3 Ginger Snaps

Soap carving at cub camp

The May long weekend was glorious. Our weekend was action packed with visits from friends and family as well as a wedding. Somehow we managed to visit the pond 3 days in a row. By the third visit, my kids were somewhat less than enthused about the prospect of another look at a bunch of…… Continue reading Disrupting natural selection

Finding the first tadpoles of 2016

Ruby has recently discovered she is good with a baseball bat. She is hitting about .285. And she loves it! No way she learned it from me. I never learned to hit the ball.

Happy by-products of early April snow day1. Final toboggan2. Birch sap icicles3. Hit chocolate

Charlotte loves being a cub. As in a scout. We joined scouts together two years ago. Thursday nights we leave the house at 6:30 and head to the barn to grab some sports equipment. On the ride there we either chat with one another or she gets to pick the radio station and we turn…… Continue reading Determined cub

Say on the dock for about an hour with my dad and my daughter waiting for glimpses of the blood super moon. Hardly got to see it at all – but it was a great finale to a summer of celestial events after a fantastic persids meteor shower in August – which Charlotte also got…… Continue reading A highlight of 2015 – late summer lunar eclipse

Back in November, ruby started waking up early – way too early – to play with Lego. Ingenious little problem solver that she is, she managed to find a way around daylight savings time. — http://campdad-gulyas.blogspot.com/

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One of the best by products of the Gulyas family Christmas gift swap – Ben gave grandma a movie night. Complete with liquorice, chocolates, shaker salts for the popcorn, and he even threw in a few cousins for good measure. Be sure to check out “my lucky elephant” for a good tear-jerker. Your call as to…… Continue reading Movie night with Ben