Payton's Day

Today Payton was busy! She started the day going on a field trip with her class to Dairy Queen. She usually doesn't go on Fridays, but she heard about the trip for ice cream, so off she went. I picked her up around 12:30 and then we were just home for the afternoon. After dinner Payton and I met a friend of mine and her son to see Ice Age 3. This was the first trip to the theater for Payton. She was so excited just walking up to the building it was so cute. She was just giddy when it started. She loved the seats, the red lights lining the walkway, the "big TV", the projector, all the people... She did end up in my lap as soon as the big dinosaurs showed up, but she did just fine. Brian told me to get popcorn and candy and do the whole thing. So we snacked away. My friend Erin's son had never been to the theater either and he loved it too. We were so surprised actually that the evening went off without a hitch. We got home around 8:30 and Brian had pitched our tent in the backyard. Payton has been begging for weeks to camp out there. So tonight is perfect weather and we decided earlier in the week that it was time to try it out. So they are out there with about 10 books Payton picked out, all their blankets, flashlights and Payton's favorite stuffed bear. Brian took the laptop and a book as well. We will have to see in the morning how it all turns out. It will be interesting to see if she makes it all night! We will have to see...

Our Fourth of July

We spent the holiday weekend with my sister Nicole and her family at their cabin in Crivitz, WI. Well, their cabin is currently being built and Brian really wanted to go and help out. So he was able to help Jason knock off some of the work and we were able the camp for the weekend. By day 3 I will say I was doing much better with the camping thing, but it took me about a day to get over the kids being grubby and constantly being after Addison to make sure she wasn't getting into anything she shouldn't. Guess i am a hotel kind of girl. Ha!

On the actual fourth we went to the beach. Payton was always timid with the water, but this time she walked right in up to her chest. She lost her footing once and fell down. Brian scooped her up right away, but she did go under. She couldn't have cared less. It was nice to see for once that she didn't totally freak and get out of the water. Addie was loving all the attention from our nephew Nick. He didn't leave her side the entire weekend. We went to see some fireworks that night. Addison fell asleep on the car ride and we let her sleep until about an hour before the show. Those girls had the time of their lives with their cousins and glow sticks while we were waiting for the fireworks to start. Once they started Payton cowered in Brian's lap, she was spooked after someone behind us shot off a bottle rocket. Addison was ooooing and ahhing the entire time. So funny how different they were!

When we were getting to leave on Sunday for home our niece Elizabeth was begging for Payton to stay and Nick was asking for Addie to stay! It was so cute.