Summer Fun

Woah, lots has happened in the past month or so, but don't worry, I won't bore you with the details, but merely provide some highlights.... Carter is officially potty-trained (daytime only) and has been going to a week long summer camp at his new preschool, which I LOVE! Poker Hill school in Underhill http://pokerhillschool.org - come on, they have a zip line for the kids in the playground, and sheep, horses, bunnies, turtles, frogs, gerbils, etc, who wouldn't love it?  

Isaac is officially a terror - but a cute one!  He is sleeping 10-12 hours straight at night, but has become a master crawler, pulls himself to standing and can free stand for several seconds!  He loves to climb the stairs and eat everything in sight (including dirt, quarters, and stale cheerios he finds on the floor).

We spent the fourth of July in Michigan, enjoying our extended family and a sunny time on Lake Michigan.  Carter loved riding the jet ski!

We then spent 3 days in Putney (southern VT for you flatlanders) with 30 of Lars' closest high school buddies and their growing families - lots of fun to be had!

Looking forward to much more fun this summer.

Here's my story to end this one with :

On the way home from Poker Hill today - Carter was having a melt down over something, I can't remember what, but he was crying and crying.  The windows were cracked open, and I closed them to turn on the air conditioning.  Carter's scream escalated into an all out shriek.  I assumed it was because he didn't want me to close the windows, so I said in the stern voice "CARTER!! NO THANK YOU!!!" The poor kid was choking on his sobs, but then said "can you put the window down, please?" He was still screaming, but heck, he said 'please'.  So I put the window down.  Only then did he tell me that I had closed the tips of his fingers in the window! I pulled over, saw the red dents in his fingertips and his heaving chest and felt so bad.... The poor boy was sitting there with his fingers closed in the window and he still said please... gotta love him.

One of my favorite Carterisms is that he jumps up and down whenever he gets really excited, as you can see here!
Getting serious about the kids race around the tent...
Debbie Dunklee reading to the next generation, Silas, Carter, Maya and Keenan 
Is Carter having fun? Not really sure on that one...
Lovin' the jet ski in Charlevoix...
I rode on this thing (what is it? a giant banana?) when I was a kid....