We Heart Sheep Pond

Sheep Pond is just a quick walk from my in-laws. Fresh water, small (but sandy beach) a raft to swim out to, and many Odell boats to use - kayaks, canoes and a rowboat. (more on those later) The kids totally love it. I love it too. So easy - no crazy crowds, no hot sandy car ride back, a little shady area for me to set up in.

Emma was all about the fish and the freaky tadpole/frogs this year. Can you see how her back ended up frying? She spent hours hunched over hunting and admiring her slimy little friends.

Jack and Jessica devised a very elaborate raft game in which they were dancing robots who danced around, powered down and then jumped in the water when they needed more energy (I think that was the jist of it anyway.) When Justin swam out and tried to play along they had many rules for his participation and a very specific role for him to play (the bad guy.) He was only supposed to come onto the raft once they had run out of energy. And he was only allowed to jump off the raft over their "sleeping" robot bodies. I'm hoping Deb can fix the last pic. It clearly shows what Justin thought about their rules. And it clearly shows Jack yelling the mantra of the bigger 2 Js, "Justinnnnn, noooooo!"