Catching Up

We've been having trouble with our computer, so I haven't been getting pictures off the camera. The computer decided to start cooperating the other day, so I took advantage of to get pictures from the camera and now create one post for the last month.

In January a local bookstore had a Lego creation contest for kids. This is what Rudy came up with- Monster Factory. The Lego people go in as regular people and come out as monsters.

Once again we went out for a walk at the wildlife refuge in the cold.

And another day we went to walk a trail at Batsto and saw some cool sites. Snow and ice around a tree.

There was a layer of ice around all the water, which Rudy wanted to see how far he could go on it and we kept calling him back.

 Water half frozen.

A little bit of green moss peeking up through the snow.

A monkey in a tree

A monkey trying to get in a tree.

Making their own tracks.

Charlie stayed with us for about a week while Chris and Patti went away. He brought some costumes with him that Noel enjoyed using.

We had snow one day.

March brought Read Across America week and Wacky Wednesday.

 

And Cat in the Hat face painting.

Rudy had another class at the Arden and we were lucky that it was one of the few, warmer, sunny days we've had this winter.

Noel brought chap stick with him that he felt the need to apply continuously all over his mouth. And then point out to everyone we walked past that he had his own chap stick.

Rudy's class at the Arden was a Scavenger Hunt. So they just told us about they did and where they found clues.

And for my birthday, we went to Bass River and had a little picnic and took a short walk.

Notice Rudy's amazing physique. (he wore his Iron Man costume underneath his clothes)

Rudy showing ff his muscles.

And N showing off his muscles.

Beating the Heat

Saturday was the hottest day on record in many, many years. Knowing the predictions for the day, we decided to head out early to a nearby lake. We knew the beach would be really hot and that if we went to the lake, we would be able to have some shade and we'd also be able to spend more time in the water. We definitely made the right choice.


We arrived early enough to get a nice spot under the pines trees. The lifeguards weren't even there yet, so we just waited and unpacked.

Rudy had all his snorkel gear on and was ready to go for about 15 minutes before we could go in the water. Then we found out he couldn't wear his snorkel in the water (there were a lot of strange rules about what you could and couldn't have in the water), so we had a little meltdown before finally getting in the water.

The water was warm but refreshing and we spent a long time swimming around until we decided to get out and have lunch. Here's Mr. Peanut Butter face.

We then swam some more. Paul and I had been checking out the kayaks they had for rent and we were finally able to convince Rudy that we should do it. It was nice, but warm, paddling around the lake for a while. We didn't take any pictures because I didn't want to have top get another camera if this new one got wet!
Rudy posed so nicely for a picture as we got ready to go to the kayaks.

But then he had to pose again...

After the kayak, Rudy got some ice cream (a lovely Spiderman popsicle that colored his hands and face red even after swimming!).

We spent several hours at the lake and it was the perfect choice for a hot day. We will be going back again this summer!