Campout fun, my singing boy:)

I have fallen a bit off my usual post every week to ten days. Things have been a bit crazy. We were just gone for almost a week, up in La Crete for my niece's wedding and our Fehr family campout. We had a great time, and traveling with the kids went pretty well. We don't have the world's best travelers I'm sure, but I would say they're probably above average for the age they're at. We did not have to tent at the campout as originally thought, thanks to Tina and Danny sleeping in their house and letting us use their trailer. This turned out to be a huge blessing for us! We had a lot of fun, but as always, it was good to come home again.

Adam was a bit high maintenance the first day of the campout, but once he got used to his surroundings a bit he started having fun. He even walked outside in the rain without an issue! He slept very well for the most part, with the exception of our last night there when he kept crying on and off and we had to take him into bed with us. I don't know if I've mentioned this about him before, but a few months back, he started sucking on his food. He is so bad for this, especially at lunch time when he starts getting tired - he uses his food as a soother almost! Very frustrating, and man does he get mad when you have to pry that food out of his mouth at naptime. He sings all the time - still only Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, but he's added some of the words - "Kwinko Kwinko ha ha sar". It is so cute! I sing him so many other songs, and keep hoping to hear one of those songs come out of his mouth, but so far no luck.

Lynsey also really loved the campout! She loved Georgia's playhouse, and had a lot of fun playing with Georgia and Julia. We also stopped in at Brian's parents on the way home and she was thrilled about that, as she claimed she had REALLY missed Grandma and Grandpa Kroeker:). Sharing a room with Adam continues to work reasonably well most days, but some days are still a struggle (as I type, Lynsey is singing at the top of her lungs and Adam has just joined in - they certainly do like distracting each other!).

Our yard continues to make advancements. The fence is done, the deck is almost done (just need railing) and the retaining wall in the front got done while we were gone. They have to come back and fix it because it's not quite straight, but they're coming tomorrow so hopefully it's an easy fix and we can get some grass put in soon. I am really looking forward to having the landscaping done so we can start working on the basement (and by "working on" I mean "hiring out").