Camano Cupcake

A few weekends ago the boys & I spent two days at our friend's cabin on Camano Island. This is the view from the deck of the "cupcake cabin". The cabin is octagonal and kind of looks like a cupcake. We had glorious time and the weather was absolutely lovely. The highlight of the two days was "killer croquet". The boys would set up these elaborate and impossible croquet courses and compete against each other and our friends Neil & Steph. They would make up rules like if your ball went in the sand or fell down the stairs you had to go back to the start. The wickets(?) were set right in front of said sand and stairs. Needless to say there were some really long games. Fun was had by all. That's Neil in the boat with Cooper. I rode in that rowboat with Neil last summer and it was pretty tippy. I tried not to think about that as Neil rowed Cooper parallel to the shore. Neil also helped Tucker with the Algebra correspondence course we signed Tucker up for this summer. He's a great guy--Neil (well, and Tucker too). Yes, it is true that Tucker's parents are unbelievably cruel and made their son study math over the summer. Obviously the strain of it all was too much for Tucker as you can see in the picture. He actually slept like that for probably 45 minutes. Perhaps he will be motivated by this summer's experience to actually do better in math this year so he won't have to repeat it again next summer?? Only time will tell.