Cottage with Jeff and Jaime

A few weeks ago we spent a weekend up at the cottage with Jeff, Jaime, Bridgette and Abby. We all had a great time; the kids played well together and the adults had fun too. The weather was amazing - warm and sunny pretty much the whole time. We spent a lot of our time outside, either playing in the yard or swimming in the lake. We went in the canoe and kayak quite often too, but mainly just for short paddles around the bay. We went into DQ one night, of course, and everyone enjoyed that. It was a really fun weekend.

Headed out to play in the yard
Going for a yard kayak ride
Cameron, trying his hardest to lift the canoe. He actually tried for a couple minutes on his own and then called Tim over to help.
Maybe sand kayaking is better?
This shot took 20 tries to get all three kids looking at the camera.
Cam hugging Abby... the next two shots in the series are of Cam hugging Abby right off the bench and of Jaime catching them as they fall.
Bridgette headed out for a walk, with her trusty walking stick of course
Abby and Cameron hold court on the mini Adirondack chairs
Cameron, holding his very first turtle. He helped me catch it and then helped to flip it over every time it went onto its back. He was very concerned about it and was happy to hold it.
Bridgette fixed all of the chairs.
Sweet Abby
Cameron and Mama are fishing! We eventually caught a few fish, and Cam held one of them, but unfortunately we didn't get a picture of that.
Bridgette and Cam fishing. In my mind, "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" is playing in the background while they fish.
Cam dumping water on himself. Every once in a while it would pour into his diaper and he would stop, cry and say "Cold!". Then he would do it all over again.
Splash!
Bridgette and Jaime rowing around the bay
Cameron loved jumping off the dock. Notice the totally murky water - it is not like that normally, but we had just finished raking all the muck out of the swim area so the sand was very stirred up.
Cameron commenting on something going on in the water. He LOVES the cottage!!