Sunday, July 17, 2011

Unschoolers Rock The Campground 3


Thursday 7/14/2011 - We arrived at 9pm and set up the tent by the car headlights.  First time camping as a family ever!  (As kids, Jim used to camp in a pop up and I had a couple experiences, some in tents and some in pop ups or cabins.  Neither of us camped as adults.)  Our family camping experience was great and we will definately invest in an air mattress so that we sleep better - and get a cook stove too!  A huge thank you to Erika Davis Pitre for lending us her extra cookstove and to Jules for helping us find our site in the pitch darkness! 


Friday 7/15/2011 -


Katie sees her friends!  Awww...

Kanoa and Kana having something to eat.

Our site.

Emily Hodsdon

Heading to the lake for a swim.


Relax and finish that quesadilla first.

Lakeside

Daddy and Li went out in the kayak.  Now Makana and I will go.

Makana and I exploring in the kayak.

Kanoa wanted to try it too.

View of beach from the docks.


George and Eileen Mahowald and Marla Briggs relaxing in the shade.

Li returning the paddles to the camp store.  He loved that store, esp the snacks!


View on path from store back down to lake/beach.

Swimming..


Kanoa and Wolfie

Kanoa

Charlotte, Meghan, and Laura Enos (right to left)

Shan Burton

Eileen Mahowald

Katie Wolfrum and Echo Goff

Our site again

ditto


Field where nerf gun wars, baseball, face painting, hula hooping, singing and campfires took place!

Katie and Laurie Wolfrum, Echo Goff
Saturday 7/18/2011 - York Zoo is a three hour ride for us.  There are two zoos about an hour away from the campground.  Murph, who lives in MA by the Cape, suggested we go to William Rogers Zoo in Providence, RI as he thought it was a nicer zoo than Franklin Zoo.  We took his advice and enjoyed it!  Unfortunately, we missed getting back for the 4pm Nerf War, but there were yet more battles to join in on throughout the early evening and the next day too!


Jim and I always notice this bug whenever we have passed by.  It is still there!  Had to photo of it as we refer to it sometimes...."Remember that giant bug...?"














I just LOVE this picture!!!





Sunday 7/17/2011 -



Waking up in the tent...



Leftover face paint!



Another sleepy soul....
Laundry hangin' out to dry


Makana or Li took this photo



Kanoa and I playing in the sand at the lake



Annie Fisher Kessler playing a watergun/seaweed game with Joshua and Makana in the water

The beach at the lake



Makana Wolfrum and Joshua Kessler



Alana Monlea, another happy swimmer



Li plays splash with Kanoa





Time for donuts....



Mmmmmm........donuts.......









Our campsite




Our campsite again..

All in all....can't wait to do it again next year!!!  :)  With air mattresses!!

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Lake Alford


Zach

Kana, Li and Katie are in this pictue.

Monday, July 11, 2011

A Vist From the Clark's!!

Edward loved playing the drums! 7/10/2011

William and Makana hit it off and had lots of fun pretending and playing together! 7/10/2011

Katie and Megan creating designs on the computer. 7/10/2011

Sluggo and Wolf!  Remembering good times!  And creating new memories with our families! 7/10/2011

Megan and Candy! 7/10/2011


Love this picture because William made a cool pose and that reminded me of when Li was little and used to make fangs in almost every picture!  Love it!  7/11


Doug and Candy Clark!  Next year....a campout?? 7/11/2011


Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Kanoa pictures 7/5/2011

Here are some misc pics of Kanoa taken by one of the kids.  I like how close up and clear they are.  He was tired when these pictures were taken.  I think this may have been when we were passing a "bug" around too. 





Sunday, July 3, 2011

The Painting of Katie's Room 7/3/2011

Keely added this to the ceiling as she is a huge Justin Bieber fan

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Funtown Splashtown 7/2/2011


Went to Funtown Splashtown late in the day.  We got there about an hour after you can get the discounted late day combo tickets.  We had wished we were there just a bit earlier, yet in the end it seemed like we had just the right amount of time as everyone was in good spirits for the whole trip and had lots of energy and fun!  We love this place! 

Kana went down the tube rides with Jim and I this time.  Kanoa still liked the baby sprinkler/splash pool.  Katie helped get him used to the water by playing with him.  Jim and I took turns going with Makana.  Li is comfortable going on his own tube now! 

At Funtown, Kanoa seemed interested in how the carosel worked.  He also really liked the kiddie bumper boats.  We did alot of driving the antique cars while the others went on different rides.  Li went on a roller coaster for the first time....twice!  (not Excaliber, the other one!)  And as always, the log flume was a hit!  Kana went on that for the first time!  Whoa!   Must take after her daddy as Jim loves thrilling rides like the roller coaster (maybe not a free fall type ride, but he loves coasters and flumes!).  Katie still prefers not to go on those kind of rides - glad she goes with what she feels comfortable with.  I am more like Katie, although I love the log flume sometimes and have even tried the swings and when I was younger loved most rides!  Much less into the kind of rides where your stomach flips and flops now!   














Friday, July 1, 2011

Li's 10th birthday 7.1.2011 (not 6th!!!)




Yes, double digits now!  Time goes so fast!


Li went to Target to see if he wanted to use his gift card he got for his birthday.
Spaced out and put a brand new number 6 on Li's cake!  What was I thinking!  Or not!  Ha!


None of us even realized it right away!
And Li even held up the cake for a photo before we realized!

This was the list Li had made for what he wanted to do on his 10th birthday.   
1. Get up and open presents
2. Target to shop
3. Helm for ice cream
4. Pick up ingredients at Shaws for a special birthday dinner.