Where’s Waldo (Lake)?

Winter is coming, and I will be ready:

Cog Kids, week 2:

We went up on the roof to watch a sunset this week. Our ladder is not quite long enough to make this a safe activity. A definite display of poor parental judgement by the Bigs, but we had fun, and no one got hurt.

I’m really not sure what to say about this, except that I look super cool, and you can see my new slippers:

On Saturday, we went to Waldo Lake. It is ridiculously clear. You can see to depths of 120 feet!

We packed lunch on our paddle boards, and found a sandy beach to stop and eat:

I constructed a road in the sand,

floated logs,

and played in the water. All while wearing my underwear:

Sunday morning started with carving my name in a pumpkin with neighbor Becky.

The pumpkin grew out of her compost. The idea was that it would continue to grow and my name would expand. The deer have been eating her pumpkins, so she decided to pick it and give it to me instead.

Next up was a mountain bike ride. Here I am with Mom at the Chicken, freshly painted for Halloween:

After biking, I decorated a t-shirt with fabric markers. This is a sunset over water:

In the Blossom Room, name tags tell us where to sit for lunch. Now we know where to sit at home, too:

Lo mein: