Monday, June 18, 2012

camping trip - day 3...

our final day of camping was ended rather abruptly.
park rules state that you can set up on your site at 3pm the day of your reservation and you should be out by 3pm the day your reservation ends.
we were hanging out at our site, getting things packed, thinking about going on a bike ride when this large bus and caravan of cars parks right in front of our site on the road.  after they sat there for about 20 minutes, an older gentlemen got out of the bus and asked us, not very nicely, when we'd be out.  now, keep in mind, it was about 12:00 at this point.  we said in a bit.  well, at that point, the rudeness had made us both ready to be done.

we finished packing up and headed to the dump site.
drew managed to get things taken care of without needing my help.  whew! :)

 thumbs up for a great first camping trip.

camping trip - day 2...

we slept in til almost 9 am on tuesday morning.
we were lucky to have such great weather.
it was cool and sunny all 3 days!

we enjoyed a little snuggle time by the fire in the morning!
max had some cereal while he played with toys.

i forgot very few things.
one of those very few things is a very essential item in my book...coffee mugs.
so, i improvised and used max's plastic pirate mug.
it did the trick...kinda.

our master chef cooked pancakes over the fire for breakfast!

after breakfast we took one of many bike rides.
we discovered something interesting while camping.  all the roads seemed to be uphill.
now, this isn't such a bad thing, unless you happen to be towing 45 pounds of boy behind you in a trailer!  

we went down and checked out the beach.

it was a bit to chilly to even think about swimming. 
but they did have a playground!!!






 and what little boy doesn't like throwing rocks into the water!

 before heading back we shared some fruit snacks and got a family picture!


 drew played guitar, max napped, and i went for a run.

after nap time, max did some coloring and then he and dada went for a walk.

i relaxed by the fire with a cocktail!

and a little r&r was needed for max before bed.
he carried his little chair over and found his own place to chill.

funny story...tuesday night, while taking the garbage to the dumpster, drew ran into old friends.
while i was putting max to bed, he went to their campsite for a beer.
when he returned i was waiting patiently to resume our previous night's cribbage lesson.
max would not fall asleep.  i think the kid was up until at least 11.  
we let him come join us for a bit and gave him some milk.
he was deliriously funny.  
we had our fingers crossed that we'd all get to sleep in again!

maiden voyage - day 1...

we packed up the camper, which max calls "oshkosh," and headed to hartman creek state park.
drew and max were ready to go!

max was all strapped in and set for the drive!

my buddy and i!

our driver...got us safely to our destination!

hartman creek!!!

it didn't take us too long to get camp set up....home sweet home.

chairs around the fire.  and bikes ready to go!


max was set...gatorade, toys, and dirt!
i think he is a fan of camping!

we took a nice walk around the campground.

cooked our dinner over the fire.

and enjoyed some s'mores.

and even managed to get a picture together after all that hard work!

a boy and his dog...

max loves maggie.
he calls her "princess," "maggeroogi," and "my girl."
he loves when she sniffs him and calls it maggie kisses because maggie isn't a licker.
i look forward to maggie becoming his dog!

Sunday, June 17, 2012

take me out to the ball game...

we took max to another t-ratts game a few fridays ago.

here we are...waiting for the game to start.

he gets so into watching the game.
he cheers along, dances to the songs, yells when there is a good hit.
it's more fun to watch him than watch the game! :)

i think we have a fan on our hands!

max got to run the bases with dada again.
we had to wait for the fireworks to end and almost didn't make it.
max did NOT enjoy the loudness of the fireworks.
we have a little work to do to get him ready for the 4th of july!

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

pirate fest...

on saturday we headed to port washington for pirate fest.
max was super excited for this adventure.


here are three cute little pirates.
grammi had to buy them these pirate bandannas as soon as we got to the festival!

here is max "posing like a pirate."
notice the sword in his "pirate belt."  we were hesitant to get him a sword at all.
but we found this wooden one and max thinks it looks just like jake's sword.
and in case you didn't know, jake is the main character from disney's "jake and the neverland pirates," which happens to be max's favorite show.
jake doesn't ever "use" his sword so i think max has made that connection cause he's been really responsible with it.


max wanted his picture in front of this pirate ship! :)

there were many interesting characters at pirate fest.
this guy was dragging along a toy turtle...not quite sure why.

here is max posing like a pirate again! :)


max and lucas were really into the music.


this nice pirate gave each of them a gold deblume!
max's is now stored in his pirate chest in his room.

my buddy and i!


family shot by the water...it was WINDY!


checking it all out!


these three are such good buddies!  yeah for cousins!

we had a great day.
what a good idea grammi!
we can't wait for next year!