Friday: this and that

I was so awake last night.  I usually try to go to bed around 11, and tried to do so again last night.  But after repeated attempts to fall asleep, I just got up.  I think it took me until at least 3am to fall asleep.  I'm wondering if the "late" night iced teas had unexpected caffeine in them.  The baby was also super wiggly, so that didn't help either.  Even Ben couldn't get him to calm down.

But the day went well despite the lack of sleep.  Isaac's been asking to play in the sand all week, so we did that first thing.  (Part of the reason we haven't done it is rain, but the other half is that I just get busy and don't want to stop whatever I'm doing.  And I don't enjoy going outside in the heat of the day.)  Anyway, we ended up spending about two hours out there and the weather was very nice.  Isaac wanted to go in the deep water so we walked out a bit.  But I made him walk himself (while holding his hand), even though he wanted me to carry him.  He got about up to his belly button before he was done.  I was curious as to how far he'd go out.

We also took the baby's crib apart and moved it out of Isaac's room.  Isaac removed about 1/3 of the bolts by himself...I was rather proud.  I would have set it up in the baby's room, but that room is currently a disaster.  I'm hoping it'll get more manageable within the next week or so as things move out.  I've been working on it, but I seem to put more stuff in it lately than I take out.

Wednesday: pictures

Here are some pictures from camping.  Better late than never.

The only rope we had was kind of short or super long.  So the Subaru provided the best distance for the shorter rope.

We got all our stuff in...barely.  I thought it would be a lot easier going home, but we didn't eat as much as I expected and we didn't pack everything as well, partly due to the rain.

Isaac and his friend.

Isaac and his trusty lawnmower.

Isaac and another friend.  Isaac pushed and pulled him on the car...and probably developed some strong muscles.

Isaac "tickling" Ben.

Eating campfire donuts.

Tuesday: outtings

This morning we went to the church for playgroup.  It was raining, so we were in the nursery.  Im pretty sure that almost every toy was taken out.  At the end Isaac ended up running up and down the front of the church with two of the kids that we camped with.  They ran so hard for about 20 minutes.  But running is good exercise and Isaac was interacting with them, so I was happy to stay around.

Then in the afternoon I had a doctor's appointment to hear the "heartbeep."  Isaac told the doctor that he has a puppy in his tummy and she got a good laugh out of that.  (He also told her that she forgot to use soap when washing her hands, but she had just used a different dispenser than he was expecting.  I was a bit surprised that he noticed and that he said something.)

Monday: bed

Good news!  Isaac stayed in his bed all night through to the morning.  And during his nap.

He was super excited to get his actual twin bed tonight.  He surprisingly went right to sleep but we'll see what happens the rest of the night.

So sleeping seems to be going well, but toilet training went terribly today.

Sunday: coming home

We had more (unexpected) rain last night.  It made packing up a bit annoying, but not too bad.  Ben and I were rather exhausted during the afternoon, but we survived.

Isaac is sleeping out of his crib tonight.  We thought that since he got used to not sleeping in a crib while camping it might be a good time to transition.  I think he went to sleep without getting off his mattress, but it's a little hard to see.

Saturday: for real

So the last post was really Friday's. Saturday started out a bit cloudy, but nice weather. We ate and were relaxing when Ben and I decided to play bean bags with friends. Isaac wanted to play and when we told him no he crashed. Then he said he was sleepy and wanted a nap. So I put him down, figuring that the worst thing that would happen is he'd be up again soon. But he fell asleep!

So everyone else went to the beach before us, but that was fine. I took a nap and Ben got some alone time. We did catch up with everyone a bit later...it was a long walk to the beach but Isaac had been asking to play in the sand all weekend. So we did that and then took a short walk to a dune. Isaac wanted to climb it, so Ben took him up. We were expecting to only go up half way, but Isaac wanted to keep going so they did...because let's face it, going up is the hard part.

We had some more rain at night which was rather annoying, but we played some games and talked under awnings.

Interlude: food

Yesterday night we had hobo pies. Isaac was so tired that he wasn't eating the quarter that I gave him. So I ate the other three quarters. Then Isaac handed me his plate, with one bite out of his quarter, so I ate the rest.

He turned as I was finishing and cried, "don't eat mine!" The next five minutes there were serious tears. Finally we sort of calmed him down by promising more watermelon and a bite of the one Ben was eating.

Fast forward to tonight when Isaac wasn't eating his sausage. I asked if I could eat half of it. He immediately said no! And took a bite I the side he hadn't eaten and rubbed it on his cheek, giving it a hug. Needless to say, I didn't eat that part of the sausage.