My boys go through spurts of making up whole worlds for the other to play in.
One will tell the scenario and the other will make choices to advance in the game.
It is like a video game but ALL in their mind…
This day it was a castle scenario, filled with bad guy chases, food, and of course suits of armour and swords.
The afternoon faded away while they played their game under our redbud tree.
This was a beautiful moment that I want to always remember.
Right off of Lake Sahoma in Sapulpa is a nice place for us to canoe.
It is listed on some maps as a Water Fowl Sanctuary.
Duck!
We brought Maddie with us this time!
She did great!
I did not do as great with the tilt she kept adding to the canoe…
I have a fear of tipping.
These trees were so pretty!
The boys are getting pretty good at paddling!
Pretty soon I can just go along for the ride.
Okay, so I do that already when I want to take pictures.
But at least now Nick will have help!
It looked like the Carp were spawning.
I am not an expert but from what I could find, that seemed to be what was going on.
The water would suddenly go crazy when you went over it in the shallows!
We saw a lot of big carp(also a guess, I am not an expert on fish).
I really enjoy all of the wildlife we get to see while canoeing!
I added a bucket on a pulley to the boys tree fort a week or two ago.
I wondered about adding anything when they have not really been using it much but I always wanted a tree house with a bucket on a pulley…
They actually figured out that they could just hang out up there(something they usually do on the ground) and stayed up in the fort for a while.
My oldest wanted to haul things in the bucket over and over but my youngest thought going up the climbing wall over and over was too tiring.
They are so different.
I bought the pulley set at Harbor Freight.
It is has three pulley’s and is made for a lot of weight.
Since I do not really want my boys lifting 100+ pounds with it and the lines kept twisting, I redid it so the rope is only using one pulley.
I am glad my husband was around to suggest that!
I thought I would need to buy a different pulley…
HA!
It was not long before my oldest told his little brother to get in the bucket and he would haul him up…
I am glad I stayed outside so I could veto that action and make sure they understood that people were not to be hauled up!
Boys…