July 4, 2010 Weekend at Aunt Debbie's cabin

I love my Uncle Brian.

Mommy and Daddy told me we were going to ride in a boat.
I didn't know it would be on the ground!

I am walking the plank matey.

I am a great climber.

This was so much fun that I convinced Daddy to jump with me.

Grandma found me some silly glasses to add to my costume box.

Here I am on the paddle boat with Grandma and Aunt Debbie.

I loved looking at the fish that Parker caught.

They even had a lifevest for me and Mommy made me wear one constantly.

Grandpa and I are discussing footprint art.

I am practicing for when Uncle Larry takes us out on the water.

Riding on the boat with Mommy.

She was so sad that she couldn't got tubing or water skiing this year.

Aunt Debbie took me out on the raft, while Uncle Larry pulled us.

(Grandma almost had an anxiety attack.)

This kid who is always with us is Parker. He is Uncle Larry's nephew and wanted to hang with us because I guess we are a lot more fun than his family.

(Actually, his sister had a soccer game, so he came with his Mom and the rest of his family didn't come until later.)

Parker convinced Daddy to take us out in the paddle boat and then mysteriously "hurt his foot" when it was time to paddle back in.

I would have helped. but my feet didn't reach the peddles.

(Daddy said I did "help" by moving the steering lever a lot.)

I had to take another look at the fish to see if they were still alive.

My personal 1 manpower boat.

Uncle Larry has this cool invention. He takes garden hose, cuts it into pieces and puts in in a copper pipe. Then he drills holes in the pipe and we put it in the fire. The chemical reaction between the copper and tubing make the fire turn blue and green. (I'm sure the toxic fumes were perfectly safe for the baby - good thing he didn't turn out to be mutant, or we would have known who to blame.)

In fact, I am thinking this "magic" fire may cause our son to have mystical powers where he can see into the future, grant wishes, and possibly cast spells.

(Talk about becoming the family favorite!)

Grandma found these funny wigs at a flea market.

She always finds deals on things that we can't live without.

This is Andrew, Mommy's cousin's son.

(I'll have to ask Aunt Becky what relation that is to me - second cousin, once removed?)

He is a few months younger than me, but we got along very well. We loved the sandbox.

I played with these water toys on the dock.

This is one of Mommy's favorite pictures.

I helped Andrew a lot. I told him where to go, what to play with, how to play with it, what to eat, where to sit, etc... We were great friends.

Mommy came and got me out of bed to watch fireworks that Uncle Larry set off.

I had S'Mores - Yummy!

Daddy stayed up late and played beer pong. Apparantly Uncle Brian was superior to all others.

Did I mention that Andrew doesn't talk very much? This is another reason we got on so well - I did not have to compete to dominate the conversation.

Love that sandbox.

Here's the whole family.

We couldn't get any where the kids were actually looking at the camera.

I get the giggles when Uncle Brian and Ann tickle me.