Gibson and Abe made a little man named Ted out of one of our first cucumbers. Ted has eyes made out of Kix and a red pepper tongue. Ted is going to be the only member of his species because these small Persian cucumbers are too delicious for art projects.
Abe and Gib spent the week at a rock climbing day camp. This was Abe's second year to go. Abe expanded his climbing skills by trying harder routes and learning how to self-belay. This was Gib's first year and he was probably a little young for a whole week of climbing. He had lots of fun, though, and liked the games the best.
Gib liked bouldering better than climbing with ropes. Gib set a goal to climb to the top of the 30 foot climbing wall by the end of the week. Ropes are required above 8 feet. When Becky came to pick the boys up on Friday, Gib hadn't met his goal. He asked the climbing instructor for one more chance. Gib has mastered the double figure eight knot the climbers use to tie in to the harness.
Here's Gib's finished knot. He tied a fisherman's knot on top to lock the knot.
This is a photo of Gib almost at the top of the wall. He made it high enough to touch the metal bar at the top!
We've watched lots of world cup soccer. ESPN online makes it easy to watch several games in a short amount of time. Their replay videos highlight all the interesting bits so you can skip ahead to the good parts. The kids have played a lot of soccer in the backyard. When a lot of kids are over, they play a game. However, you only need 2 people to have a goalie war like Abe and Helen did on Saturday morning.
Here's Abe defending his goal.
Sofi was gone again this week. She went to Girls Camp. She was only gone for 6 days, but we missed her more since we couldn't text or call her. The camp was full of hardship-- no electricity, no water, all but one of the kitchen stoves were broken. (If this just sounds like camping to you, understand that our girls go to a very nice camp on a lake with cabins, running water and a full restaurant style kitchen.) It also rained all week. The girls loved it! Sofi went as a youth leader this year and had a great time. This photo of Sofi was taken on Saturday when she got back.
On Saturday night we went for a bike ride on a greenway. We stopped halfway for ice cream.
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I love how girls come back from girls camp with dread locks. I remember having Sofi's same hair during camp. How far down the greenway did you go? I was wondering how far my kids could make it.
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