Good Times at the Cabin

D and the letter Y. We're almost there!



The theme for VBS this year was super heroes of the Bible. Someone from the church individually sewed capes for all of the kids who participated (there were over 230 kids each day!). The kids loved their super hero capes and got to decorate the letter for their name, which was then ironed on.

My little super heroes.







The kids invented a new game at the cabin called "Let's Take a Nap." I kind of like this game...



The turkey has left the building! Yeah! The turkey's out of the house...but look where it landed. Up at the cabin. I guess it will feel at home here as there are many turkeys on our property. And at least it's out of the house. But you can see that thing from every room in the cabin!



I took some other pictures of the interior of the cabin because I don't think I have many posted on here.


Kitchen (can you see the turkey?)


Looking at the living room and kitchen from the entryway (can you see the feathers?)



Another view of the kitchen.



The living room.



The bathroom saga. Just when we think we might be ready to get this project finished (having a place to shower and bathe, that is), something else comes up. Steve is working on getting the plumbing ready and felt it would be easier to just tear out the wall to work on it and then put up new sheetrock. Too bad I just painted that wall! The bathroom with a wall (and a hardworking man)...



...and without a wall. Steve got most of the plumbing done this time at the cabin. Unfortunately, once he was done, he decided we need to move the plumbing around a bit to make the place where you turn the water on a little higher. So, he will have to un-do and re-do most of what he got done this weekend the next time we go up. Ugh.



D really wanted her picture taken on this giant adirondack chair outside our local grocery store in Danbury.



Mister Lounger. M was just hanging out in the pool. You can also see the new board Steve put on the deck.

Let's Have Fun

D made an alphabet train.



M doing his puzzles.



D and the letter X.



I love that smile.



We had some guests stay with us last weekend from Guadalajara, Mexico. They are here for the Pelican Rapids missions trip our church does every June. This is Mercedes' third time here staying with us, but it's the first time she's come since getting married. Her husband, Chino, is joining her on this trip and the kids just adore him. I think they make have worn him out before his busy week up in Pelican. Here Chino is posing with D before her dance rehearsal.



D's tap class is dancing to "Let's Have Fun", a Caribbean-style song.



Recital day! All dolled up and ready to perform.





D with Chino and Mercedes after the recital.



This past Sunday our neighborhood had its annual block party. Everyone gets together for food and chit chat. They arranged for the firetrucks and firefighters to come by so the kids could get a tour of the vehicles.



Aren't we cute in our matching shirts? VBS started this week at our church, so we all got to dress alike in our "Super Hero" t-shirts to start the week off.



D also attended a birthday party this past Saturday. She really loves the balloon they let her take home from the party! Yes, she's clutching the balloon string in her sleep.

Juneberries

D and the letter V.




The first fruits of our home-grown strawberries. We've been eating them as a treat every night after dinner.





The letter W...she's getting so close to knowing all the letters!



Steve and D had some daddy-daughter bonding time at the cabin this weekend. They worked on putting in a new board in the deck...



... and a new light in the bathroom.



M and I had some mommy-son bonding time while they were at the cabin. Okay, we were really working on potty training, but we had fun, too!

Happy Anniversary!

It's the one year anniversary of my blog! The first posts were Memorial Day Weekend 2009. I am so excited to have made it a whole year keeping up on posting family pictures and stories. Here are the first pictures of D and M that I posted last year. Look how much they have grown! D is such a big girl now and M looks like such a big boy compared to his baby-like features last year.





Here is how we celebrated Memorial Day Weekend this year.

M loves his sunglasses.



We left for the cabin Friday morning and did a lot of swimming there--especially D. She begged to go out there as soon as she woke up each morning, even Monday when it was so cool out that she wanted her winter jacket to wear outside. M went in the first day, then wasn't so much into the whole swimming thing. He loved watching D go down the slide though.

This is M's new way to smile for the camera.



Going down the slide.





Being silly under the slide.



D did the slide every which way possible.



A new day, a new suit. Once she found the Dora suit, she never turned back.





Our friends Ron and Jennifer came up for part of the weekend and their son's favorite toy, a MagnaDoodle, accidentally got left behind. It turned out to be D and M's favorite toy, too, and they enjoyed the pictures Daddy made for them.



The neighbors at the cabin invited us over for a pot luck on Sunday. I wasn't sure what to expect--I thought it was going to be just the family we met back in November and one other cabin owner, but it was with all of the cabin owners on Whitetail Drive. It was great to meet everyone and get to know our neighbors. D and M went crazy when they saw the patriotic cupcakes come out.



D and M also learned to play the bean bag toss game.





We went to the beach at Crooked Lake in Siren on Monday for a picnic and to give D a little larger area to splash around in than our pint-sized pool. She loved it!





M preferred the playground area.



Daddy joined D on in the water.



M made a beeline when he saw the bouncy riding toys. He loves those things and had to try them all out.











M finally decided to try out the water, too.


The kids loved the lion water fountain.



We went for one last walk before heading home. It was shortlived, though, as the mosquitos were terrible. That didn't stop them from all biting M, who had huge welts all over his legs and arms. Poor guy!