We have enough interest that the Peep Show will go on! It will be smaller than previous years, but that is okay. :)
All-O-ver, Ol-i-vore . . . we're learning that Oliver's name has some fun mispronunciations.
Also, ask him what is name is and this is what you'll hear: "My name is Oli . . . Oli . . . Oliv . . . Oli . . . I don't know."
Here I am at SFO. Again. What should have been a 40 minute layover has turned into a 5 hour layover with merely a possibility of getting on the red-eye at 10:30. Flying standby. And if I don't get on the standby flight . . . they tell me my next shot at JFK isn't for 24 hours. Yeah. So let's hope that doesn't happen. And if I don't get on standby, well, there's got to be another way home.
S: Oliver, Is Mom a child of God?
O: Yes!
S: No, Mom is a grown up!
The one night -- ever -- when Micah and I get to bed at 10:00 and could, feasibly, get 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep, Simon wakes up crying inexplicably at midnight and can't go back to sleep, Oliver falls out of bed, and we're all out a couple of hours of sleep. Clearly we need to never try to go to to bed early. It's the only way to get a good night's sleep around here.
Our first camping trip as a family was a rousing success. How could it not be when we were asleep most of the time? The boys had a little bit of trouble getting used to the idea of a tent, and I can’t say I loved the way Simon climbed on top of me when we were trying to fall asleep, or the way Oliver pinched my nose in the dark. (How did he even know where it was? It was pitch black!)
But in my opinion, it couldn’t have gone any better. Granted, we didn’t prepare any food. The only thing we did was put up and take down the tent. And sleep. But still!!
The boys found some eggs/rocks. They got to walk around in their rain boots. They got to play on the beach (while I ran with Abby).
We might just make a habit out of this camping thing.







I’m glad it was a success. Next time, you should at least have a fire and some smores.
That looks like so much fun. I’ve always wanted to be a camper, but so far I haven’t done it much. Maybe someday… :0)