I love this kid too. Josh is now in third grade! He started Wednesday and loves being part of the "upper elementary" grades. Everything for Josh revolves around what "real men" do. If he could jump ahead to 16 he would.
Friday, August 26, 2011
First Day of School
Today was Jake's first day of Kindergarten. When I woke him up and asked if he knew what day it was he said, "School." I told him how excited I was for him and he said, "Mom, I'm really going to miss my work today." I asked what work was he going to miss. He answered, "You know--fighting bad guys." Love this kid!
I love this kid too. Josh is now in third grade! He started Wednesday and loves being part of the "upper elementary" grades. Everything for Josh revolves around what "real men" do. If he could jump ahead to 16 he would.
I love this kid too. Josh is now in third grade! He started Wednesday and loves being part of the "upper elementary" grades. Everything for Josh revolves around what "real men" do. If he could jump ahead to 16 he would.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Camping
Since I wasn't able to take the boys on a real vacation because of my school schedule and moving, I wanted to do something fun on our last weekend before school and my Masters program started. So at 5:00 on Friday we decided to go camping. Nothing like planning ahead.
We headed about 10 minutes out of town to Prospector's RV resort by the Royal Gorge Bridge. I don't have an RV anymore, but we do have a tent and sleeping bags so we went "roughin' it." (I had to explain to Josh what that meant--he must be spoiled.) The campground had a pool, game room, and playground, but if you paid for wristbands you could also play on their jumping pillow, splash pad, and pedal cars all day long. The boys loved it! We played, started a real campfire--now that the fireban has been lifted--ate hot dogs and smores, and slept on some VERY hard ground. Josh said it was our best adventure ever and wants to go tent camping again and again.
We headed about 10 minutes out of town to Prospector's RV resort by the Royal Gorge Bridge. I don't have an RV anymore, but we do have a tent and sleeping bags so we went "roughin' it." (I had to explain to Josh what that meant--he must be spoiled.) The campground had a pool, game room, and playground, but if you paid for wristbands you could also play on their jumping pillow, splash pad, and pedal cars all day long. The boys loved it! We played, started a real campfire--now that the fireban has been lifted--ate hot dogs and smores, and slept on some VERY hard ground. Josh said it was our best adventure ever and wants to go tent camping again and again.
Josh doing flips on the jumping pillow
The boys riding the pedal cars--I love Jake's expression!
Inside the tent
Jake says bananas make you strong (nevermind the powdered donut dusting on his lips)
Josh at the splash pad
Jake jumping at the splash pad
Our campfire--Jake didn't like the smoke too much
Rock Climbing
Several months ago, the young women at church held an auction for their girls' camp fundraiser. One of the things I purchased that night was a rock climbing trip up Shelf Road. Leslie and Nic Nelson took me (with a few other friends) up there in July. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to go again. But I did learn two things:
1. This is not a sport to do in shorts.
2. Just because you're tired and it feels like your arms are going to fall off doesn't mean it's a good idea to leap for the ring at the top. (You have to touch the metal ring to officially finish.) If you jump, you will swing around and slam into the wall. Don't do it. The six-inch butterfly shaped bruise is just not worth it.
1. This is not a sport to do in shorts.
2. Just because you're tired and it feels like your arms are going to fall off doesn't mean it's a good idea to leap for the ring at the top. (You have to touch the metal ring to officially finish.) If you jump, you will swing around and slam into the wall. Don't do it. The six-inch butterfly shaped bruise is just not worth it.
About halfway
Getting closer
Just before my leap
All done!
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