Drew's Brownie troop visited a local sheep farm to earn a badge. Here, Drew pets an obliging bunny.
Luci tagged along, too. She loved the animals!
The farm's watchdog, Tucker, (Great Pyrinese...sp?)liked Luci a lot! I think she smelled our dogs on her or something...she just kept following her around! Luci didn't mind a bit!
Hannah shows off another lost tooth!
All of the girls got to feed the sheep some bread.
This little goat, named Bertha, waits while her mom gets milked.
A couple of goslings learning how to honk.
The girls take a turn petting a baby chick...not sure which breed it is, but it was white with a black tuft on it's head. Very cute!
Hay ride!!
The troop with the farmers, Mr. and Mrs. F.
I had yet to try out the waterproof feature on my new camera, so I brought it along when we hit the hot tub one evening.
Works pretty well, I'd say!
Blowing bubbles!
Drew working on somewhat of a unibrow! When she gets older, I'll introduce her to the magic of hot wax!
And finally, the rest of this post is dedicated to our wonderful first camping trip of the year! We have waited all winter long with anticipation for this trip! This year, we went to Wellesley Island State Park. The weather obliged us by staying lovely! Our site was situated across the road from a large field, and eventually, a kickball game started! Below, Dean catches the ball to try to tag Luci out at first. (Daddy let her make it!!)
Julie and Luci man second base as Drew gets ready to run for third!
Pile on Jim!!
Dean tries to prevent Hannah from touching first base and the other girls attack him!
Drew kicks and makes it safe at first! Jim just has issues! Ha ha!
Running the bases!
One of the other activities which kept the girls busy was skating.
When we got to the site, we put Luci on her bike and were surprised to find that she had somehow "forgotten" how to ride it. It was as if she was starting all over again! She'd look down at her feet and then end up off the road. When we told her to look where she was going, she'd forget to pedal! Eventually, somewhere in her brain, it clicked again and she was a happy camper once again as she drove her bike up and down the road, even turning on her own (though she still needs practice with this) and once or twice taking off on her own, too! The bike she was using has a wobbly back wheel from last year when Daddy hit it with the truck. So we thought we'd try her on Drew's bike, which is much bigger than hers and she rode that one better than the small one! So, Jim and Julie are giving Drew Hannah's old bike and we'll give Drew's to Luci. That's my big girl!
Dean took the girls on a 4 mile hike through the park's nature trail. I sent the camera with him and they saw lots of stuff including this 5-6 foot garter snake sunning itself on some branches.
This is the result of a hungry beaver!
The weather was so warm on Sunday, that we took the girls to the beach. Sara started off by practicing her casting.
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