July 4th Vacation (or things to make Grandma Judy cringe)

Friday, July 1st started our camping extravaganza. We packed up the truck and headed for Floodwood Road in the St.Regis Canoe area in the Adirondacks. Our first night was a total bust. Buggy and awful. Wyatt looked like Sloth from the Goonies. He got eaten alive. The second night was much better- we fed a duck and went swimming. Sunday morning, we packed up and headed for Vermont. We took the ferry across Lake Champlain and arrived around 1 pm at GrandPA and Grandma's. Monday, we went down to Randolph for the 4th of July parade. A huge hit. Tons of tractors. Monday night, Wyatt rode a horse (Cody) and loved it. The rest of the time in Vermont was spent going to the barn to see the Chickens and the Horses. We went swimming in a river with Sara and Larry and Ella and Ethan. We chased Cheyanne around and around the kitchen. We visited GG and Papa Pete everyday we were there. We ate lobster thanks to Wolfie and Lisa. Wyatt learned how to say "Sawyer" and gave everyone kisses and hugs all week long. Wednesday morning, we packed up and headed back to the Adirondacks, this time to Powley-Piseco Road south of Speculator. We got a harrowing tent spot- surrounded by rocks and water, but Wyatt loved it. We went hiking on Thursday up Panther Mountain and then on Friday, we packed up and took a hike up to Good Luck Cliffs off of Route 10. It was very steep and kinda scary, but we made it. We ended up back home at 4pm on Friday night. Here are photos of the week. I will post more in another few posts.

Vienna's Birthday Party

Tonight we were invited to a birthday party for my co-worker's daughter, Vienna. She is three today. Here is a picture of the kids eating cake. Vienna is the one at the end of the table with the cake, and Wyatt is the one wearing the "It's Easy Being Green" shirt. It is an ESF shirt that Jay bought him last week. It has the sesame street logo on the front. Very cute.

Dinner with Mya

Mya and Wyatt are going on hiatus. Mya is moving with her family temporarily to Kansas City, so the two won't be appearing together here for awhile. We are all very very sad. Here is a picture from them playing last night.They kept banging their heads together and would come running out from the tent crying. It was kinda funny.

Penguins!

Zoo today!

Wyatt and I went to the zoo today for some Mommy and Wyatt time. We saw bears and tigers and a lynx, a wolf, and deer. But the highlight was the penguins and the fish.Oh and the ice cream sandwich we had for lunch. Wyatt LOVES ice cream sandwiches.

Mya and Wyatt

Saturday night saw an impromptu get together on our screen porch. Wyatt inevitably woke up to join in on the fun because Mya came over.

Camping Trial

This past Saturday night, Father's Day Eve, Jay, Wyatt, Sawyer and I went to the property (where we cut firewood) and met up with the Kwasnowski's for some camping. We were trying out our new tent and cots. Wyatt had a great time and took over the cot meant for Jay (Wyatt and I fit on it just fine because its an oversized cot) and made Jay slept on the standard size cot. It would have been a lot nicer if Wyatt would have slept on the ground on the comfy bed I had made him, but he saw the cot and decided it was for him. I slept quite poorly. Something about having a 20 month old's fingers up your nose, around your throat, in your ear, tangled in your hair...well you get the picture. He thrashes around more than his mother. Well, here are a series of photos.