Kip’s Comments - November 26, 2022 — LadagePhotography.com

More Energy Than Space

As our weekend with four of the five grandkids continues, we hit a clear point today where we had more kid energy than we had space. Compounding the calmness challenge was that we had the tree and house partially decorated for the season and the 3-year old to 7-year old activities did not integrate well into the process of transforming the house from autumn to Christmas. So, Kristy and I split the kids. She got the oldest and youngest while I was tasked with wearing off the energy for the two with the most.

The three of us explored some of my favorite areas to look for wildlife or play along the river. We sent a clam shell on a chunk of ice (our iceberg) to float downstream. We moved three more icebergs below the dam in Frederika, and we goofed around at the cabin. The best part was nobody ended up wet in the river and we returned home with a temporary time of peacefulness.

During our explorations I shot some photos. Of course the boys soaked in the wildlife observations (as I hoped they would). We played like young boys along the river, learned more about birds and animals, and had a good time together.

Following are some of the things we found.