Another mom (Joyce) who helps with Mattias's cub scout den organized a camp-out in her backyard. One of her sons was also out of town at BSA camp, so the younger brothers had their own mini-version.
They had fun for hours in her pool, enjoyed good food, games, a craft, and of course... s'mores.
Sylvia and I loved sleeping outside in a tent... it was much cooler than our bedroom at home!
Sylvia just made herself at home with the boys. She made a puppet with them, and roasted marshmallows. The boys were very good about watching out for her.
On another day, we took a day hike in Kegonsa State Park. I had heard about a grove of ceder trees where the deer bed down. We went off to find some deer. What we found instead was a cool stump to climb up on, and take silly pictures with. See how strong Mattias is!
We also found some very good climbing trees.
As we were driving away, we finally did see a deer. We stopped on the road and watched it. It stood close by our car, and everyone was amazed. We had succeeded!
There were less thrilling outings as well. Geo-caching in the humidity, through swamps and swarms of mosquitoes was not a good idea. We also tried out a swimming beach on the lake in Madison, only to be grossed out by all the trash. Well... we tried, and did go where no McMullin had gone before. I'm glad we have another year before Adventure Week 2011 comes around.
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