BBQ With the Parental Units
Yesterday was a gorgeous day. I was a lazy slug all morning (didn't take the boys to church) and for part of the afternoon, then Chris and I packed up the boys and took them to my Mom & Dad's house. Carter played in the water with my Mom and me.
Wabigoon Lake is not a nice clear lake - Wabigoon translated from Ojibway means 'muddy water'. So it's murky at best, and it's the time of year for all the algae to build up. So it was gross. But of course I have to pretend it's all nice and fun for Carter so he doesn't get scared.
Below are a couple pictures of Carter 'petting' a leach and wading and splashing in the water. He ended up with a little bloodsucker on his foot, which I very calmly yanked off and told Carter it was hitching a ride with him.
After the water fun, we went up to the house for supper. Dad barbecued steaks and potatoes and we had salad and for dessert we had some fresh Rainier cherries. Yum!
On the way home we did a 7-11 run for Carter because he chose a Slurpee over an ice cream cone. We went to Dairy Queen next and of course Carter changed his mind and wanted ice cream. It was so busy in there that there was no way I was going back in for a cone for him. So he enjoyed his Slurpee anyway.
I did some stuff on the computer for a few hours...Chris and Cooper zonked out fairly early, but Carter was going strong until at least 11:00. I don't know what this kid runs on. He barely eats and had a very short nap in the afternoon. He must have been on fumes. Kevin stopped by to visit since he is leaving for Calgary again today. It was nice to see him since we haven't seen him since Christmastime.
Wabigoon Lake is not a nice clear lake - Wabigoon translated from Ojibway means 'muddy water'. So it's murky at best, and it's the time of year for all the algae to build up. So it was gross. But of course I have to pretend it's all nice and fun for Carter so he doesn't get scared.
Below are a couple pictures of Carter 'petting' a leach and wading and splashing in the water. He ended up with a little bloodsucker on his foot, which I very calmly yanked off and told Carter it was hitching a ride with him.
After the water fun, we went up to the house for supper. Dad barbecued steaks and potatoes and we had salad and for dessert we had some fresh Rainier cherries. Yum!
On the way home we did a 7-11 run for Carter because he chose a Slurpee over an ice cream cone. We went to Dairy Queen next and of course Carter changed his mind and wanted ice cream. It was so busy in there that there was no way I was going back in for a cone for him. So he enjoyed his Slurpee anyway.
I did some stuff on the computer for a few hours...Chris and Cooper zonked out fairly early, but Carter was going strong until at least 11:00. I don't know what this kid runs on. He barely eats and had a very short nap in the afternoon. He must have been on fumes. Kevin stopped by to visit since he is leaving for Calgary again today. It was nice to see him since we haven't seen him since Christmastime.
posted by Mellykat at 9:05 a.m.
2 Comments:
you cannot know how exciting it is for me to recognize the names... I have driven by that lake...Tony says everytime, "that means muddy waters."
and my step kids love to tell me leech stories... i can hardly wait :(
Too cool! I really need to do this.
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