Ebenezer's Posse Goes to Bainbridge Island

Today, Elijah and Durban joined Mahalia and Melanie and, after learning a little something about boundaries from Super Nanny, we set off on Metro for the Bainbridge Island Ferry.

We found a great waterfront park in Bainbridge where we explored the beach and relaxed in the sun and on the grass until it was time to go back on the ferry. What a great time!

Elijah won a pack of lifesavers for the whole posse by throwing a pinecone in a garbage can from a long ways off, and we celebrated like we just won the World Series!

While we were exploring on the beach, we stumbled on a topic we have all struggled with at one time or another - What's a clam got to live for?

Here are the lyrics to the song we wrote:

What's a clam got to live for?
Maybe nothing, I don't know
I guess you could use the shell to make a necklace
But what about a mosquito?

What's a mosquito got to live for?
It's food for fish and spiders too
But it lives off my blood
And itches and stings - Oooh, oooh, oooh!

It's not easy to decide who should live and who should die
Life is fun sometimes and sometimes not
But if a giant came and poked me with a stick
I would scream and run and try not to get caught

What in the world are crabs for?
Do they have families? Yes.
I've seen a big one protect a smaller one
And save it from a bird who tried to take it to its nest

It's not easy to decide who should live and who should die
Life is fun sometimes and sometimes not
But if a giant came and poked me with a stick
I would scream and run and try not to get caught