Champ the lake monster

At the lake monsters baseball game. It was fortuitous timing running into him. She was crying her eyes out over just having bitten her finger while eating cotton candy (how does that happen?). So seeing him, while it didn't make her smile, did make her stop crying!!

Burlington VT

My friend from high school, Leslie. And her family. Bruce (husband) was there to do a triathlon. We hung out with them and ha a great time.

Did I mention she rode a horse?

Well, was put on there briefly, but... Close enough.

Stowe mtn gondola

Our vacation.

Today, we went to the world's shortest parade here in Stowe, VT. I was wondering how there were enough people here to put on a 1.5 hr parade (that's what the schedule said!). Turns out there were a handful of alpacas, a small team of miniature horses and a handful of people.

Them we went up on the mtn and Kat did this for hours. Turns out, being under 6 here is the cat's meow and she gets to do all sorts of stuff free! And eat free!

The Fair (and my new camera)

We went to the fair today and had a great time.  Jim & his friends and their 5 year old met us there.  Kat & Hillary became instant best buds!!  Their relationship developed a serious hiccup when it was time to run up and down the hill and neither would do it the way the other thought that they should!  A little time apart to watch the pig races and then some ice cream, bought by Jim, and they seemed to recover the magic.  Though, when going to bed, Kat did mention that 'that girl' wouldn't listen to her or something.

So, these are the pics from my new camera....14.1 megapixels, 15x zoom, unibody GE camera for $119 at Walmart!!  So far I like it.  Picking it up late last night I had no opportunity to read the manual and figure out the ins and outs.  I have learned at least a little bit since we got home, so hopefully for Kat's big birthday party tomorrow, I will get some great pics. Maybe.

Swimming- future olympian?

We have been enjoying the Olympics.  I think Kat likes the synchronized swimming the best.  I told her it's not a real sport, but after watching them on the underwater cameras, I see that they are AMAZING athletes.  I still think the sport is questionable, but they must be pretty fantastic swimmers to be doing the stuff they do.  She has dug out her swim cap (acquired from some rummage sale or other) and now MUST wear it, whether going to swimming lessons or just playing in Maria's pool.  As you can see, she has made some strides in the pool.  I haven't seen much for front crawl, but as long as she starts somewhere.  And she still has 5 more classes!