Monday, September 01, 2014

see you in September...

And so, we click over to yet another month on the calendar .. "hello September".... and from the looks of it, we're in for a fabulous fall. Today, I met up with Reagan and Kass at a little playground, it was just too pretty to be inside, and a great day to get out and play. Reagan loves the play ground, and had a grand time running about. But I just have to share one of his "newest things".... this is "crazy face" and if you ask him to do it, this is what you get!!!!! silly boy.....
He certainly is "all boy" too... so adventuress ... he thinks nothing of climbing up to the top of the slide and throwing himself down to the bottom.. you can be sure that his Mom and I were on the go the whole time, but it's a great way to burn off some boyish energy....

Getting him off the playground is a whole other thing... fortunately there was something else that was very close by, so when it was time to go... Kass asked if he wanted to go and "see"......
Heavy equipment!!! A little boy's dream...... we took him in for a nice close look, but he really was just as happy standing back and checking it all out. I'm thinking that "up close" was just a bit too big......
It's getting to be "close up camp" time as well.....though looking at this photo, it doesn't seem possible. We actually got to spend some time at camp over the weekend... the kids all wanted that one last swim before the docks are pulled. Andrew will be coming back again this winter and living in the little camp... which is so nice for us, because we don't have to worry about anything freezing and know that someone is around to keep an eye on things. 
Oh dear summer.... you went by just way too fast!!!!
"Little fish"... she is in the lake as much as she possibly can be!!! From the moment we arrived, she is changed, and on the dock....
All summer long she has been "practicing" jumping off the dock. At the beginning she had said .. "Baby, before the winter, I am going to be able to jump off the dock.... all by myself"..... each time she is getting a little braver..... she starts out, going off the ladder....
And after a few "warm up tries"... she is jumping off the edge of it as well. Pleased with her progress, she now tells me that "next summer, I'm going to jump off the deep end".... and seeing how well she did this year, I have no doubt that she will...... 
Another generation of this family.. "growing up on the lake!!!"
Our neighbors were up too, so the girls were thrilled to have the boys to play with. More than likely this will be the last weekend they are all together... but summer friends are always special friends.....

and all winter long, they will have their adventures to talk about.....
We'll still have plenty of warm afternoons, but with the way our life seems to run, I doubt there will be many "just sitting at camp" days... so, I'm soaking this one in, and can dream of it when the snow arrives.....