Movin' On with Life

Fox Robert is away at Lake Superior State University this week for a Robotics Engineering Camp. We haven't heard a word from him so I'm taking that as he's having a fantabulous time. My dad was kind enough to drive him up there for me on Sunday "on his way" to spend a few days at an old stomping ground, Harbor Springs. Early tomorrow we'll head out to Sault St. Marie to pick him up and check out their final demonstrations. I'm excited to see what they created. From there we're going to spend a few days at Rob's uncle's cabin outside of Grayling.

The second week of creative arts camp was extremely hot which put a damper on our outside adventures. The days were split up differently too with my new teaching partner. We had a huge span in ages which made it challenging, from first graders to sixth graders and they stayed mostly together this time instead of working in two groups. One day I brought in a bunch of building toys and challenged them to make inventions and everyday objects with them. They dug it.

The school of rock outing is always a big hit. This time all 14 were in the same band but we kept rotating so everybody got to try several instruments, again they did "Wild Thing."

One morning we ventured out briefly to do some rubbings for an art project. Around the corner from the center is a house my aunt and uncle used to own back in the day. That was a lifetime ago when I was still in school myself. Love this blue and gray combo, cute door for a garage.

There has also been some headway made on a few house projects, with a new (reclaimed) doorwall going in and some siding (also reclaimed) finally going up over the ugly old bare wood. Next a couple new windows and we'll finish siding the back side.

The boys have been putting in some hard work in between watching cartoons and playing video games. They've raked, moved wood, piled wood, tended the fire and burned brush, weeded, hoed, and the older kids mowed.