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CGE Here I Come!

 More froglets!

 First day of homeschool - letter tubs!  H

 She got to take her creation to Secchi Day Festival too!

 Mr. Dennis judged science fair for me.  He had a booth with TONS of fossils and fossilized shark teeth he and his wife had collected.  The kids each got a tooth.

 Brewsters day again!  SO FUN!  Brad's in town this time.

 And...  his b-day present was to  come home to - suprise! - a new boat!  We got to reap the benefits of playing on it!

 So...  Ambre and I popped their tube on the first run of the day.  !!!  And the kids were disappointed.  But...  we ran into Charley's old swim instructor at the marina, and he worked us a great deal, giving them Big Mable!  The day was saved!

 We had a pizza delivered to boat ramp.  Ah, the life!

 These two are fearless buddies.

 The bigs went with Reed, who's still apprehensive.

 Back at the lakehouse, Reed went right to catching critters.  See that frog?  Thanks, Brewsters, for wonderful times and memories!!!

 C won 2 tickets to Naturals for summer reading program, and brought Em.

 Reed got to tour 40/29 news station.  And for a month wanted to see Yuna Lee and Brendan on the news every morning!

 Brendan pointed out how Reed's shirt would react on the green screen.

 Look closely at it!

Signing up for karate!

 First day of our new coop - Ms. Cami's house.  They baked bread, learned French, and played traditional French games.

 Week 2 - he earned his white belt.

 Tea party with the Kenroys.

 Hiking club at Crystal Bridges on a drippy but beautiful morning.

 I found a spicebush swallowtail caterpillar on my new spicebush seedling.  In order to save the bush, I found a supply of sassafrass, another host plant, and we moved him into our cage.  Isn't he neat?