The pictures above were sent to me by my husband.  This weekend we packed Steve and Iain up and sent them off to a campground for a kind of right-of-passage, special father and son bonding adventure.  From what I hear they’ve sent most of the weekend fishing, kayaking and eating s’mores.  Oh, and drinking coffee.  The boy had a decaf at the local co-op, very grown up.

Meanwhile the rest of us are keeping the home fires burning and having a bit of a holiday ourselves, full of little treats, old movies, long walks hunting for wildflowers and junk food- of the slightly more wholesome, home-made variety- we’re working on perfecting our grain-free pizza crust recipe.  On Friday night, after we got the little ones off to bed, with our Sweet Wild Violet sleeping beside us, Elijah and I made milkshakes (with coconut milk ice cream) and watched The Music Man.  Then we stayed up late looking at horse books and talking.  He’s going to keep a horse for me to learn to ride on when he has a stable of his own.  I’ve set him the task of finding a breed that resembles a Clydesdale, but with more the stature of say a large German Shepherd, the intelligence of a dolphin, loyalty of a puppy and temperament of a lamb.  He says he’ll have to get back to me on that one.

The weekend is almost over now, with a crazy busy week ahead.  I’m so glad we took this time to recharge and connect a little.