our~beach~frontish~property

gavin delivers life jackets to his siblings for some anticipated lake swimming.  this is our lake, the lake just up the street from our house.  i don't believe it has a name so i'll continue to call it our lake until someone corrects me. it's small and a little crowded at times but, it's free and we found that sunday's are the day to go in order to avoid the crowds.

we basked in the sun while the kids played in the not-so-soft sand.  i read a few chapters of my book and we feasted on sandy sandwiches and warm licorice.  every now and then, i would think about going for a swim but, the thought left just as quickly as it came.

the boys played catch and gavin made sand piles with my drink cup.  we do not own sand buckets.  i do not know why.

the umbrella blew over twice and we were impressed by the baby duck who stayed under the water for much longer than we assumed was possible.

cayden put his last-week-of-school lesson to use while we tried to decide what kind of butterfly it was that had joined our party.  a painted lady or a monarch? which are probably the only two species he was taught about but, i took his word for it because it was two more species than i was aware of.  

i heart happy, warm days with my people.