Five in a Row - Lentil

Lentil is about a boy in fictional Alto, Ohio that can't sing so he becomes an expert on the harmonica. He saves the day by playing She'll be Coming Round the Mountain When She Comes when Ol' Sneep tries to spoil the celebration for the town's philanthropist's homecoming by making members of the band pucker when he slurps on a lemon.

Lane recreated fictional Alto in his room.

This is Ol' Sneep on the park bench.

And Ol' Sneep on the top of the train station when Colonel Carter was about to arrive.

We talked about patriotism because the townspeople put out flags along Main Street for the parade for Colonel Carter. We went to Frisco Commons (aka Globe) Park for park day on what happened to be September 11th. They had set out more than 75 US flags for Patriot Day. We visited the memorial as we've done many times before, but this time we read the plaques and discussed them a bit.

Last week we were passing through Allen and Lane saw this truck. He said, "There's a truck that looks like it's from Lentil." So I stopped and took a picture. 

The illustrations in Lentil were done in charcoal. I had some leftover from an art class and Lane went to town. Made five or 10 charcoal drawings.

Here's our Lentil Lapbook.

Labor Day Weekend at Daingerfield State Park

I remember going here with my parents when I was a kid. Probably because I've seen a picture of it. We went will Chris Estill and his family. Always wanted to go back to the pine forest! It's a small park and the small lake and swimming dock with pine trees for a backdrop made it look like summer camp I've seen in the movies! Beautiful! We left Friday afternoon and came back home Sunday. It was HOT! Next time, if we go when it's gonna be 100 degrees, I plan to go somewhere where we can get an air-conditioned cabin! I AM glad we finally made it to this park. Been wanting to go for a long time.

Lane made friends at the playground the very first night. 

Chad was a trooper in the heat. He even wanted to go on a hike Sunday morning. Glad we went. It's a beautiful path around the lake. I think everyone, including Brooke - if someone is willing to carry her :) - would happily travel around the whole thing... in the spring or fall.

It was actually nice to get home on Sunday instead of Monday. Gave us some time to rest up before going back to work on Tuesday. AND Chad grilled the fajitas we were going to have at the campground Sunday night and I love it when he grills!

Lane set up a Rainbow Dance in the living room complete with a sign and tickets for mom (pink) and dad (blue). The dance was high energy and Brooke was delighted to join in!

She also loves to use the markers when Lane does. No other writing tool will do and she will let you know!

Nighty Night

Lane was in bed and Brooke and Chad were in the living room when I got home from dinner with high school friends last week.

Amazing Jake's

We attended the SAIL Not Back to School Party last week at Amazing Jake's. Lane played Laser Tag for the first time and we got to hang out with some of good friends!