Trout Days, Cabin Trip, Girls on the Run 5K, and some Soccer too. And other stuff.

Face painting at Trout Days

Bunny and puppy

Ice Age Trail mammoth mascot

 

Working on the Ice Age Trail scavenger hunt

Scavenger hunt group photo!

Start of the Kenducky Derby

Following the ducks down the creek

Nathan's duck got stuck

Elly spotted her duck near the front

....And Elly's duck finished in the top 10 and won a prize!

Out on the island

This was the beginning of May and that water was freezing.

Trying to step on daddy's head

Playing fetch

Roasting marshmallows for s'mores with the Boy Scouts

S'mores.

Climbing on the paddle fish

Cruisin' in the Lions train

Ice cream at Creekside Scoop

Swim practice at the high school

Nibbles

Nibbles and Chicken Nugget

Doodles being teleported somewhere

Math and pizza night at school

They decided to have a slumber party

First of 2 soccer games on a double-header day

Bruce Company between soccer games

Big wheelin' along the creek in Middleton

Stranded midstream

Ninja course moves

Big wheel splashdown 

Throwing sneakers to dry land

Game 2 of the double-header

Nathan's coach after he made a great pass that led to a goal

Mother's day hanging basket shopping at Fellys

Mother's day brunch at Great Dane

...Both kids went for the donuts first

Chopping down some weeds.

Elly ran a 5k at Girls on the Run practice and finished first.  This was mildly troubling to her running buddy for the big 5k race at the time....

More soccer!

Taunting the competition by playing with his hands in his pockets 

Chillin' on the sidelines

Last game team picture

Checking out lawnmowers on our unexpected trip to Farm & Fleet in Baraboo after realizing we didn't have the right size ball on our trailer hitch to tow the boat.

Park in Sauk City

Cupcake at the kids' best friends' birthday parties at Black Earth Children's museum

Nathan planning out their day with the nanny

Farmer Doodles

Farmer Ellybear

Up on the hill by our fort

"green beans"

Heading back up the hill

Elly at her school track meet

Hurdles

Sack race

Heading to the cabin

Made it up there with the red boat and canoe (after new tires for the boat trailer came just in time to put them on before we had to leave)

Nature art.

Showing off the new Stingrays gear

Chocolate waffles!  (heart-shaped waffle iron was a cabin mother's day surprise)

Putting the dock in for the first time

The kids finished the dock.  And celebrated. 

Celebration dance moves.

Then jumping into the lake.

Double Doodles.

Practicing casting. (no hook)

Working on the monkey bars.

Cruising in the little red boat.

Kayaking

The first ever fish caught in our new lake

Getting ready for s'mores

Elly suddenly became very good at kayaking 

Getting ready for an early morning kayak paddle with mommy. (Nathand and daddy were off to get more worms because we fed the first dozen to the sunfish the night before)

What happens when your keypad door lock locks you out even though the door wasn't actually locked.

Elly wanted to go through the window too...

Putting up the sign from NY camp

Elly blowing away in the wind on a tube.

Nathan's first catch

Nathan's 2nd catch.  A rock bass.

Elly's first catch.

Giant Jenga.

Giant Jenga tower building 

Waiting for the parade

Elly walking in the parade with the Stingrays 

Chicken dinner at the Legion Park

Stingrays pies were all gone, but there was still Culvers custard

Nathan's first T-ball practice 

Hot dog picnic lunch day at Park School

Sign that Elly and her friend Henley made for the graduating high school seniors who went to Park

The big event.  The Girls on the Run 5K.

Posing with Bucky

Posing pre-race

Action shot

Waiting along the route

Start of the run

Cheering is hard work

High fives

End of the run

Hitting the pool for the first time after the 5k. It was 90 degrees but somehow still really cold getting out of the pool.