Sunday Funday Runday

So we started the day by baking some raspberry cinnamon coffee cake and polishing the wooden floors. We took the cake still hot in the pan on the road and picked up a couple coffees and hot chocolates on our way to the narrow gauge trail. Once we were there we drowned ourselves in lemon eucalyptus spray to become invisible to the massive amounts of black flies that hatched this week, and then we hit the trail. We were passed by 2 dirt bikes and 10 four wheelers. There were plenty more egg masses in the vernal pools than 2 weeks ago. Star collected enough sticks for a small fire and 28 bullet casings. We didn't make it to the end this time, but next time maybe. We don't actually know where the end is, which makes it exciting to walk for hours not giving in to the worry of not knowing where you're going or for how long. When we came home we finished the floors and rearranged the living room, it's more cozy now. For dinner we'll have a rerun of last night's; pizza with veggie ham, sliced tomatoes, vidalia onions and parmesan served with chardonay.

Ticks Ahoy

Dear Ourselves,

Today we went to Star's baseball game. He played well got three hits and took a spin at 3rd base. We took everyone to the playground after and dreamed you could of gotten out onto the lake. You all took turns driving the pirate ship and there were sharks everywhere. Moon had her first ride on the swing and she loved every minute. Mars did alot of swinging, I think that is his favorite. After the playground ya'll went hiking; the trails were clear and the sun was bright! You saw moose prints, bear prints, deer prints, wolf prints and the poop that matches them all. We got bit by flies mosquitoes and ticks. We saw a wood frog and discovered where we will be picking blueberries this year. We went to one of the lookouts and witnessed a spectacular view of a pond and surrounding mountains. Today was yet another amazing Maine day.

Captain's Log

Highlights of the week
~We went on a vernal pool walk and saw some frog eggs, and mosquito babies
~Star had his first baseball game, he did awesome and they all had so much fun
~C was dreaming of bicycles, on Saturday she got an awesome 2nd hand bike for free! and then on Thursday Star got one just his size from a "free stuff" pile on the side of some random road as we wandered, and that meant that Sun got Star's old bike and Mars got Sun's old bike, bike powered joy!
~We went to New York to Surprise J's Cousin who Graduated from college Saturday. We met her boyfriend and chatted about her future adventures which are all very exciting. It was good to spend a few days with family. We got to talk to the elders of the family which is always very nice and helps us to appreciate the lifestyle we've chosen.
~While in NY we went to a park that had a slide, swingset and basketball court and was in a huge field. there were awesome trails through the magical woods with a dry creek bed full of rounded and smooth stones which C loaded her pockets with, there is a fast flowing winding creek that we all played in, peed in and threw rocks in.
~we met some friends at the lake/playground, of course everyone had to go in the water, Mars ended up wet head to toe. Star fell off the monkey bars and decided he didn't feel well enough to go to baseball. Then Daddy Man showed up and we walked to the Chinese restaurant.
~we went hiking Thursday,

my baby's got sauce

so I like posting recipes that we come up with
this one is called:
ain't got no sauce sauce

12 oz jar of roasted red peppers
1 lb of sundried tomatoes and their oil
oregano to taste
sage to taste
thyme to taste
salt to taste
pepper to taste
1/2 cup of water
a couple shakes of adobo
1 tbsp minced olives

blend it all together in whatever you got and heat it on medium for a little while

week in review ew

so this week...
-tried to go hiking in the rain, but by the time we got there the kids were all sleeping.
-went for a long drive on some new roads, kids slept... the mom and dad talked and talked
-took the youngns skateboarding at the skate park, they did well and learned a few things about balance and bees
-made some bread ... and ate it
-made some new friends on similar paths
-Captain S went to baseball and played well
-walked a lot