In Thanks of Grandparents

This past week my parents took Devin, Brent and Shannon camping! They were gone for 3 days and 2 nights and had an absolute blast. They went to a local “kid friendly” (or possibly more appropriately “grandparent friendly”) campground that came complete with a trampoline, pool, waterslide, craft time and hay rides. Not exactly a back-to-nature trip but a different kind of fun. When we tucked them in last night their prayers were as follows: Brent: God, thank you that we could go camping. Shannon: God, thank you that I could feed the seagulls. Devin: God, thank you that I can go to sleep!

SO what did the mouse do while the cats were away?!?!?! I did some scrapbooking, went out for a Thai dinner followed by a Chai Tea Latte with a dear friend (who I don’t see often enough), did some more scrapbooking, had guests for dinner (I even put a table cloth on the table!) and went shopping, followed by tea at my cousin’s house (a random bump into in the Costco parking lot!).

Yes, a good time was had by ALL. Well, Mark still had to go to work, but he did get to enjoy the fruits of my culinary labours…

Kangaroo Milk Anyone?

Our first camping trip in our new trailer was at the end of June. We headed up to Green Acres in Waterloo, and joined all my relatives on my mom’s side for a weekend of fabulous fun and fellowship. Shannon was the youngest in attendance and received much attention and provided much entertainment. For example:

Shannon goes to visit Aunt Tess in her trailer and politely asks for some juice. Aunt Tess informs her she only has “Kangaroo” milk (because life is never normal when Aunt Tess is around!) Shannon agrees to try some. When asked if she likes it: “Yeah! It makes me HOP!” And she proceeded to hop all around the camp site.

Shannon had a great time with all her older cousins. None of them could resist when she would grab their hand and say "Come on, lets go play!" I don't know how many times I heard "She just doesn't stop! She's tuckered me out!" And that coming from those under the age of 15! At one point she had Allison pretending to be soldiers and they were marching all around. "One, Two, Three" I noticed a sigh of relief, followed by laughter when Shannon suddenly called out "COMPANY HALT!" When I asked her where she learned to talk like that she replied: "Well, I'm a soldier, and that's what soldier's say!" At ease, Private!

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