still on vacation... camp!

Your favorite breakfast tastes even better at camp, but he was already looking forward to leftover Tacos In A Bag for lunch with Daddy.  See, the night before Carl was very worried that Lew didn't get to have dinner with us.  So, we told him the boys could have leftovers for lunch. I am not kidding - he started in asking for lunch at about 10:15 am.

It did rain this day, but Lew didn't care.  Plus, he had Tacos In A Bag for lunch.  Doesn't get much better than that!

 She was doing OK.  Reality was starting to set in, though, as she asked more questions about swimming and the water park.  We have season passes to our water park for the summer.

 Carl decided to "go jump in the lake."

 He was ready to jump in and take off swimming across the lake.

 He had his own spectator section.

 Then, he started thinking about fish poop.  Yes, fish poop.  And it was not deep enough to really jump in safely right off the dock so he was going to have to step in and swim away.  I think he missed having his best friend in there with him.  If she was already in - because you know she would have been first down that ladder - he would have happily jumped in and forgotten about the fish poop.  But, he decided not to get in.  Didn't even get his suit wet.

 The snake we always see in the rocks.  I touched him, but didn't pick him up.

 How about a camp family photo?

Carl loves routine.  Even more, Carl loves cheeseburgers.  and milkshakes.  So, there was no way we were going anywhere but  A&W up in Lake George for dinner.

mmm... my Coney dog and Gretchen's corn puppies!!!  We brought a towel to keep food from falling on her brand new cast.

 Sad!!  The end of the milkshake!!!

Breakfast the next day....   this boy loves his Cinnamon Toast Crunch!

 I liked Gretchen real cinnamon roll choice better!

After we ate and packed up we headed out to meet friends.  We started out at the library because it was supposed to rain again.  We were going to play there for  awhile and then head back to Geri's house for a movie.

 But, it didn't rain!  There were 3 families and 10 kids total.  4 sets of twins and the 2 singletons have the same name!  They were like 2 peas in a pod, so essentially, we have 5 sets of twins.

A meeting of the minds under the trampoline.... with popsicles.

I love these ladies!!!  We have so much fun when we get together.  Wish it could happen more than once a year.

All the kiddos!!!  Oldest twins are 8, youngest set are 4.     In this picture:  5, 6, 8, 4, 4, 8, 7, 7, 7, 7.  They all got along wonderfully!

Do you see the blue cast on S's ankle?  He broke that 1 week before Gretchen broke her elbow.  Same ortho practice....  but, his cast is waterproof!  We learned that it was not possible for us to have that luxury because with a 90* bend in the cast, it wouldn't drain like a straight cast would.  I was heartbroken!  Boy, that cast sure didn't slow S down!  Gretchen was still pretty tentative with hers.  She did really want to try the trampoline, so when there was a lull, I let her jump alone.  Turns out, it was not as much fun as it had appeared.  So, I was glad I let her try so she could see that she really was not missing out on something that looked awesome.

After a few hours together (and a great meal) we headed back to Grammie's.