A trip to the beach, a lesson in death

We had a great day at the beach and an opportunity to talk about death.

Scout said the day before she wanted to see the water. Already she is a Cape girl.

We loaded everyone in the truck and headed out. We are so lucky that one of our (yes, one. WE have 3 ocean and 3 pond beaches!) town beaches is Sandy Neck . It is 7 miles long, we can camp there, build fires, drive the jeep on and ride the horses. As you can see the dogs can enjoy it too.

We LOVE collecting treasures.

The landscape looks different every time. Today, lots of smooth stones and tumbled shells.

Finding crab shells

Walking Seamus

We believe death is part of life. It is something that should be talked about as easily as anything else in your life. There are photos of a dead dolphin coming up. If you don't want to see them stop looking now.

We came upon this dolphin on the beach. It was a great opportunity to talk about death. What you talk about is personal to you and your family and not important here. We talked about it. At the same time we talked about it's body parts and how it swam. It all seemed normal to Scout.

Living in the woods and on a farm we will continue to have these opportunities. We will continue to talk about it.

This one was about 75 yards away from the first. It was much smaller, maybe a baby.  We talked about bones and felt our own bones.

We learn something everyday, each night we marvel in all the learning opportunities that we encountered throughout the day. The life of an unschooler...Life is Good!

Unschoolers Rock the Campground

Last weekend, after leaving Lake George, we headed for Pinewood Lodge camp ground in Plymouth. There was an unschoolers camping trip and we wanted to join in. We had a blast and meet some really great people. Some came from Canada, NY , CT and MA. Scout was in her element, living outside!

We brought her potty along and things progressed there really well. Yesterday she used the potty exclusively all day long, no accidents at all!!! As lone as we are home in the house she has it down pat. She even wakes up dry in the morning frequently.

Good friends

We were leaving for vacation in just a few hours and still needed to pack...for two different trips. It could all wait though because not one but two of our dearest families came to visit. Being unschoolers reminds us to keep what is important in perspective. Since moving to the Cape we don't get to see some of our old friends as often as we would like. We were so lucky last Monday that not one, but two would be coming to visit on the same day!!

Mackenzie and Scout playing with bubbles.

We spent a couple hours at Sandy Neck beach, Mackenzie and Tracy soaking in the sun.

The water was warm and calm, perfect for Scout's first dip in the ocean!!

Zach was working and that made the day all the better. Stephanie was so

impressed at how beautifully he had grown up (not that anyone ever had any doubts!).

The day ended with Scout's first haircut.

Thank you Tracy...I just LOVE IT!!!

Scouts first beach barbq

For fathers day we went out to Sandy

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Now playing: Zac Brown Band - Where The Boat Leaves From
via FoxyTunes Neck Beach. We took the Jeep and Lizzie came along. Scout helped Daddy collect firewood along the beach while Lizzie and Mommy started dinner and the camp fire. Scout loved looking at the flames and listening to the waves. She really fought the sleep bug when it came. Scout had sweet potatoes, bananas and watermelon juice for her first cookout. After dark the tide started rising more then we expected....by the time we had everything loaded back in the Jeep our little spot was completly surrounded by water!!