March 26-28, 2010
On the road again - at last.

With a brand new trailer purchased late in the 2009 camping season - the winter seemed oh so long. We were so excited to have a crisp but beautiful weekend that we could get the trailer back on the road and enjoy a wonderful weekend away.

Camping Season 2010 has begun!

First hike of the season

"Sledding" down the hill on our bottoms
(the hill was steep and the leaves were slippery)

First campfire of the year.

Some parts of the hiking trails don't seem to encounter a lot of sun
- so we found a few stray snow piles here and there.

A brief stop along the hiking trail

On our way back - what a view. A perfect early spring day!

On two wheels. Allison got her training wheels off on our last camping trip last November - but needed a little bit of re-orientation to figure it all out again this year.

March 22, 2010
Making of a Masterpiece

I have no idea what they were pretending to make here - but they made a huge mess of my cupboards. However, I think they pretended to cook for almost 30 minutes without any fighting or arguing. Sooooo worth the mess!

March 6, 2010

Destination Imagination Regional Competition
Weighty News

This year's theme for D.I. was designed around a new broadcast. As before, the team (shown below) is responsible for writing and acting out a skit, as well as designing all of their own costumes and props. This years skit not only was in the form of the news, but had to include a commercial break and include a structure that could fit inside a 3x3 box and was made entirely out of newspaper and tape.

Nicholas' team wrote a skit where 2 ice fisherman catch a VERY LARGE prehistoric fish. They call for the marine biologist, Nicholas - who has the fish transported to his zoo. The news team comes on site and interviews the fisherman, as well as Nicholas. Their commercial involved the food pyramid. The fish they built was huge - but unfortunately the only pictures I have of it are on video instead of a still shot.

They all did a great job and earned a certificate of completion as well as a medal of participation. (They don't win place awards until the 3rd grade and higher). The program for these younger kids is decided to encourage them in their efforts and not so much about "beating" the other teams.