Summer Surfing

The Silva's don't own a boat. We have to settle for the "Poor Man's" surfing. (Insert begging here to any friend that owns a boat and would like a lovely family with two fun boys to go out on the lake with you. We will bring the beer. Well, Steve and I will. The boys will bring the juice boxes and the fart jokes.)

Yesterday (the only day of the entire summer that we did not have something planned) a wonderful thing happened. The Town of Erie was purging the fire hydrants in our neighborhood. I just happened to look out the front window at just the right time to see a flood of water coming down our street. I yelled for the boys to come outside and an hour later, we were all soaked and smiling.

The squirrel was not too sure what to do. He kept running back and forth to the water. Poor little guy. I bet there were all kinds of good nuts and berries being swept away in that water. I think he walked away crying.

The boys found a plastic whistle along side the road that they used to float down the water and catch. If you were driving by, I apologize for the crazy lady that ran across the street in her bare feet and just showered hair trying to catch the whistle before it went down the storm drain. It's a good thing that my kids do not know how to use the camera.

It's funny how the most simple things can be the most fun. This was an impromptu situation that we ordinarily would not have even been home to witness. That water was cold and clean and rushing. If Cam weighed a few pounds less, I think he might have been swept away.

By the way, have I ever told you that I love summer in our neighborhood? Everything is so bright and green.

On a totally different note, we went to the zoo with some friends on Tues. The boys all had a great time hamming it up for the camera. These four are going to be T.R.O.U.B.L.E. when they get older.

On another another note... Last weekend we went camping in Estes Park. We always find new things to do when we are there. I took the boys to a cute store called Estes Ark. Yes, it's shaped like and ark. It is filled with every type of stuffed animal you could ever imagine. We spent over an hour just walking around and looking. Then another hour deciding on the two precious animals (with a limit of $12 or less) that we would take home with us. We ended up with a bat (?) and a seal puppet.

Happy Summer. Stay tuned for more fun Silva Adventures!