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We went to Hapers Ferry today to do some exploring. 
With all the interns in for the summer, the kids got lots of attention and learned everything they never knew they didn't know about interchangeable parts. 
We rewarded ourselves for climbing up to Jefferson Rock (Benjamin is HEAVY!) by getting some ice cream
Nate, just by being Nate, had pretty much the whole store in stitches. 

Turkey Boy also finished "American Boy Camp" today.  He learned about how to track animals and about corn & squash.  He is pretty excited about it.  We've been reading "Little House on the Prairie" at night and I haven't been able to tell how much of it he has been understanding, even though he seems to be really enjoying it.  Today, going to camp, he was pretending he was a reporter.  He had a pencil behind his ear and a steno notepad in his hand, full of picutres he has recently sketched.  As I dropped him off, he pulled out his notebook and showed Miss Amy his drawings.  "This one is Pa crossing the creek with the cows" and "This one is our wagon to go to Kansas" and "This one is me crying because I'm in Time Out"...
The boy keeps it real. 
He really does listen, when he wants to.

Since our camera has bit the dust, we resurrected the kid's Little Tykes camera to take to WV with us. 
Jim and I had a little walk down Memory Lane going through the pictures on the card. 
We came across old gems like this:

 And found some New Classics like these: