The Adventures of 'The Kidds'

So we just returned from Trek yesterday, and it was a great time.  This is like the 11th year that I have been able to go to Trek, and it was great cause this year Corrine & Daniel got to come too, which made it a lot of fun.  We stayed at the Wus Haus, which is a vacation home that friends of ours bought a few years ago.  But it worked out quite well.  We went to the island in the morning to spend the day there and then at night after dinner, I drove a boat back to the main land where we drove 2 miles to the house and spent the night.  It was a good week and I think all the middle schoolers had a fun time while there as well.

Here are a few pictures from the week.

Here is Daniel, decked out in his Island Gear with Mommy,  

Here is Daniel Enjoying the boat ride on the pontoon.

Tired boy after a long day of playing in the lake…

I know he’s a little young, but he is my kid, so he needed to get a computer, and since he won’t sit at a desk, well he’ll barely sit, we figured he needed a laptop..

Corrine was out at a yard sale, and saw it so she decided to get it.  It was only a dollar so definitely worth the price…  I just need to do a little solder work, I think she said the sound board is loose, or something, but definitely a good toy for Daniel..

As you probably know we have got a fish tank last year. We got it from the Clarks when they sold their house, and they left the tank, so we got it and have used it for a while. We recently added a new fish tank stand, that we could close and add a safety on, as Daniel gets bigger, more mobile and more inquisitive.
We can sit next to the tank, with Daniel on our lap, and he will just intently check out the fish. Corrine put him on the sofa and he could watch on his own, here is a picture that she took of Daniel watching the fish.

I think he was surprised by the flash…

I received a magazine in the mail earlier this month from Lowe’s that saved $10 on a $50 purchase. Since we had a large “mole hill” in the yard where the geo was put in, I knew we needed grass seed, so to spend the additional $$ to save the $10 I bought some plants for the garden. I got a few pepper plants, an acorn squash plant and some cilantro & basil. Its going to rain tomorrow so I decided I should plant some seeds and some of the plants I got today. So I planted 2 of the bell peppers that I got today. I also planted some sun flowers that Paul bought, that will make a nice wall of flowers behind the pool. I also planted 2 rows of snap peas in the edge of the garden. Now I just need to plant some of the tomatoes we started from seed, and then the squash and other peppers I haven’t planted yet. More updates to come..

So Paul and I spent yesterday planting in the garden. We planted 2 rows of beans, and left room so we could plant 2 more rows in 2 or 3 weeks, so we can stretch out the harvest time of the beans. We planted 2 different kinds of beans so we will see what we get. We also planted the carrots that we had started from seed a few weeks ago, in pots, along with the squash and zucchini, and the 2 pumpkins that Paul started. We will plant some more stuff in the next few weeks, but we will have to get some more seed first, and then we will probably plant some corn, and Corrine wants some snap peas. But the garden has been officially started, which is great, since it has been raining a little today, and should continue for the next few days, so that will be a good soaking of the garden.