Today, J and his friend raided the recycling bin and made boats out of milk jugs, water bottles, aluminum cans, fan parts, batteries, paper sails, wooden dowels, small motors removed from broken remote control vehicles, and duct tape. Lots of duct tape. They took them down to the lake to race.
E and I perched on the big rock on our beach and pretended to be mermaids and sirens. We sang songs to lure the boats onto the rocks to be dashed to pieces. One of them did, in fact, end up dashed to pieces, but I’m not sure it had anything to do with us. Do you think Homer’s sirens sang “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow?”
Then we had s’mores.
I love s’mores. I love recycled, duct tape boats. I love being a mermaid (though it was tough holding my legs still and together for so long) and being a mom.
Signing off now, to go wash the marshmallow out of my hair….
What a lovely day!!! Thanks for sharing it with us. 🙂
Sounds like a perfect day Kate. Enjoy them while you can! Blink twice and they are grown and off living their own lives.