“Some of our greatest blessings call us ‘Mimi’ and ‘Poppy'.” ~Anonymous
Each of our Pennsylvania grands get to come and spend individual time on the boat during the summer. This was Graham's sixth year. Wow, has he grown and changed during that time. The little toddler who came the first year has turned into a lanky self assured big boy who loves to explore and eat.
We truly packed in a lot of activities the days he was with us. Lots of bike riding, a little fishing, crafts, hiking, swimming and a lot of ice cream.
One of Graham's favorite places to go in town is the Sciencenter. Each year they change out some of their exhibits, so there are new and old favorite things to explore. Here are just a few of the things he enjoyed this year.
The playground had a new addition to the bubble area...this table was a lot of fun.
What's a summer evening without ice cream...here in the northeast people go crazy over ice cream. They'll wait in long lines just to get a scoop or two of their favorite flavor.
After enjoying ice cream at Purity's we decided to take a short hike to Ithaca Falls.
After breakfast we spent a little time being creative. We even tried a new technique to paint rocks.
After painting rocks and riding bikes around the park Graham and Poppy went fishing. They didn't have a lot of luck, but they sure had fun.
Did you know that the Tooth Fairy even comes to boats? He was so happy to finally have this tooth come out.
We spent one afternoon hiking to Taughonnock Falls. It's a fairly short hike and we did most of it in the creek. This is a picture of the lower falls.
There wasn't much water, but we all enjoyed cooling off.
Taughonnock Falls
Graham even went for a swim in one of the deeper holes on our way back to the car.
Looking down from the trail to the lake.
Our last night we rode over five miles along the bike and played at one of the great playgrounds they have in Ithaca.
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