Weekend at the lake

We had a great weekend this weekend. We were invited to a friends house for a team building event for the robotics team. There were many things to do like playing in the water and swimming and riding on the boat and tubing. There were also games to play and good friends to talk to. William had a great time. He got to swim all the way to the dive platform and hang out with the big kids. He was not afraid to speak up and tell them that he did not want to be pushed into the water. Then after he had been on that platform for a while he swam over to the trampoline that was also in the water. A few times he got a tow from one of the other team mentors in a kayak.

Swimming to the trampoline

   William is really excited about the robotics season this year and I am glad to see him get excited about that kind of stuff early in his life. I want him to learn early that if you are willing to learn and push yourself you can do amazing things. You have to be smart and you have to be willing to work hard to get them. Just like him swimming to the dive platform and then to the trampoline. It takes the same faith that if you keep swimming and you do not give up that you can reach it and it will be fun when you get there. I guess we start with life lessons early in our lives. We just don't know that they are life lessons when we are young. I know that I would not have thought about this being a life lesson when I was six.

I found a frog

We also had fun finding frogs along the lake. The one that William is holding is black. It really liked to hop a lot. He was pretty happy when the other boys asked him to come help to find the frogs. He also went and got water for the frogs after they were put into the bucket. He had a friend there that he got to play with. They played in the sand and played with the swords and shields and with the big foam airplane. It was like I remember when I was young. The foam airplane didn't last long. We ended the night with another boat ride and a campfire. William had a s'more then it was home to get in bed. School is starting soon so we need to get him back on his schedule. What a great weekend of fun. Meeting new friends and meeting the team that we are going to be spending the year with.

We are looking forward to a great year with the robotics team and what a great way to end the summer. We got to do all of the things that you should do all summer. I love seeing William smile and he did that a lot this weekend. He needs a lot more of that to help make up for the rough year that we both experienced.

We are waiting by the fire,

His Loving Dad