Things are, to say the least, crazy around here. Do we expect anything else in Crazy Town? I think not.
Your prayers are appreciated for my family through a rather difficult time. I will post as I can.
Until then, enjoy the pictures of our month!
Showing posts with label fishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fishing. Show all posts
11/12/08
October in Pictures
Things are, to say the least, crazy around here. Do we expect anything else in Crazy Town? I think not.
9/15/08
Somebody help me out of this funk!
My life is good. Wonderful, actually, all things considered. My children are healthy and smart and caring and kind (most days). We have wonderful friends and family that surround us, if not in person, on the phone. My children have the opportunity to have two sets of wonderfully adoring grandparents and even have a set of great-grandparents.
Yesterday we had lobster, steamers, corn on the cob - FREE. My Great Aunt turned 60 and her husband threw a surprise birthday party at a local seafood restaurant...and he paid for it ALL. Everything. If nothing else, I should be glowing right now because of that :)
After eating WAY TOO MUCH, we took the kids fishing. Andrew, who has the attention span of a flea, caught his very first fish (pictures to come)! A blue gill - HUGE. He was so proud. That makes me happy...but I am still feeling a bit funky.
I have a wonderful business. I love my boss, she is THE BEST (have I mentioned that I am the boss :). I make my own schedule, I charge whatever I want...I never miss a kid's event because I am always sure to take it off.
And things between Kirby and I are working. Slowly but surely we are finding a way to make things work - better than ever. Our trip to camp was exactly what we needed to remind us that, us, the family of us, was something that we didn't want to lose. It is a long road. There are millions of things to work out and work on. But we are committed to the work. We are committed to making it better for us and better for our kids.
Just one more think I should be so grateful and thankful for.
So, why am I in such a funk? I am not feeling like myself. In fact, I feel kind of fluish...and the fact that I know there is bug going around makes me feel even more fluish (paranoid much....but really Andrew DID puke yesterday on the way to the birthday party...but free lobster was on the menu, no way in hell were we turning around). I am feeling that, "I don't want to get out of bed for the next year" feeling...
So, I am leaving it up to you, bloggy readers, to share something funny. Pass along a good story. Leave me a silly comment. Get a good You Tube video (but just an FYI, I HAVE already seen the one where the cop steals the pot from the evidence room then calls 911 because he thinks he has overdosed...to stinking funny and I have also seen the one where the guy gets his head stuck in the elephants ass).
Today's challenge: MAKE ME LAUGH!
Yesterday we had lobster, steamers, corn on the cob - FREE. My Great Aunt turned 60 and her husband threw a surprise birthday party at a local seafood restaurant...and he paid for it ALL. Everything. If nothing else, I should be glowing right now because of that :)
After eating WAY TOO MUCH, we took the kids fishing. Andrew, who has the attention span of a flea, caught his very first fish (pictures to come)! A blue gill - HUGE. He was so proud. That makes me happy...but I am still feeling a bit funky.
I have a wonderful business. I love my boss, she is THE BEST (have I mentioned that I am the boss :). I make my own schedule, I charge whatever I want...I never miss a kid's event because I am always sure to take it off.
And things between Kirby and I are working. Slowly but surely we are finding a way to make things work - better than ever. Our trip to camp was exactly what we needed to remind us that, us, the family of us, was something that we didn't want to lose. It is a long road. There are millions of things to work out and work on. But we are committed to the work. We are committed to making it better for us and better for our kids.
Just one more think I should be so grateful and thankful for.
So, why am I in such a funk? I am not feeling like myself. In fact, I feel kind of fluish...and the fact that I know there is bug going around makes me feel even more fluish (paranoid much....but really Andrew DID puke yesterday on the way to the birthday party...but free lobster was on the menu, no way in hell were we turning around). I am feeling that, "I don't want to get out of bed for the next year" feeling...
So, I am leaving it up to you, bloggy readers, to share something funny. Pass along a good story. Leave me a silly comment. Get a good You Tube video (but just an FYI, I HAVE already seen the one where the cop steals the pot from the evidence room then calls 911 because he thinks he has overdosed...to stinking funny and I have also seen the one where the guy gets his head stuck in the elephants ass).
Today's challenge: MAKE ME LAUGH!
9/11/08
Memories....
Camp. What can I say except that it was WONDERFUL! I shared some pictures in an earlier post, those were some of the best. I'm not sure how to write about all the great things that happened so I am just going to highlight/list them:
- Left home at 10pm on Wed.
- Hit a skunk on the ride up - threw my back out in the process
- Arrived at camp at 4am after taking one wrong turn and stopping for a few bathroom breaks
- Yard at camp was not mowed - some places were taller than A
- Found a lone pair of underwear in Tom's bed...women's...
- Biggest thing anyone hooked all week was me...OUCH! Fish were small but they put up a fight
- Boys canoed with dad
- A broke my glasses the second day there...thankfully the general store had super glue
- A used the outhouse (although there is indoor plumbing as well)
- Saw a beautiful sunset at the lake
- My camera battery died the second day...glad Kirby brought his as well
- Hiked in the woods a bit - NEVER left the path - we learned our lessons last year
- Founds TONS of raspberries and blackberries and even a few blueberries.
- Picked enough to make pancakes with cool whip and berries for breakfast
- Saw both moose and wild canine tracks - though never saw the real thing
- Z learned to use a slingshot AND a hand saw
- Kirby to remove a rather large thorn/splinter from my foot
- Boys built a "drum set" out of logs and sticks and performed "shows" every night
- Roast hot dogs and marshmallows by the fire every night
- Heard coyotes and loons at night
- The boys burned their sneakers in the fire
- Z and Tom played tons of wiffle ball and had a great time doing it - never seen them have so much fun together without arguing
- Saw a woman driving a motorcycle with her man on the back on the way home...HYSTERICAL
- Learned that Kirby and I can be friends
- Arrived home at 7pm on Tuesday....wanting to be back at camp
Did I mention that Kirby and I learned that we can be friends? More on that in another post...
9/8/08
The honest to goodness truth
I can hear you....y'all need to quiet down when you yell that!
"SHE'S ALIVE!!"
Yes, I know, I know. I have been downright AWFUL lately. Between leaving vacation blues, the end of summer...ugh. So many excuses but not one single good reason.
First things first. Thank you! Thank you to all that checked in and kept reading and emailed and commented. YES, I am okay, more than okay, actually.
So where were we when I last left you? Ah, yes, vacation.
One big happy family, right? Yes, you are SO right. Quite honestly, it was the best vacation I have ever had. Seriously, ever. And I can only hope and pray that it was the same for the boys.
Check out these pics and let me know what you think:
Best. Vacation. Ever.
We laughed, we fished, we roasted marshmallows and hot dogs, one of us learned to poop in the woods (although he will kill me if I tell you all about it), I remembered that I know how to pee in the woods (and A discovered that a pee stream is very interesting...and got a bit too close...a story I would love to share with you but, seriously, it totally needs to be done in person, writing it out does not do it justice), we berry picked, we ate well, we slept well and we remembered how much we love being a family.
The weather was PERFECT! Remember in one of my last posts I spoke of how it had been raining here in Crazy Town for 4 weeks. Well, it did not rain a drop at camp. Okay, a drop. But honestly, I could have counted the drops - and then it was over.
So much to share and I will...I am getting back into the swing of things. I promise you.
So keep checking back, I will be here, I promise!
And THAT is the honest to goodness truth.
"SHE'S ALIVE!!"
Yes, I know, I know. I have been downright AWFUL lately. Between leaving vacation blues, the end of summer...ugh. So many excuses but not one single good reason.
First things first. Thank you! Thank you to all that checked in and kept reading and emailed and commented. YES, I am okay, more than okay, actually.
So where were we when I last left you? Ah, yes, vacation.
One big happy family, right? Yes, you are SO right. Quite honestly, it was the best vacation I have ever had. Seriously, ever. And I can only hope and pray that it was the same for the boys.
Check out these pics and let me know what you think:
Best. Vacation. Ever.
We laughed, we fished, we roasted marshmallows and hot dogs, one of us learned to poop in the woods (although he will kill me if I tell you all about it), I remembered that I know how to pee in the woods (and A discovered that a pee stream is very interesting...and got a bit too close...a story I would love to share with you but, seriously, it totally needs to be done in person, writing it out does not do it justice), we berry picked, we ate well, we slept well and we remembered how much we love being a family.
The weather was PERFECT! Remember in one of my last posts I spoke of how it had been raining here in Crazy Town for 4 weeks. Well, it did not rain a drop at camp. Okay, a drop. But honestly, I could have counted the drops - and then it was over.
So much to share and I will...I am getting back into the swing of things. I promise you.
So keep checking back, I will be here, I promise!
And THAT is the honest to goodness truth.
8/14/08
Vacation! and a thankful 13 :)
Today is the first day of our family vacation to camp. I wish I could tell you that I am blogging as we sit by the lake and enjoy the kiddos fishing...but I am not. Actually, what I am doing is blogging in the future - or would it be the past....You see, camp has no internet, no cable, no cell service - NOTHING! So, this post is actually being written in preparation for my vacation.
A bit about camp:
My uncle passed away about 9 years ago and his brothers (my father and my two uncles) took over his land and cabin in ME.
At that point in time there was no indoor plumbing...but there was an outhouse. Thankfully the women in the family put up enough of a stink that the boys did put in indoor plumbing.
It is a small cabin on an ENORMOUS piece of land that includes a good amount of lake property. There are few neighbors and even they are so far away that we could scream till the cows came home and they would never hear us. The land is so large that last year we got lost while hiking it (there were a few insane moments...I will save that story for another blog).
The lake is small, the fishing is tough but the kids have a blast.
I love that place.
It is too far for us to make the trek up regularly (it is about 6 hours from here but with two kids in the car the drive can easily turn into 8). In fact, in the 9 years since the brothers have owned it I have only been up twice.
Last year we decided to make it a yearly event. It was so much fun and such an inexpensive trip I couldn't see why not.
So, today, by the time you are reading this we should have arrived. We should have left very late last night (or very early this morning), made the trek while the kiddos were still sleeping, and arrived as the sun came up.
I won't be able to respond to comments and visit all my favorite blogs but bear with me....I will be back in full swing sometime next week. I have enough blogs written and scheduled to last through our time away so be sure to come back and visit!!
I can't wait to share all about our exciting adventures!
And, of course, it is Thursday (well, not really, but it IS, right?). Since I am doing this, almost, a week in advance bear with me :)
1) I am thankful that Kirby and I did not kill each other on either the ride to or from the zoo...and nobody was thrown into the Tiger's habitat.
2) I am thankful that we did not lose A at the zoo :)
3) I m thankful that we were able to see Josiah and spend some time with him. (Keep your eyes out for a post all about the zoo later on this week).
4) I am thankful for the rain. Because, honestly, it has rained for about 4 weeks and there is NO POSSIBLE way it can continue for our trip to camp...right?!
5) I am thankful for the white "punchbuggy" that has been sitting in the parking lot across the street for about a month now. Because A gets such a charge out of it every time we walk by (he has a thing for Herbie the Lovebug).
6) I am thankful that Mom took Z for a couple nights over the weekend. A is much better behaved without Z and vice versa.
7) I am thankful for Poland Spring Seltzer water because it makes it much easier to keep up with my water intake!
8) I am thankful that I did not break anything when I took a MAJOR fall down the stairs this week...home alone...at night...SCARY! (I am okay, think I may have chipped my tailbone but it feels MUCH better today than yesterday).
9) I am thankful for some amazing friends....I think I say this every week and I promise you it is NOT enough! They truly are amazing!
10) I am thankful that our Autism Awareness day will be August 23rd and almost over. Don't get me wrong...I have LOVED planning this and honestly LOVE the women that I am planning it with. It has been a lot of hard work and I am ready for it to be over.
11) I am thankful that I have all my blogs pre written and ready to posted during my vacation. I can't wait to come home and see all the comments!
12) I am thankful for good music than can help me drown out the world, sleep at night and get my groove on.
13) I am thankful that my life is good. There are rough times but I know that I will always make it through. Considering where I could be...my life is darn good!
A bit about camp:
My uncle passed away about 9 years ago and his brothers (my father and my two uncles) took over his land and cabin in ME.
At that point in time there was no indoor plumbing...but there was an outhouse. Thankfully the women in the family put up enough of a stink that the boys did put in indoor plumbing.
It is a small cabin on an ENORMOUS piece of land that includes a good amount of lake property. There are few neighbors and even they are so far away that we could scream till the cows came home and they would never hear us. The land is so large that last year we got lost while hiking it (there were a few insane moments...I will save that story for another blog).
The lake is small, the fishing is tough but the kids have a blast.
I love that place.
It is too far for us to make the trek up regularly (it is about 6 hours from here but with two kids in the car the drive can easily turn into 8). In fact, in the 9 years since the brothers have owned it I have only been up twice.
Last year we decided to make it a yearly event. It was so much fun and such an inexpensive trip I couldn't see why not.
So, today, by the time you are reading this we should have arrived. We should have left very late last night (or very early this morning), made the trek while the kiddos were still sleeping, and arrived as the sun came up.
I won't be able to respond to comments and visit all my favorite blogs but bear with me....I will be back in full swing sometime next week. I have enough blogs written and scheduled to last through our time away so be sure to come back and visit!!
I can't wait to share all about our exciting adventures!
And, of course, it is Thursday (well, not really, but it IS, right?). Since I am doing this, almost, a week in advance bear with me :)
1) I am thankful that Kirby and I did not kill each other on either the ride to or from the zoo...and nobody was thrown into the Tiger's habitat.
2) I am thankful that we did not lose A at the zoo :)
3) I m thankful that we were able to see Josiah and spend some time with him. (Keep your eyes out for a post all about the zoo later on this week).
4) I am thankful for the rain. Because, honestly, it has rained for about 4 weeks and there is NO POSSIBLE way it can continue for our trip to camp...right?!
5) I am thankful for the white "punchbuggy" that has been sitting in the parking lot across the street for about a month now. Because A gets such a charge out of it every time we walk by (he has a thing for Herbie the Lovebug).
6) I am thankful that Mom took Z for a couple nights over the weekend. A is much better behaved without Z and vice versa.
7) I am thankful for Poland Spring Seltzer water because it makes it much easier to keep up with my water intake!
8) I am thankful that I did not break anything when I took a MAJOR fall down the stairs this week...home alone...at night...SCARY! (I am okay, think I may have chipped my tailbone but it feels MUCH better today than yesterday).
9) I am thankful for some amazing friends....I think I say this every week and I promise you it is NOT enough! They truly are amazing!
10) I am thankful that our Autism Awareness day will be August 23rd and almost over. Don't get me wrong...I have LOVED planning this and honestly LOVE the women that I am planning it with. It has been a lot of hard work and I am ready for it to be over.
11) I am thankful that I have all my blogs pre written and ready to posted during my vacation. I can't wait to come home and see all the comments!
12) I am thankful for good music than can help me drown out the world, sleep at night and get my groove on.
13) I am thankful that my life is good. There are rough times but I know that I will always make it through. Considering where I could be...my life is darn good!
6/11/08
Live Bait
Do you know what that is? It is live bait...you know, worms. Yes, worms, all over my carpeted living room floor.
And who is that sitting in the middle of it all? Of course, Andrew, the culprit of all messes of this nature.
Why, you may ask, did he dump two buckets of worms on my living room floor. Well, that's a good question. His response, "I wanted a pet worm".
These worms have been in my refrigerator for the past few days and once they hit the warm air they were off and running. Every time I tried to scoop them up and put them back in the bucket the wriggled right out.
This was before he took the dozen eggs out of the fridge to "see the birds inside".
What a day
6/1/08
Saturday Night Beans and Fishing Frustration
Another beautiful weekend!
Yesterday I worked for a little bit. Zachary had a baseball game (it poured a good majority of the time) and we went for Saturday night beans at Mom's.
Saturday beans have been a tradition in my family for as long as I can remember. It use to mean going to my grandparent's, hanging with my cousins, riding around in the golf cart, picking wildflowers and begging my grandparents to let me stay the night. It also meant me being spoiled rotten because I refused to eat beans and hated hot dogs without a roll. My grandmother use to specially make me a tuna fish sandwich.
Now we rotate between my sister Monica's house, my mother's house and my grandfathers. Last night was at my mother's. We don't go to beans when they are at Gramp's because the boys get too out of control and Gramp can't handle it anymore (he tries to but the noise makes him even more anxious than he already is due to his Parkinson's disease).
Everyone had a good time but come 7pm I was ready to go home. It had been an incredibly long day!
**Break here...got a sick kiddo home and no time to finish the post. From now on "today" will be referred to as "Sunday"...hehehe, 'cause you all are just so stupid, right?!**
Sunday was a perfect day for fishing! We spent about 3 hours on the lake and had great success.
Recently I posted on my Wolfeboro forum (www.wolfeboro.net) that I was looking for some good fishing spots in (or near) town. I had a great response from one member who suggested a number of different places. We decided to try the closest (and easiest to get to) on Sunday.
As I said, we had great success:
The last photo is a shot of the snapper that gave Kirby a run for his money all afternoon. Every time Kirby brought his line past the turtle he would reach out and grab his bait or his line. I can't even tell you the number of times he got caught. I encouraged Kirby to move but, you know how men are. The "easy road" is just too easy.
Zachary didn't catch anything and he was pretty frustrated. In the span of a week he seems to have forgotten everything we taught him about fishing. He snapped his line 3 times, he couldn't stay in one spot and he got so frustrated when we all caught something but him.
And never mind Andrew. What a monster he was! He threw things in the water (tackle, litter, and even some goldfish crackers - which the turtle really enjoyed), he couldn't stay out of the tackle box and he refused to fish. It was a rough afternoon with him.
I'm not sure what is happening with him these past few weeks but he has been monster child x3. He is hitting and kicking and talking back like nobody's business. I think the expectations at school and home are getting too high for him but I don't want to back down and for him to get the wrong idea. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.
I'm hoping that his summer program may be just what he needs. More play, less stress of "real" school. More socializing, more time outside and more time getting his energy out. If it doesn't help it is going to be one LONG summer with him being home every afternoon...
Yesterday I worked for a little bit. Zachary had a baseball game (it poured a good majority of the time) and we went for Saturday night beans at Mom's.
Saturday beans have been a tradition in my family for as long as I can remember. It use to mean going to my grandparent's, hanging with my cousins, riding around in the golf cart, picking wildflowers and begging my grandparents to let me stay the night. It also meant me being spoiled rotten because I refused to eat beans and hated hot dogs without a roll. My grandmother use to specially make me a tuna fish sandwich.
Now we rotate between my sister Monica's house, my mother's house and my grandfathers. Last night was at my mother's. We don't go to beans when they are at Gramp's because the boys get too out of control and Gramp can't handle it anymore (he tries to but the noise makes him even more anxious than he already is due to his Parkinson's disease).
Everyone had a good time but come 7pm I was ready to go home. It had been an incredibly long day!
**Break here...got a sick kiddo home and no time to finish the post. From now on "today" will be referred to as "Sunday"...hehehe, 'cause you all are just so stupid, right?!**
Sunday was a perfect day for fishing! We spent about 3 hours on the lake and had great success.
Recently I posted on my Wolfeboro forum (www.wolfeboro.net) that I was looking for some good fishing spots in (or near) town. I had a great response from one member who suggested a number of different places. We decided to try the closest (and easiest to get to) on Sunday.
As I said, we had great success:
The last photo is a shot of the snapper that gave Kirby a run for his money all afternoon. Every time Kirby brought his line past the turtle he would reach out and grab his bait or his line. I can't even tell you the number of times he got caught. I encouraged Kirby to move but, you know how men are. The "easy road" is just too easy.
Zachary didn't catch anything and he was pretty frustrated. In the span of a week he seems to have forgotten everything we taught him about fishing. He snapped his line 3 times, he couldn't stay in one spot and he got so frustrated when we all caught something but him.
And never mind Andrew. What a monster he was! He threw things in the water (tackle, litter, and even some goldfish crackers - which the turtle really enjoyed), he couldn't stay out of the tackle box and he refused to fish. It was a rough afternoon with him.
I'm not sure what is happening with him these past few weeks but he has been monster child x3. He is hitting and kicking and talking back like nobody's business. I think the expectations at school and home are getting too high for him but I don't want to back down and for him to get the wrong idea. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.
I'm hoping that his summer program may be just what he needs. More play, less stress of "real" school. More socializing, more time outside and more time getting his energy out. If it doesn't help it is going to be one LONG summer with him being home every afternoon...
5/26/08
A fishy, water logged Memorial Weekend.
What a gorgeous, long weekend! The weather was near perfect every day. And we took full - well close to full - advantage of it.
Friday was the boy's Memorial Day Presentation at school. Since it was in the morning, Andrew was not going to participate (he is in the afternoon kindergarten session). He and I agreed that he would come and sit with me and sing all the songs. Unfortunately, he had a total "autistic moment" about 10 minutes in. He wanted a flag that was being used as a decoration, I said no and all hell broke loose. He cried so hard that he hyperventilated, he hit me, he screamed...we left. It was mortifying! Thankfully, Zach wasn't aware that I had to leave...he thinks I saw the whole thing (and I am not about to admit otherwise).
Saturday was quiet. Well, as quiet as it can be when you are fighting with an 8 year old to clean his room. Truthfully, it took all day. He started at 10am and by 7pm he was FINALLY done. It was a disaster and I was fed up. It's done, for now...
Sunday I had an Embracing Autism NH (EANH) meeting in the morning As soon as I got back the boys were ready to go. Go where? Where else? Fishing, of course!
One of Andrew's friends from school happened to be walking by and he and his family decided to join us. T and F had never been fishing before and Zachary had a great time teaching them to cast and put the worm on the hook.
We did catch much other than a sunburn. I forgot the sunscreen and a few hours of sitting on the water in the sun isn't a great idea for me. Before I left my EANH Tracy told me to enjoy my weekend and to "get some sun". I'm not sure that was her idea. Thankfully the boys got away with very little redness. Redheads with fair skin should ALWAYS wear sunscreen - unfortunately, Mom tends to forget.
Sunday evening was the first Movie in the Barn at Dad's house of the season.
After Andrew broke the birdbath...
We watched the short video Sue made about her time in Iraq (WONDERFUL) followed by Ratatouille.
We made it through the movie with few incidences. Andrew even sat for most of it. Home at 11pm...exhausted.
The Moving Wall (www.themovingwall.org) has been in Ossipee all weekend and Kirby really wanted to get out and see it. First thing Sunday we packed a lunch and made our way over.
He and I have seen The Moving Wall together once before and got to see the real thing once as well. Every time we see it we are incredibly moved.
I was happy to have the boys with us but worried about how they were going to behave. Again, few incidences...thank you god!
The boys even got the ride in a "real Army truck"! Andrew was so excited!
I am glad that we made it over there and proud of how well my kids handled themselves. I hate having to talk to my kids about those things - the violence and reality of the world. I want them to believe that the world is full of love and peace...I worry that I will taint their views. Of course, my worry doesn't stop me. After all, it is reality.
After visiting the wall we traveled down to New Durham to The Powder Mill Fish Hatchery. The hatchery is run by NH Fish and Game. We had taken the boys there once before but they were so young they didn't even remember it.
You'd think we had brought them to Six Flags for a weekend! They had SUCH a great time! It just reinforces the fact that you don't have to spend money to have fun with your kids. Seriously, we spent $1 on fish food and they had over an hour of enjoyment!
Check out the size of those fish!
We ended the day by taking the kids fishing at the Salmon Falls River in Rochester.
The boys aren't use to river fishing and it was harder than I remembered. We lost 3 lines, didn't catch a thing and Mom ended up looking like this:
I totally fell in. Kirby took this picture AFTER he took the camera out of my pocket (soaking wet), AFTER he asked me if I was okay but not BEFORE he tried to get the camera to take a picture of me lying in the water trying like hell to get out.
I had been fishing out of the water the whole time (well after I climbed into the water to try and get my line out). It wasn't all that cold, I was enjoying dipping my feet...then I lost my footing. Sonuvabiscuit!!!
I smelled like a dead fish the whole way back to Wolfeboro in soaking wet jeans with two screaming, whining kids in the back...
Friday was the boy's Memorial Day Presentation at school. Since it was in the morning, Andrew was not going to participate (he is in the afternoon kindergarten session). He and I agreed that he would come and sit with me and sing all the songs. Unfortunately, he had a total "autistic moment" about 10 minutes in. He wanted a flag that was being used as a decoration, I said no and all hell broke loose. He cried so hard that he hyperventilated, he hit me, he screamed...we left. It was mortifying! Thankfully, Zach wasn't aware that I had to leave...he thinks I saw the whole thing (and I am not about to admit otherwise).
Saturday was quiet. Well, as quiet as it can be when you are fighting with an 8 year old to clean his room. Truthfully, it took all day. He started at 10am and by 7pm he was FINALLY done. It was a disaster and I was fed up. It's done, for now...
Sunday I had an Embracing Autism NH (EANH) meeting in the morning As soon as I got back the boys were ready to go. Go where? Where else? Fishing, of course!
One of Andrew's friends from school happened to be walking by and he and his family decided to join us. T and F had never been fishing before and Zachary had a great time teaching them to cast and put the worm on the hook.
We did catch much other than a sunburn. I forgot the sunscreen and a few hours of sitting on the water in the sun isn't a great idea for me. Before I left my EANH Tracy told me to enjoy my weekend and to "get some sun". I'm not sure that was her idea. Thankfully the boys got away with very little redness. Redheads with fair skin should ALWAYS wear sunscreen - unfortunately, Mom tends to forget.
Sunday evening was the first Movie in the Barn at Dad's house of the season.
After Andrew broke the birdbath...
We watched the short video Sue made about her time in Iraq (WONDERFUL) followed by Ratatouille.
We made it through the movie with few incidences. Andrew even sat for most of it. Home at 11pm...exhausted.
The Moving Wall (www.themovingwall.org) has been in Ossipee all weekend and Kirby really wanted to get out and see it. First thing Sunday we packed a lunch and made our way over.
He and I have seen The Moving Wall together once before and got to see the real thing once as well. Every time we see it we are incredibly moved.
I was happy to have the boys with us but worried about how they were going to behave. Again, few incidences...thank you god!
The boys even got the ride in a "real Army truck"! Andrew was so excited!
I am glad that we made it over there and proud of how well my kids handled themselves. I hate having to talk to my kids about those things - the violence and reality of the world. I want them to believe that the world is full of love and peace...I worry that I will taint their views. Of course, my worry doesn't stop me. After all, it is reality.
After visiting the wall we traveled down to New Durham to The Powder Mill Fish Hatchery. The hatchery is run by NH Fish and Game. We had taken the boys there once before but they were so young they didn't even remember it.
You'd think we had brought them to Six Flags for a weekend! They had SUCH a great time! It just reinforces the fact that you don't have to spend money to have fun with your kids. Seriously, we spent $1 on fish food and they had over an hour of enjoyment!
Check out the size of those fish!
We ended the day by taking the kids fishing at the Salmon Falls River in Rochester.
The boys aren't use to river fishing and it was harder than I remembered. We lost 3 lines, didn't catch a thing and Mom ended up looking like this:
I totally fell in. Kirby took this picture AFTER he took the camera out of my pocket (soaking wet), AFTER he asked me if I was okay but not BEFORE he tried to get the camera to take a picture of me lying in the water trying like hell to get out.
I had been fishing out of the water the whole time (well after I climbed into the water to try and get my line out). It wasn't all that cold, I was enjoying dipping my feet...then I lost my footing. Sonuvabiscuit!!!
I smelled like a dead fish the whole way back to Wolfeboro in soaking wet jeans with two screaming, whining kids in the back...
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