September 10, 2005
Today the kids & I joined our local homeschool group for the annual "school year" kick off at Range (pronounced Rang) Pond. Range Pond is a local State Park. This particular pond (lots of decent sized lakes in Maine are called ponds) is a small lake with a private campground, camps (what Mainers call cottages at the lake), residental houses in addition to the State park. The park features a beautiful, shallow & clean swimming area.
So, it's kind of funny to kick off the school year by going to the lake and swimming! It was a gorgeous day and I even went for a little swim too. The kids loved playing with the other homeschool kids. Most were older and some were close in age to our children. Many they know from activities we did last year. Our school year goes all year as we don't have a formal start and stop time - we just continually learn and explore. But it was nice to meet as a group again.
Tonight we went out for supper to a newly opened fast food restaurant - Extreme Pita. Can you believe it? This Canadian company has come to our neck of the woods and are we ever pleased! Supper was healthy, delicious, satisfying and inexpensive. Then we drove to Freeport (outlet shopping mecca) to buy new North Face shirts for Damien - getting ready for the new job. Damien is a huge North Face fan and the outlet store there has great prices that are discounted further this time of year. My mom & I had a great time shopping there during her visit to our house the end of August. We've made her into a North Face Outlet fan.
I don't have any photos of the kids at Range Pond because our camera was lost/stolen in Montreal. I won't have photos of our family for awhile until we get a new camera.
