Camping!!

So we want camping, last open weekend before they closed the campgrounds. It was uncle Thad's great idea and I tagged along with my girls. Leaving Calvin home with Ben was the best decision we made. Not having gone camping a lot in the last 6 years, we forgot some things that would have been helpful, but I think we had lots of fun anyway.

S'mores

Cuddling up in the tent. Eliza did actually spend most of the night in my sleeping bag, in fact she spent the last several hours with her head down at my feet. At least she was warm. I had to take a significant nap later that afternoon.

Thad took more pictures. We were not alone for our trip, uncle Jethro and Anders came up for an hour in the afternoon, we did some exploring. Then Ben and Calvin came up while we were cooking s'mores to throw rocks into the fire. Then cousin Lizzie and her friend Sarah S. came up as we were getting ready for bed. They camped overnight with us and joined us for breakfast and packing up in the morning. 

It was pretty fun and the girls enjoyed it, I hope we will do it more next summer.

Gramma Day

Once a week or so we spend the afternoon at Grammas house, yesterday was a very good Gramma day.

We pulled up to see all the leaves on the grass. We just HAD to rake them up and do some leaf jumping. Then we finished up by burying Grampa and Anna in leaves.

After dinner, Gramma had a special surprise for dessert - caramel apples! We got to dip them in caramel and chocolate then roll them in Oreo crumbs! Delish. Just like Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

We love our Gramma Zoo and Bampa Bus.

Birthday Day

For her birthday we planned an extra-fun filled day. After lunch we went to the Curiosity Museum and Children's Garden. For these two little ones, the museum is about an hour and the garden was about an hour. The outdoor classroom - or whatever they call it, is a highly underrated part of their establishment. Despite the chill in the air, they had a blast.

After school got out we got in the car with Anna and one neighborhood friend and went down to Kangaroo Zoo where the cousins met us. They ran and jumped for a solid hour and had so much fun. We came back to the house and had pizza and cake - my sister makes amazing cakes, and this one blew us away.

Rainbow Dash Piñata Cake

Isn't that awesome?! And it tasted amazing!