Another week at the cabin has come to an end. I wish we could just go on with life up here. There isn't a worry in the world these days. Just perfect, beautiful weather and lots of FUN! This week the boys participated in the golf and tennis clinics. They loved both and are now asking for tennis lessons when we get home. I bet they'll change their minds when they realize how hot it is in Mesa. Maybe when it cools down we can talk about it, but right now...NO! We spent most of the day at the rec hall, playing, swinging, zip lining. Brody has done every craft available up there while Case has played every sport the rec hall staff has organized. Ledger likes to play on the swings, slides and monkey bars while Berkley is sleeping comfortably back at the cabin with Sugar.
On Tuesday night, we headed up to the Club for a little Family BINGO. Although not one of us won, we had a good time trying. Ledger fell sound asleep between two chairs (shortly after this picture was taken), Miss B. snuggled closely on my lap, Case asked if we could leave (toward the end) and Brody downed Root Beer after Root Beer as he tried to win a game. I would say that was a good night!
One of the Cub Scout electives is to make a bean bag to give to a friend. Soooooo....Sugar helped both Brody and Case sew bean bags for themselves and then Brody made one for Miss B. and Ledger. They did a great job and looooved sewing on Sugar's fancy machine.
Thanks Sugar for helping Brody learn to sew. Now he wants to make bean bags for all his friends.
On Wednesday it poured rain all afternoon. We were at the rec hall playing and it was really coming down. The thunder was so loud and the lightening was flashing all over the dark sky. It was awesome! Calie Parker had asked if I wanted to take the kids to a movie with her so we headed over the the White Mountain Cinemas to see Zoo Keeper. The movie was not super great. I didn't like a lot of the language and innuendos. Some of the scenes were not appropriate for my boys. It could have been so much better considering all the animals that were in it. The boys did love hanging with their cousin Madden who is up here for the golf clinic also.
Case thinks tennis is the best sport ever now. He is asking for lessons when we get home. He is really pretty good at it!
Ledger is happy doing the most simple things. His friend Trevin Brown is here doing the golf clinic and the two of them are just happy hanging out.
These boys are getting so good at golf. They love going to the clinic each day and then eating on the porch for lunch.
One thing that has been fun is that we have been spending more time reading chapter books each night. I have to admit that when I am home, come bed time...I AM DONE!! After running kids all day, eating dinner on the run, and doing homework in the car, I am ready for it to be over. Often times we don't get to just sit and read together. Each night I have been reading from a chapter book to the boys before they go to sleep. We have read, "Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing" and "How To Eat Fried Worms." Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing was good, but How to Eat Fried Worms, not so much. I am really actually surprised it is on the third grade list. It has bad words and words that I have never seen or heard of (my Mom and I were looking up definitions each night on her IPad Dictionary), The way it is written is difficult to read and understand. If you don't believe me, have you ever seen or heard these words? Cistern, troglodycrosis, apoplectically, deracinate. I especially wasn't too found of the part that talked about enormous pigeon-breasted women or when two of the boys got in a fight and called each other "bastard." Have any of you read, "How To Eat Fried Worms?" What was your opinion?
Brody loves doing salt dough creations at the rec hall.
One of Case's favorite activities is dodge ball. There are so many kids up at the rec hall that it makes for a fun game.
The rec hall has a whole critter area that houses frogs, turtles, mice, rats, guinea pigs, snakes, fish and rabbit. Ledger loved playing with the animals and watching them play.
Miss B. would swing all day if I let her. She is so happy here!
Watch out! It's a shark!
What did you do this week?
