Highlights are as follows:
- Jake is now crawling up on all fours (hasn't just TAKEN OFF, but he is on the move), and he is also getting himself back to a sitting position from laying down. It's a big deal to me, because he was getting so frustrated being on his back and not being able to 'right' himself again! AND this new-found mobility WEARS HIM OUT! He's taking better naps! Unless I just jinxed myself!!!
- Sam's bottom two-yr-molars have cut through. I'm hoping this is why he has been especially difficult and WILD these past couple of weeks...... or it could just be the fact that he's two!? At the age of two, everything I say merely becomes a SUGGESTION to him!!! He is also big into the questions: "What is that," "Who is that," and he also likes to announce that "That is a man/lady." That announcement is only bad when he announces the wrong gender.... like a lady has really short hair or looks 'mannish' or vice versa!
- The trip down was not TOO bad! The kids didn't sleep but maybe and hour of the 6 1/2 hr trip, but were good except for the last 30 minutes! I swear the car was bulging and rocking from the screaming baby and Sam rocking and wanting out! Don't forget the camper was in tow too!!!!
- Our first day was spent at the pool. BJ went to Camping World to get a few things and brought me back some awning lights! I was so excited to put them up while the kids were napping. It started sprinkling, so we decided to go sit in Bo's camper (the kids were napping in ours and Mama and Daddy's). Mama and I got to Bo's as the monsoon hit. BJ and Daddy (we thought) were waiting a minute. Turns out, they were letting the awning in (now would be a good time to mention that BJ bought awning tie-downs, of which he got one side tied down before I side-tracked him with the lights). He and Daddy were wrestling the awning (and getting the lights down that I had just put up), which ended up flying up and over the camper!!! Yep, just the side that didn't get tied down!!! Sam slept through the entire thing (in Mama and Daddy's camper); Jake did not (possibly had something to do with the awning flying around and whacking the side and top of the camper).
- Stormie DESTROYED the blinds (before the storm hit) while we were at the pool.
- And the ceiling leaks where the T.V. antenna is attached, which caused a flood in the bedroom - mopped up at least two inches of water!
- Nanny went into the hospital the day we left (Friday). Unfortunately, that meant Mama and Daddy had to leave once we had been there only a day to go and see about her (she's fine, by the way - absolutely nothing wrong).
You just thought the first day was exciting... this is where the fun begins... we should have just packed up and left with them!?
- The second day was our 7th anniversary (feels like only 7 days, but it's years). So, we went out... with the kids.... to Friendly's... in ANOTHER storm! Couldn't find seafood in the 2-ft deep water, so Friendly's it was. It was good, though! Came back to another flood in the bedroom - not as bad (BJ thought he had fixed it), though!
- OH..... it gets better!!!!! We went to the beach on the third day. Packed up the truck and went for the morning and early afternoon. Came back after only two LOOOOOOONG hours. It was just hard with the truck, sand, toys, sand, Sam, sand, Jake, sand, and BJ!!! Yes, BJ is a sand-o-phobe! He used one of Sam's sand buckets to keep water in it to keep our hands 'washed down.'
- Sam fell asleep on the way home, for about 20 minutes....... that was ALL we got for the day! UGGGGG....
- We got smart on the fourth day and stayed around the camper. Much easier!
- The kids actually did really well on the way home. Slept a lot of the way this time, and no meltdowns! Whew! Home was a welcome sight!
- I have now done SEVEN loads of laundry (I don't do that much in a regular week!?) - NINE if you count the two loads I did at the campground!!!!!
*** NEVER travel in the camper with two kids on different schedules ALONE! (We didn't do this alone on purpose this time, but we DID learn our lesson!)
*** Also, if we want an eventful family vacation, we can either go to the farm and kick each other a few times, OR we can just park our camper at the neighborhood pool and 'camp' there!!!
The best part....... THE PICTURES!!!
The first of many "wash downs." This kept Sam busy quite a bit. He loved to go to the back of the camper and wash everything down. (The term was coined by Sam himself b/c he watches Thomas the Tank Engine, and Thomas gets wash downs too!)
HAHAHA!!!
Meet 'The Reverend "Jack" A Roo Lancaster the First' (yes, that is really his name!). My brother's latest 'project.' He is an 8-week-old black lab - boy. To whom both Stormie and Sam both 'lost their innocence!' He is so cute and friendly, though!!! We love Jack!!!
Sam and Jack get along GREAT - and are equally rambunctious! (Note: Sam is crying b/c he hit his head, not b/c of Jack... Jack is trying to console him!)
See? They like each other a lot!
More "wash downs!"
Off to walk Stormie, Mom! Stormie just didn't enjoy walks quite as much as Jack (and Sam)!
It always took Jake a little longer to 'get going' in the mornings, because Sam wakes up a good hour before Jake is ready. BUT, in the camper, everyone has no choice but to be on one schedule....... which was Sam's!!!!!!
Sam ready for the beach!
Ahhh... the beach! Once we got there, it wasn't terrible. It was the prep before and the getting home (and bringing half the beach with us) that was the difficult part!
Jake playing with the towel on the towel. He did manage to get a couple hand fulls of sand, but fear not... BJ was there with the wash down bucket and that was really all we let Jake experience of the beach! TOO MESSY!!!
But Sam LOVED digging in the sand. He just loves to dig period!
And Jake fell asleep... little guy was worn out!
I just love this picture!
And he's up... having fun anywhere/anytime!
And it's wash down time again!
Daddy needed help...
He was just so cute... washing EVERYTHING down! He would be in the camper and go nuts telling us, "I NEED to go wash down my wagon (or my truck, or my camper, etc)!"
Oh! My happy little Jake!
Here are Stormie's blinds. I don't think you can tell the extent of the damage from the picture... and the stuff on the couch, she had to push through to GET to the blinds! That dog!
Here's Sam in his bunk bed. He loved getting into his bed. Actually sleeping in it... not so much - too much to do or wash down!!!
More pictures to come later...
If you want to see someone who actually uses their vacation for the better good of mankind, you need to check out the Pilands' website. They were in India while we were attempting a vacation! It's amazing the things they were doing and the places they saw! They are amazing people!( http://web.mac.com/matthewpiland/Site/Our_Day/Our_Day.html )
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