down in Richmond, now she has one in Glover too.   It's the big blue one in this photo. 
 Estelle shows her hula hoop prowess.  This was good marketing for the lady selling them!
 The girls were delighted to see this face painting booth run by Donna Bousquet who used to work with Joanie years ago.  They remembered her from the Irasburg town fair from last year, and she remembered them!
 Estelle notes The Vermont Switchel Company on the list of vendors!
 We ran into family and friends.  Here we are with Tyler.
 A well-deserved creemee on our way out of town at the Craftsbury Store.

 Then, off to heaven on earth:  our dock on Shadow.



 This boat going by held a famous hockey player by the last name of "Mink" and Wesley recognized him so here they are having a boat-to-dock chat.
 Mary and Jacob kayaked over from their rental chalet at Danforth Cove.

 That night Mom, Cedric & I went to the Shadow Lake Association annual dinner & meeting in Glover.  Everyone sat at our table kept saying "Now, WHERE exactly do you all have a place on the lake?"  I thought, you can keep your big fancy camps, we've got the sweetest spot there is.