We've been keeping a busy schedule this summer. I think a lot of it is because I like learning and exploring, and my kids are willing participants to go on these adventures with me. I think a small part of it is because it keeps us from killing each other. And from making the house messier than it already is.
Because we had swimming lessons for two weeks this summer, we missed most of the vacation Bible schools in town. So Emily was exported to the twin cities to attend one up there at Grandma Barb's house. Meanwhile, Meg (who was too young to attend) hung out at Lake Riley and had her own version of summer camp along with her light-saber sporting cousin.
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| Here's our little sand angel. Love the swimsuit, but the idea of all that sand in the suit makes me shift uncomfortably. |
As part of the two-day festival, there was a water-ski show (complete with a ski boat with two 225-horsepower engines on it) and a guy barefooting from the beach (quite the wedgie I would imagine), event mascot, and parade--complete with a strange man carrying a raccoon and leading a "baseball team" of female geese. I didn't quite get that one.
We also managed to make it to the Como Zoo. My favorite part was probably the newly opened gorilla exhibit. It makes you wonder--who is watching whom?
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