HAMSTER PLEASE

Art found this on his pillow the other night. I had a pretty good idea what it was about but had not read it yet. Earlier in the day, out of the blue, Sara wanted to know if she could have a hamster. So, we talked a bit about it and i told her that she would need to convince her Dad and that it would not be easy. I gave her a few tips of how she might approach her father about it - like asking him to just listen to what she has to say and don't respond until he thinks about it first. Instead of talking to him about it, she decided it would be better to write a letter. Anyway, here is what she wrote:

Dad,
I want a hamster.
(why ask when you can demand)

I will listen to you and do whatever you tell me to do like clean my room or something I'll do that till you think I can get one.
(ummm.... so what happens after you get the hamster - you stop cleaning and doing chores altogether?)

Take 3 or 4 days to think. Do we have a deal
(She really means, answer me now and say "YES")


Needless to say, there is no hamster in her immediate future!

NATURE GIRL

Our little Nature Girl is having another ear surgery tomorrow so say a little prayer please that all goes well. She is having the bone replaced that she had put in a couple years ago as it has shifted and popped through her ear drum and affected her hearing. So...... hopefully this is it for her and ear surgeries - she has had way too many.

CAMPING

We went camping last weekend in the cold and snow. I know sounds crazy, but we got a new camper and the kids were so excited to go - so, the first night we slept in the driveway and then headed to the Holly campground.

We took the wheelie with us, Sara loves that thing - i think she will actually be sad to get rid of it. She has a walker now too but does not use it a whole lot.

We went for several walks and explored as there were only two other campers in the whole park.
We drove over to the beach, walked down looked at the water, took a couple pictures and by that time we were freezing so we headed back to the car.

Even Major got to come camping with us - he loves to go wherever his family does so long as there are some birds and squirrels to bark at.

There were a couple of parks in the campground and we came across this one with monkey bars - Sara was thrilled that we let her do it - of course, we were very close by.


Jen and Sara both loved this spinny thing. They have one at school but never get to use as it is in the kindergarten play area. So, they loved spinning on it.


The girls decided it would be a good idea to do the spinner together. They would get going so fast that little Miss Flexible would just lift her legs up in the air - all the more fun right. That girl can sure contort into some crazy positions!


I think we will be camping lots this summer, they surely enjoy it!