Pirates, amusement parks and tree stumps

We were down south this summer for a while, and did lots of fun things with my family. I'd add lots of pictures, but my computer/internet doesn't like me to do that too much, so we'll go with four.


One afternoon we went with everyone to an amusement park, which the kids loved. Clara and Sarah went on this car ride that was nice and slow on the straight part, and then it whipped them around the corner. Clara just laughed her head off. It was so funny to watch.

 

 The cousins...let's play "Where's Savannah?" extra points if you can find her. And no, I don't think she felt left out.

One morning Mauri and I took the kids (minus Savannah) on a pirate boat ride on the inlet. Clara got a couple "tattoos" (an octopus and an anchor), and Tate got a scar on his cheek which was pretty cool. We went out looking for treasure, etc., and it was really fun. The music from "Pirates of the Caribbean" played the whole time, which made it feel authentic.

Jason got some slalom skiing in before he rode a tube into a tree stump. Pretty talented, isn't he? (At skiing and slamming himself into a stump..what are the odds?)

Pigtails and pictures

Today I put Savannah's hair in pigtails, after she got the rubber bands and said, "green. blue. both." Have you ever seen cuter pigtails? She obviously likes them and happily showed them to daddy and Clara when they got home.

Jason's grandpa (Papa) passed away a couple weeks ago. Papa used to do clowning, and at his funeral there was a bowl of clown noses, so we took some home. Savannah had a hard time keeping hers on her tiny nose, but they thought the noses were funny.

 

On Clara's first day of school she actually took some pictures with her sister! I managed to get a couple before my camera batteries died.

Clara has taken up photography and one day spent probably an hour arranging and re-arranging her stuffed animals. I see some potential, don't you?