Camping in Suspect Weather

We have been camping for the last few days at Laverne park (Six Readers, this is twenty minutes from my house -- we don't like to travel far from the TiVo). Thank God for the trailer, with its heat, electricity, running water, blah, blah. It was humid/occasionally rainy, and persistently overcast. At least I didn't worry about sunburns, or attempting to clean sandy buns at the swimming hole. I realize I may sound a bit prissy, and perhaps I am. I was not raised with a love of camping; although my grandparents used to take my brother and I to Thousand Trails (camping "resorts" with indoor pools and nightly activities at the lodge -- Kellerman's on wheels) when we were young. Hey, I did allow my children to run wild and bathless for four days. Baby steps. Here is Chase enjoying his first S'more ("choco-late sammitch"):

And here is Hayden inside the pull-out, making faces to his brother outside. It was so funny, I just had to keep taking pictures. Then I remembered the teething/runny nose situation and had to run for the antibacterial Windex. Baby steps, I told you.

A woman camping a few spaces away noted my bravery, "taking those two small boys camping." I remarked that she should have seen us last year when Hayden was a newborn. I think I saw her physically shudder at the image on her way to the river with her school-age kiddos. Mmm... And I didn't even mention Chase's application of the "five-second rule" while dining in the wild. Perhaps I am braver than I thought...

Beans, Beans...

...the musical fruit. I'm not sure if they are musical, but my kids sure do love them. I felt lazy the other night, so we ordered Mexican food out. I did have a major mess on my hands though. I'm not sure that this photo shows justice to the bean-anza. Shawn admired that Hayden not only uses his hands to shovel food in, but also his arms as well. This is followed by running fingers through hair and flinging burrito chunks on the floor to express our appreciation to the chef. Two baths later, I am still discovering beans reminants between toes and in ear crevices. Next time I'll just get off my hump and turn on the stove.

Happy 4th To You!

Here are some pics of the boys having fun in the sun yesterday...

And no, we still don't like setting off fireworks.