Happy Father's Day

Father's Day is just around the corner and CJ and I decided to get Case his gift a little early. So this morning the three of us set off in the jeep to the Dick's Sporting Goods where Daddy got to pick out his very own canoe. Yep, we city kids now have a huge canoe sitting in our living room. Case is out with some friends so he hasn't had a chance to put it away yet. CJ doesn't mind he's sitting in it watching Elmo. Both of them love the canoe and I think they will be very happy taking it out this week. I think we have another little camper on our hands too as he did not want to get out of the tent set up in the store when it was time to leave. He's ready to go for his first camping trip.

He'll have to wait a bit though because our adventure for next week is to head to Mystic, CT. Pizza anyone? We're off to the aquarium, the seaport, and a beautiful park on the shore. We're quite excited and can't wait for this week to hurry up.

We're especially ready to get toward water because we've hit a hit wave. Yes, the normally temperate weather out here has surprised us this week with tornado watches (a rarity here) and a heat wave. We're talking 99 degrees on Monday. Ridiculous if you ask me. We're fine though. Just enjoying the warm air (and the cool air conditioning).

That's about it for now! Talk to you all soon.

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S & M said…

OK, so I talk to you four times and you never mention that you have a canoe in your house?

June 23, 2008 at 11:20 AM

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