Poland Campground and Hiking

A family friend owns a campground so we went to visit for the day. We hiked to a tower (now private, but our friend talked our way in), a dam (not open to visitors, but we talked our way in), and through some fairly difficult trails.

Holding Sweet Daughter up to see just how far off the ground we are (those are all fully grown trees)

From the top of the tower there were amazing views

From the bottom of the tower looking up - that's me looking over the top

Ready to climb all the way up - I ended up going up and down about 5 times because the kids kept wanting to go back one at a time. I was a bit sore the next day.

The stairs looked like this all the way up - only not as well lit when you weren't by the door.

Hiking through the trees - this path had a steep drop on one side and prickly things on the other. It was a bit nerve wrecking at times watching the kids, but we all did it and loved it.

The dam - The walking path above is open to the public, but the building is not.

Inside the dam building learning how it all works.

This tunnel had to be made at two different times after the original tunnel was blown up in a war.

The kids are with the camp's guard dog. You can see the cute cabins in the background.

Family and friends

Guard Dog... um... apparently our kids aren't scary.

Death and Dunderment

My kids are obsessed with death. They related everything to death. MLK - he's dead. Abraham Lincoln - he's dead. George Washington - he's dead. These are all people we have read about recently so I do see the connection, but they want to know when everyone died and how they died. My grandfathers, Wonderful Husband's mom, etc. Today Sweet Son came across a photo of the Queen of England. He had three questions - 1. Why is she wearing an ugly dress? 2. Is she dead? 3. When will she die? Sigh


Picking up the kids from school Sweet Son noticed there are florescent hall lights in the ceiling and decorative lights on the walls. He wanted to know why they would need both. He thinks having both is "dunderment." I correct him. It's redundant. We walked down the hallway discussing redundancies. The director listened for a minute and said we are the only ones who have these conversations. Is that supposed to discourage me? It really just makes me want to talk to everyone else so they can also learn about it.

Christopher Columbus

Have you ever wondered how your kids interpret the things you are teaching them? I recorded my kids explaining Christopher Columbus. I'll do my best to type what they are saying but they are both talking at the same time. Remember they are only 4 years old. SS=Sweet Son and SD=Sweet Daughter

SD: What did Christopher Columbus do? He sailed on a boat to, to, to Texas, to
SS: To Europe and he told Europe about North America
SD: And he went to North America and there were people living there. So they said, "Get out people. Now I'm going to live here." and he told Europe about, about, what?
SS: Now I'm going to live here. Get out.
SD: About North America and then he went back to his house.

The kids really don't understand why this is a holiday that is celebrated here.