Cam's outfit: some weird long underwear pants and a terry bathrobe thing
My outfit - footie pajamas (tied at waist since they were a kids size 12 - couldn't quite fit!), a bathrobe and pig tails
Poppa's outfit - a lovely purple house coat
Leah's outfit: a pink shiny Barbie coat
Perfectly every day normal: a man in a purple housecoat and wellies buckling a kid into a car seat.
The Water War crew (we tried to get everyone else to dress up a bit more but they didn't want to look as silly as us, I think): Aunt Jen, Bridget, Patrick, Poppa, Maggie, Uncle Chris, Tim, me, Leah and Cameron
Our bunch in our fantastic looks. Tim's outfit is a lovely matching terry cloth set.
Leah, ready to start, tiny bucket full of water in her hands
The starting configuration
The war in progress - Dad going after Patrick
Just like always, pretty much everyone ended up in the lake
It is much easier to just scoop water out of the lake instead of getting it from the buckets!
The water war crew, slightly wetter than at the start
The war was followed by the traditional swim out to to the raft. We ditched our outfits though cause they were way too heavy to swim in.
Heading out to the raft
Leah didn't want to go out to the raft so she ditched her outfit and played in the water
And watered every flower she could find in the yard
Cameron jumping off the raft
Leah found a real watering can and that was it - all she wanted after that was to have the watering cam filled over and over again. She watered every flower, piece of grass, random rock, everything that she could find in the yard.
On Sunday morning was the annual raft bringing in party. This was the bunch who rowed the raft in: Uncle Chris, Patrick, Poppa, Cameron and Joe. Cam was really proud to be the one to row everyone out to the raft.
Rowing out to the raft
This is the only picture I have of the raft coming in. Once it actually got into shore, everyone was too busy bringing it in to take any pictures.
Bridget helped keep Leah occupied so she would stay out of the way.
This was Cam and Leah's little table for our stay at the cottage. They loved having their own place.
This wasn't really on the job list, more of a spur of the moment task. Tim and Dad decided to take apart the super uncomfortable and very rickety bench.
One, two, three.... go!
It came apart pretty quickly
Okay Tim, I think it's dead.
Cam wanted to have a turn. He needed a little help from Poppa, the sledgehammer was heavy.
Back in the water for one last kayak ride.
Leah playing on the sand
Poppa and Leah catching a frog
Leah giving Cam a push off of the beach. What a good sister!
It's starting to look a little bit like fall....
Poppa and Leah being silly
Cameron getting fancy on the swingset
Leah wants to try too, but even hanging is a bit tricky for her.
More Poppa and Leah silliness
On Sunday night we made our last trip into Dairy Queen. Cam was very excited at the prospect of his chocolate dipped cone.
Apparently, Poppa was also very excited for his cone!
Leah had a few bites of Mama's Blizzard and then wanted to go on the "balance beam"
The DQ trip was the perfect way to end the weekend. Good bye summer!
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