Spring Soccer

 The Spring weather this year was REALLY wacky... cold, rainy, windy...  There were a LOT of games that were postponed, dragging soccer out another three weeks.  

Ramsey did enjoy his team, playing various positions.

The very last games were on my birthday.  We had plans for the afternoon (Ft Sisseton Days), so we went to the morning game but skipped the season finale (afternoon) game.  The kids had fun and Ramsey continues to improve on his skills.

Gamer Bros.

 Gamers be gaming.

Not gonna lie... this is a very much recurring theme this summer for the boys.  And, that's OK.  🥰

Dock's Going Under Again

 You can bet your *** that the dock is under water again.   We had a HUGE storm and rain.  It rained cats and dogs for a few hours.   Before it got too dark for pictures, we had over 4.5" of rain.  Once we dumped this and started over, we got another inch after dark.  

...totally going to mess up any plans of getting the pontoon and lift in the water anytime soon.  ARGH!!!!

The Dragon Egg

 After Ramsey got home from his last day of school today (they let out at 11:30), Eric had a surprise for him - they were going to go look for fossils!  After searching for a while outside, Ramsey found something special, buried in the sand in his play set....

A dragon egg!

Ramsey was so excited!  He wanted us to notify the newspaper and TV news immediately!  He couldn't quite understand why we weren't more compliant with request to do it on the spot and kept asking when we were going to call.  This was HUGE NEWS after all!  A FOSSILIZED DRAGON EGG!!

He finally settled down enough to have a bit of a snack and to expound more upon his fantastical findingds.

And... a bit off topic here, but a total bit of sweetness here... the boys brought me these little wild violets on their little outdoors expedition.  Nice huh?  :-)

And, after endless weeks of his second front tooth being ridiculously loose (it had actually been sideways!!), he actually let me take a piece of Kleenex and take it out (no tugging required).

Big day here!  Ancient dragon eggs, losing a tooth, last day of school, and a nighttime soccer game!  We're bushed.

Last Day of 2nd Grade

 If I said I wasn't sad that Ramsey's last day of school was today, I'd be lying.   Will I miss getting up every morning at 6AM to get Ramsey on the bus by 6:45?  No.   Will I miss Ramsey's excitement from learning at school?  Yes.   Will I miss his amazing 2nd Grade Teacher Mrs Hermansen?  Absolutely!

Nonetheless, time goes by and Ramsey's now graduated and will be a third grader come Fall.  Bittersweet.

As mementos from 2nd Grade (for all of us!), Ramsey had these two booklets to remember his school year.  

He read them to us, reading stories he had written the past year and reminiscing about his favorite things.

And, just to clarify, his favorite subject was "MATH".   😂

We Have Orioles!

 The first yearly Oriole arrived around May 9th.   

A grossbeak also appeared!

Eric had the view of them on the feeders on the weekdays and I had the view of them cleaning up discarded oranges from the fire pit.

A large group of them came in, so it was fun to watch.  At one time, Eric counted DOZENS of them on the deck and in our trees.

Unfortunately, after about two weeks (of getting fed a ridiculous amount of grape jelly and many pounds of oranges), they bolted.    We're not sure what more we can do to keep them around longer.  We'll just enjoy for them for the small time they migrate through.

The Fishing Continues

Connor still loves to fish.  He got a nice assortment off the shoreline tonight.  

Sidenote: His gal pal stayed on the phone (video chat) with him for hours while he cleaned fish!  Maybe she's a keeper too?!?  😅😉😋