"Hold my hand mama!"

Last weekend we went for an overnight camping trip with Sawyer's school. He had never been camping before and was very excited about his new sleeping bag. We stayed up at a great spot near Deception Pass with 35 other families. It rained part of the time, but luckily they had cabins for us to sleep in and a lodge for meals, so really it worked out fine. Sawyer tie dyed a shirt for the first time and played with his buddy Oliver "bubs", Tiago, and a new little girl from Germany that spoke no English, Lilly. Luckily, for us we had our own cabin, so I didn't have to worry about Reese waking others up in the middle of the night. I was also nervous about Sawyer sleeping on the top bunk, which you know is where he wanted to be. We finally were able to convince him that it would be even more fun if we lined up the mattress' on the floor in the middle of the room and then laid all of our sleeping bags next to each other. He decided that this would be a great plan IF he could hold mama's hand. Awwwwww! And he did. All night. When he would wake up at night he would find my hand again and grab it. Even in the morning when he woke up, the first thing he did was grab my hand and he said "mama, leave you hand right here!" We didn't sleep great, but the kids did fine. We finished off the camping trip with a mile hike down to the beach through a gorgeous forest, with the primary goal of finding slugs! :)

Birds

While we were in Hawaii, Reese developed this obsession with birds and chickens. They really catch her attention and she will watch them for the longest time. She also learned to clap and wave while we were in Hawaii. We watched a short hula show and she clapped through the whole thing! She is 10 months old and growing way too fast.

I love you

So after coming off of a couple of hard weeks with rough bedtimes and tantrums, Sawyer has been super snuggly and affectionate. Tonight he asked me to come listen to Papa read him a story for bedtime. I said "of course, just let me go put on my pajamas." He said "okay mama, be safe." and then walked back into his room. A second later, he ran back and said "because I love you." Then he gave me the tightest hug ever. Moments like this would make anyone melt!