The Podunk Chronicles: Summer

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

She sets sail today! I can't even count the hours of work Harcourt has put into this project for Ike and Ike is his right-hand helper. There is a little more tweaking to go with the rig so but we borrowed a yacht club rig and set sail today. It was a perfect light air day and Ike was grinning from ear to ear and all he kept saying was "this is awesome".

Legare always knows where Ike is, if only

you could hear the screetching sound effects that go along with this photo.

Legare enjoys playing on the Shelter and I can't wait for next Summer

when he can hopefully keep up with Ike a little better.

snack time is a popular time for Legare

and the bonus is he is contained!

Ike & all his buddies have spent endless hours this Summer

catching moon jellies off the dock as well as crabs under rocks

(and bugs in the yard at home!), fishing net + bucket = happy boys!

Wylder joins in the moon jelly fun

lunch break on Shelter

Moth

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Harcourt got a new toy sailboat this summer called a Moth. It is a morph between a dinghy sailboat and a windsurfer. He has sailed it a few times and Ike has of course being begging for a ride and he did finally get his chance! We will work on getting better photos of it actually “flying” with its blades that allow it to ride above the surface of the water. Ike is so fascinated that he wants to name his new* opti, Mini Moth.

photo courtesy of Bob Edmands

(since I was at home while Legare took his nap!)

*new to him but well used and getting facelift & paint job from Daddy

A Tennis Star is Born

Ike is taking tennis & swimming lessons this Summer through the yacht club. He was super excited (no surprise) about taking tennis this year but I wasn’t sure how it was going to pan out since he never picked up a racket! We started off with a bang with hand me down tennis shoes from his buddy Hayden, a new racket from Kyle and a poster of tennis stars hanging in his room (free gift with the racket). He is loving it and really seems to be picking up the skill as evidence by this photo that Hannah took at a recent lesson. He has 2 amazing teachers, Andy & Nick. Ike is always telling me "Mom, my coach Andy says I am great!" :) Tennis is a big part of the Sawyer family and I know this photo makes Jimmie proud!

Summer so far in a nutshell...

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

I have been remiss with my blogging these days but we still have been having a great Summer! We have been VERY busy this Summer... making the most of being very pregnant in the heat, enjoying our last days as a family of 3, surviving several July heat waves, shooting a wedding 4th of July weekend, moving out for a week to have our upstairs floors refinished, setting up Ike's new room, recreating the nursery, Ike perfecting riding his bike on 2 wheels, swimming lessons, loving having Hannah here to enjoy the days with Ike, Mommy spending 4 days in the hospital with the stomach bug, logging endless hours at the yacht club with friends on the weekends and making banditos in the garage with Daddy!

Here are a few photos to show the fun we (Ike especially) have been having!

First time on the tube! Do you think he likes it?!!!

Aunt Dana was a great sport and it was hard to tell who was having more fun!!

Race spectating on the Whaler

swimming off the SHYC swim dock with friends

chilling in the harbor

...just loving Summer!

Hamburg Cove

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

On Sunday afternoon we joined Kyle, Bing & Robert for a picnic on the Shelter in Hamburg Cove on the CT River. Ike is always up for boating fun and he is working on his skills driving the inflatable with some help from Daddy. We are headed to Charleston next week for some vacation and family time.