Following Edge

This weekend, Anne Marie, Lauren and I went to the coast, found a campground, camped in our tents, and enjoyed a campfire... but not in that order.

We did enjoy our campground and campfire, pictured to the right, where we roasted hot dogs and s'mores over the fire, relaxed and read in our camping chairs, enjoyed drinks, and played a game of Go Fish before sleeping in the rather chilly night air.

However, as you can see from the reverse-angle picture below, our campsite was less than 20 feet from our house. I also added a Lauren close-up below, because it's so cute.
The next morning, we "broke camp" to the comfort of our home, then took a short trip to Florence, where we happened to stop at a state park campground to use their restroom (without paying the $5 day use fee, heh heh).

Aside from the very low temperatures, our camping excursion was a lot of fun, and gave us a chance to burn our scrap wood and downed limbs, so we'll probably make it a "lazy camping" tradition in nice weather.

Today we were playing a game called lawn darts at the RiverPlay park. I had a lot of fun. I think this was the first time I've played it. I think I've seen a lot of people play it before, but maybe, the answer is no.

We played it two rounds. My dad and I tied the first time, and I won the second time. I thought the darts were ball catchers or bases before I knew what they were. My dad taught me how to use them. He used to play the game with his dad, but he used metal darts with pins or knives.

These are my tie shoes. I now know how to tie my tie shoes. I learned from a book called "Tie Your Shoes: Rocket Style/Bunny Ears" and I tie my shoes Bunny Ears style. My dad went to the store and bought really long shoelaces for me so I can tie them fast.

I wore my tie shoes to school on Friday for the whole day. Before, I just tried them on. I'm planning, I think, to get new tie shoes, now that I can wear them to school.

Here I am with a worm collection that I made and a worm house I made with yellow and white paper.

I got the worms in our back yard where our horses poop. I live on a farm and put rocks, dirt and grass from our farm in for the worms.

I was trying to make a worm castle, but it turned into a house. I tried to find a worm from the collection to try the worm house, but there were no worms in sight. My dad thinks they are resting comfortably in their dirt.

1. Comment by Dave'ola - 5/15/2007 8:41 pm

   Did she actually say the phrase, "resting comfortably"? An advanced intellect, no doubt!

2. Comment by tvindy - 5/15/2007 10:29 pm

   I remember we did something like that in kindergarten in a large mayonnaise jar. The teacher wrapped black construction paper around the outside. A few days later, she removed the paper, and the worms had created a network of tunnels against the inside off the glass, and you could see them in there. Apparently, if you don't darken the outside, the worms will flee the light, and you will never see them.

3. Comment by Sally - 5/16/2007 2:03 pm

   Dear Lauren: I really enjoyed your "Following Edge" stories. Please tell us more interesting tales soon.
   Oma Sally

4. Comment by Lauren - 5/20/2007 5:40 pm

   Dave'ola, you're so silly. My dad thought they were resting comfortably, not me. Worms don't rest comfortably, they work making poop that our horses poo into dirt and they help the earth. This is Lauren.

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