1st Day of Middle School

Tayler is officially a 7th grader.  The same age as my students!  She had a great 1st day.  We started the day off right with eggs and toast and hot chocolate.  The only complaint she has had is that the boy who has the locker next to her accidentally closes her locker with his butt several times a day.  Ha.

We love you Tayler and are so proud of how hard you have worked in middle school so far!

Camping Part 2

So...I stopped writing on this blog for a while.  But, hopefully, I'll be a little more motivated in the future.  The start of the school year kicked my butt this year!

So, after our trial camping run we went on a 4 day/3 night camping trip.  It was fun!  It actually went pretty well.  Calder is a great sleeper at night so that is a huge huge blessing.  He does not do so well with napping in a pack and play in a tent but we were expecting that.  So, he took a couple of stroller naps and one day Shane and I (Tayler stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Westby who were camping with us) actually drove home so Calds could take a good nap in his crib.  Because of the lack of naps Calder fell asleep with no problems in the evening.  But, here's where things got weird...Calder who had NEVER soaked through his diaper at night before...ever.  Soaked through his diaper every. single. night.  And, when you soak through your diaper camping it is kind of hard to be settle back down due to the cold temps and multiple layers of clothes that have to be changed.  After that the baby is wide awake.  WIDE AWAKE.   After that first night Tayler decided it might be fun to sleep with grandma and grandpa in their trailer.  Ha! 

Calder has not wet through his diaper since.  So, this is apparently a camping thing.

Point Defiance Zoo

Going to the zoo was on our official, "list of things we want to do this summer."  Lucky for us Shane's sister, Kareena, has a pass and got us in for free!  We had a super fun day with the cousins.  I really like Point Defiance and I'm not sure why.  Maybe there are less people than Woodland Park? 

 Boy cousins...one of them was a bit more interested in chewing his "Baby Animal" book :)  ....Thanks for the book Auntie Kareena it is super handy to attach to the jogger!

 Girl Cousins

All the kids.  And, can I just take another moment to point out that Tayler is awesome.  She is a lot older than all the cousins and she is so patient hanging out! 

Camping. Finally.

We went camping!  Calder's first camping trip!  Camping is cheap!  Hooray!

Well, this trip was a success.  Calder slept through the night and only got up a little bit early.  This was the litmus test to see how a longer camping trip would go a bit later on.  The longer trip has happened (we just got back) and let's just say it did not go quite as well as this first camping trip predicted (more on that later). 

Strawberry Pickin'

We have gone strawberry pickin' twice now.  Once in Sequim (by our house) and once in spokane!  We were only in Spokane a minute so we really didn't have a chance to visit anyone.  Shane was coaching a basketball tournament Cheney for two days so we were at that. 

Hanging out with Nick, Caitlin and Grandma.  Calder developed "Stranger Danger" right before this trip.  So, poor Nick, Calder SCREAMED his head off whenever nick got close at first.  I had nick give Chubs a botttle and then they were the best of friends!  P.S.  They still have matching hair-hooray!

I don't known what this face was all about-but I like it!

I love this view

Getting out of the house

It is finally warm and sunny.  Just in time because Shane is doing a bunch of work on our kitchen (tiling, building a bar, etc.) and sometimes we need to get out of the house so he can get some work done.  It is sad that I don't get to help him much but it is fun to go on adventures with the 13 month old and the almost 13 year old. 

Tayler is such a good sport. She enjoyed the Jones Cream Soda we took to the park a lot more than the swinging....ha!

The 4th!

We always have such a good time celebrating the 4th of July with Uncle Gary and Aunt Ludie!  Well, actually it is the 3rd of July because Poulsbo does a big 3rd of July celebration (I do not know why).  But, it works out perfectly for boating to and from Poulsbo.  We are so spoiled when we head out to their boat.  They are the best hosts feeding us and entertaining us.  This year Calder got to come!  (Last year he was still in the hospital but Shane and I still went out on the boat...because it is that fun!  The nurses all said, "You have to get out once in a while and just think of us as really, really expensive babysitters." :) 

 Calder had the time of his life.  Clearly.  I wish I had a shot of his onesie...it was a little big but totally appropriate.  :)  A Manny's onesie with a "no milk" sign on the back.  Ha!

I think in a few years Uncle Gary might loose a dinghy if this kid tries to drive it...