We went to Colorado the week after Labor Day and had a fun time camping. We went to Pueblo the first day and saw my aunt and uncle and cousins and stayed with my parents. Then the next day, we drove out to the campground, just past Buena Vista. We stayed there for two nights and then drove up to Frisco to the condo. We went swimming at the condo in the hot tub and the "cold tub" (according to Bekah) and slept in real beds. =) Then we went to Greeley the next day and saw Harper's family, spent the night there, and came home. It was a fun trip. Our campsite was right along the Arkansas River and it was too late to go rafting, but we blew up Titus' pool toy and the girls rafted down the river in that until it popped. =)
Bekah told me her penguin's name is "Pinga Love Precocious." Super cute.
Oh, when we got home from camping, Emily was supposed to be in the City Spelling Bee. She was super excited and already knew most of the 8th grade words. I asked her how she knew how to spell pompadour and she said the girls do their hair that way in Anne of Avonlea when they visit Diana's aunt. Ha! =P Too funny. Well I had a major Mom Fail and I thought the spelling bee was Saturday night. We got there and nobody was there... I checked my email and it had already happened on Friday night. Ugggggggh. How rotten is that? She forgave me and got over it pretty quickly, but it was still a bummer. I felt awful.
We had a spontaneous birthday party for Lainey on the 9th at High Park with the Blanchettes, Taverners, and Nellie and Brandon. =) And Tatum's sister Tova and her kids, too. It was fun. Titus pulled up for the first time that day! He is pulling up and crawling and just being so big and cute.
Em came and told me earlier today that Lainey was in Titus' room crying. I asked if she knew why and she said Lainey told her that Titus was just getting big too fast. Harper and I went up there and she told him the same thing. She is sad that he is getting big and crawling because he's not going to be a baby anymore. I told her I have cried about the same thing, and I remember when either she or Bekah outgrew the 3 month clothes and I cried about that, but now they are big and I like having them big, too. =) We told her it will be fun to ride bikes with him someday and how sometime pretty soon he will start saying her name and maybe he will call her Nay-Nay like Bekah did or Yaina, like Emily did. =)
The other day, Echo and I canned peach and blueberry jam and a bunch of beans and the kids all played together all afternoon. When we were putting them to bed, I was telling Harper how good they had all been and that they all played together so well. Then Emily was like "No, not REALLY! Do you want to hear what Lainey did?" Her tone got nasty. "SHE hit me in the SHOVEL with a HEAD!!!" lol And then we all totally cracked up.
Okay kids are ready for bed and calling me. =P Later!
