at the beach

My mom has said watching the family reminds her of a newspaper cartoon from her childhood where there was a big drawing, kind of like a map, and everyone was involved in some activity all over.   I don't remember the name of it.

Approaching:

Empty tubes:

There they are:

 And his cowboy badge stayed on all the way around the lake.  Pretty nice.

Him, he's just so damned luscious.   I told Dan his little lips could be a baby in the E-Trade commercials.  They're so expressive and sweet.

 Here we go, Dan's about to launch into a big leap for his rowdy little audience:

He was very unimpressed by a rough patch on the lake. I thought he was going to flip over, but he hung on okay.

Whee.   It was a great afternoon.   love, MOM