The Lippman Family Blog

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Camp Pickles 2013

This summer we spent another two weeks at the lovely Angle Pond in Sandown, NH. Because we had just moved two weeks earlier, Ahren and I had to spend some of the time going back and forth to the new house to get some things squared away. But after a very busy and stressful spring, we were happy to have some quiet time on the lake. I took a pitiful amount of pictures this year...maybe I was too relaxed!


Daddy and the kids get fishing on Day 1!!

Lexi and Zach enjoy the view

Zachary caught this fish with his net! He was very excited.

Lexi loves it when Great Gram reads to her

Lake naps are so relaxing!

The cousins won't let a little rain get in the way of their fishing fun!

Luckily we had plenty of towels.

Lexi the dragonfly whisperer.

She put out her hand and this dragonfly landed on it, and devoured a bug it had caught.

Zach takes a little kayak.

Lexi masters the paddle board.

She did great!

A happy boy in his kayak.

Working hard.

S'mores time!

YUM!

We're happy sitting around the fire pit eating s'mores!

Lexi loves Gigi!!

Mom gets a turn on the paddle board.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Chirp Chirp

Yes, there have been crickets on the blog for the past month or so. There's lots of exciting stuff for me to update about soon. But for now we're doing this...

...and loving it!

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Butterflies and Moths

Each Spring, Gigi, Lexi and Zachary collect caterpillars of different varieties so that they can watch them transform into beautiful butterflies. This spring they had more varieties than ever before, and really had an opportunity to explore and enjoy each one. Here is a small video that Gigi put together of their time with some of the butterflies - Butterfly Video.

One of the most exquisite variety they had this year was a Lunar Moth. It took quite some time to hatch, and we actually worried that it might not ever emerge, but when it finally did it was so exciting!

This is such a wonderful activity that the kids (and everyone else!) really adore doing with Gigi. Throughout the few weeks that they spend waiting for the butterflies (or moths) to emerge, and the time they get to spend with the butterflies once they hatch, they learn so much about nature, the different species of butterflies and moths, and the circle of life.

The most amazing thing that happened this spring is that once the painted lady butterfly had hatched, and the kids had a few days to spend with her on the sun porch, it was time to let her go. They went outside with her to set her free, but rather than flying away, she stayed with the kids for a very long time, sitting on their fingers, and letting them feed her from flowers in their hands. She had really grown to trust them, and they knew just how to take care of her. It was very special.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

4th of July

We moved into our new house on June 28th, so what better thing to do a week later than to host a 4th of July party in the new house, right?? People thought we were crazy to do it, but we really love hosting our 4th of July party, so we went with it. It was actually awesome. Almost nothing was unpacked, but it motivated us to get the house to a point where we could show it off a bit. But at the same time, everyone knew we had just moved, and didn't expect much from us. It was great.

We bought an enormous blow up water slide, which was a big hit with the kids. It turns out we have an excellent party house, and everyone had a blast. What a fun way to break in the new digs!

Mama was kind enough to take some pictures for us.