Friday!

Thank goodness! Work has been crazy, and I haven’t had a second to do anything at home either. Days are just flying by. I wanted to post a quick update on our new little wordsmith... she's added all kinds of new vocab the past couple of weeks (finally!). My favorite? Mama, of course. I bawled like crazy when she first said it. Still do occasionally- if you must know. Some other new ones… Dada, Papa, Ba (my brother’s nickname), ball, balloon, bubble, purple, blue, Elmo (pronounced ‘Melmo’), moon, milk (pronounce ‘muh’), bye-bye (pronounced ‘duh-duh’), hello (pronounced ‘oh’), up, and a few others I can’t think of at the moment. She’s also currently obsessed with shoes, crayons, and reading. And she’s beginning to pay attention to television, so we watch Sesame Street on occasion. It blew her mind the first time she saw it. I don’t think she knew those creatures moved and talked! Pretty cute. Too much other stuff happening to even begin, so I’ll end there.
Happy weekend.

HP

Some of Hattie’s new things…
Drinking cold water and saying ‘bbrrrrr’ when finished
Shaking her booty like crazy
Saying ‘dodle dodle dodle’ for a rooster (just about the cutest thing ever)
Running
“Jumping” aka crouching down and standing up quickly
Using a ‘big people’ fork like a pro
Blowing kisses, giving fives, giving hugs and Eskimo kisses
Lots of other things I can’t think of at the moment.

This weekend we are going to a little resort outside of the city and staying in a cabin for a night. The resort is very kid-friendly and I can’t wait to get away. I’ll post more about it next week. In the meantime, Brian and I will be heading to the Elvis Costello/Police show that I WON tickets to tonight. Can’t wait!

Camp Out

Last weekend the whole gang went camping up at Clinton Lake. When I say whole gang, I mean whole gang…there were 23 of us, including 11 kids under the age of 9. So, the dynamic was just a little bit different than college camping. It was a blast – we had our own private site with picnic tables, a couple of fire rings, bathrooms, sand volleyball court, horseshoe pit and a trail to the lake. I think everyone had a good time, despite a rather chilly night. We hope to make it at least an annual thing, if not semiannual. I’ve included a couple of pics of Chloe and her new crush, Nicko and Hattie and Luke chillin’ in some camping chairs. I really wanted to get a pic of everyone, but it just didn’t happen. Maybe next time…