Camping & Summer Reading Program

Wow, there just isn't enough hours in a day! I'm going to have to give you the super duper shortened version of a couple of things over the past couple weeks so I can get up to date. I hate being behind on here! So almost two weeks ago (the week of the 13th) Greg was on vacation. It was more of a staycation because we weren't going on vacation anywhere, but at least he had some time off work. He decided to take the kids camping on that Tuesday night. They only went for one night because with Evan's t-ball and Father's day weekend it was pretty much all they had. This was Em's first time camping and she was super excited to go with her brother and daddy. They just went out to Sleepy Hollow about 20 minutes from here in case Em wanted to come home and didn't like it. I on the other hand opted to stay home. I'm not much of a camper. Maybe one time they'll get me out there. So with that said, the three of them went and had a fun time. They walked the trails, biked, played at the park campground, and made s'mores.

Greg text me about 9pm and said Emmaline told him she had just seen a cat take something from their picnic table. He went to chase it away and came back to the campfire, and asked her about it again. Then she told him it was black and white. He never saw it, but thank goodness he didn't because more than likely it was a skunk. He's pretty lucky he didn't get sprayed chasing it away. He thought it might have just taken a banana peel, but they weren't sure. When they got home the next day and we were putting food and stuff away I asked him where the loaf of bread was he took. He said he didn't know and thought I put it away already. So we determined that the "cat" a.k.a. skunk took the loaf of bread and not a banana peel. Here's a few pics from their camping expedition. I don't have time to post all my recent pics on here so I can get caught up. So hopefully over this next week, I'll be making an album on Facebook and adding pics to it little by little.

Ready to camp at Sleepy Hollow

Sweet sibling love...got the tent all set up!

Almost s'mores time!

Time for bed! All snuggled up tight in our sleeping bags! They text me this picture... "Good night mommy!"

Wednesday afternoon when they came home we headed to the library so the kids could get their "Reading Passports" for the summer reading program. They have to read or do reading activities for 20 minutes each day and then after they get their seven checks for the week they get a little prize each week. We did this last year, but this year the library is doing it a little different. We spent a good hour or so at the library and the kids picked out books to bring home for the month. Here's Evan and Emmaline looking for books, and the stack of books we ended up taking home!