Sunday: end of camping

Well, it rained quite a bit last night.  Joshua didn't sleep well in the rain and his fever continued.  We heard that the rain was going to get worse, so we packed up quickly and left first thing in the morning.  Isaac did a really good job keeping Joshua entertained, although we did have to bribe him with a donut.  It was nice to have two cars, because we could throw stuff in the cars must more quickly.

Joshua's fever continued all day. :(  We have started to get things dried out...hopefully it'll all be done within a few days.

Here are some pictures, in no particular order.

Walking with Ben:

Hammering in a stake.  He refused to hammer any stakes that would actually do anything.

Our campsite.  Ben and I slept in the little green tent.  The boys were in the blue tent.  Isaac had a sleeping bag and both duffle bags on his side.  The other side had Joshua's pack-n-play (with the diaper changer part) and a chair for feeding.  It worked really well...they had plenty of room.

Sleeping with the babies.

Jumping pillow.  Isaac loved this thing, although at this point in time there were too many kids on it for him to feel comfortable.

Looking cute.

More cuteness.

Enjoying the lawnmower.

Waiting for hobo pies.

Outside nap time.  I often have a hard time napping outside, but this time worked pretty well.

And Isaac running on the pillow.  He would go back and forth and back and forth...
 

Saturday: camping

So despite the threat of rain, it was a very nice day with only about five minutes of a light sprinkling.  It was rather cold in the morning, but nice in the afternoon.

Isaac played hard all day.  ALL day.  He bounced on the jumping pillow.  He bounced in the bounce house.  He slid down the slide.  He lawn mowed.  He played on the playground.  I think the only time he sat still was breakfast, second breakfast, and lunch.  He couldn't even stay seated for dinner, but I think by that time the problem might have been he was too tired.  Needless to say, he had a great time.

Joshua, on the other hand, seemed tired and sleepy all day.  I thought that he just had slept really poorly, but I finally thought I should take his temperature.  The poor guy had a fever.  We gave him some Tylenol and he seemed to perk up...enough that he stayed up way past his bedtime.  The fever never stayed away though.

Ben and I were able to enjoy some nice relaxing time.  Sure, we played with the kids but Joshua just wanted someone to sleep on and Isaac was able to play with two of the other kids that were there quite a bit.  (It is so much fun seeing Isaac play with them!)  We did some reading, napping, and talking.  The fire was perfect; there was no wind so the smoke mostly went up and the temperature was cool but not cold.

Friday: back

So, while going home for the day felt like cheating, it was a good call. It didn't rain a ton more, but by the time everything was done in the drier it was nap time. I don't think Joshua slept well last night, as he is a light sleeper, so sleeping in his own crib was good. Then by the time we got back everything was dryish and we could have fun.

Isaac,surprisingly, had a hard time falling asleep. I brought him out to the fire to snuggle with me, partly because it was still rather light and noisy and partly because he could help keep me warm. Hopefully Joshua will stay warm too, but I have him in a double fleece so I'm hopeful.

Thursday/Friday: camping and back seat driver

We've had a navigation system for the last few weeks in the car we're borrowing. Isaac repeats every single direction that the navigation lady says and I feel like I have a backseat driver...but he's usually right.

We were camping last night. The car got loaded up very quickly so the boys and I got there around noon. We set up the tents and enjoyed the campground. It was a great plan since it rained and rained and rained last night. So we came home for the day. The boys' tent was rather drippy so 1) I wanted to get some stuff dried and 2) I wanted a dry place to be. The rain is supposed to let up later and we'll go back and have fun.

(I brought Joshua a blanket to sit on. I'm pretty sure he is enjoying sitting anywhere except the blanket.)

Tuesday: 45 weeks

Joshua is 45 weeks.

Today we drew "clean fridge" and "do something nice for someone."

A: Who do you want to do something nice for?
I: CC
A: Do you want to make her some cookies?
I: yeah!

When we brought over the cookies Isaac proceeded to give himself a tour of her house.

Joshua had swimming lessons after that; he did so well.  He was really calm.  He even dealt well with getting water in his face the first two times.  (The third time didn't go so well.)

Monday: direction

As most days, we pulled two items out of the jar: "return pop cans" and "go to the pool".   The pop cans were good...our box was overflowing and they really needed to be returned.  Isaac really likes the machines too.  (Although, as always, I forgot to use the refund money on the shopping trip.)  Going to the pool didn't excite me quite as much because it was cool out, but we could make it happen.  Isaac was excited about it.

Then Betsy suggested going to a pool by their house since guests get in free on Mondays.  At first I was hesitant because it was cool and cloudy by us, but she said it was warm and sunny over by her.  We ended up eating lunch at home first and then going.

It was perfect!  The sun was out and the water was warm.  Isaac had on his puddle-jumper and does a vertical doggy paddle.  He said he was doing "oval-U-turns."  (Have I mentioned he really likes U-turns?)  Basically he would wade in the pool, then go over to the deeper end, get out over there, and walk back to the shallow part.  Rinse and repeat.  It tired him out enough to take a nap.  Hooray! We might have to do the lunch then pool thing again.

Let's see...I feel as though it was a really good day.

In the morning Isaac told me that I only get one kiss per day.  But then he gave me 26 more at bed time.

Joshua was rather clingy, which was a bit hard at the pool but means that he loves me.

I needed to pick up some Entermann's donuts today.  There was a sale at Meijer so there were only two variety pack boxes left.  I love the chocolate ones.  I debated, since finding them later would be annoying, but decided it would be worth it.

Sunday: birthdays

Apparently June 7 is a big day for birthdays; at least four people that I know well have one and I heard about three more.

So, Happy Birthday to those born on this special day.

Update:  I went to check on Isaac before bed and found him asleep with a robot book.  It was turned to the donut page, because what could be better than robots making donuts?  This book is sometimes referred to as the donut book, because he likes that page so much.  I expect that he didn't look at the rest of the book, just that page as he fell asleep.