I love watching you spend time with your Great Grandma and Grandpa Stetson. These two are so important to me! I love them so much. I always watch them and wonder what kind of Grandpa my Dad would be. You weren't shy at all with them and walked right up giving them both hugs and calling them Grandma and Grandpa! I was so glad that you kind of remembered them. I think most of it was talking about them before we went down! :)
We went swimming at the hotel pool one day. To be honest this is one of my favorite memories from the trip. It was just the four of us and we had a blast. You and Olivia loved swimming with your floaties and giving me heart attacks! Both of you were really brave around the water! :) It was just fantastic to watch you and Liv and your Dad playing. Of course I played too, but I can't watch myself! ;) You were pretty brave and even jumped from the edge into our arms! :) That's a big improvement in the brave Bently skills! :)
Another highlight was going to the beach. :) I wondered how you and Olivia would react and I was very excited to see what happened. You liked the water for about two seconds before you decided it was scary! You would occasionally come back in when prompted but you never got over your fear. To be honest I don't know how much fun you actually had at the beach. I know you loved building sand castles with us. And we buried your legs in the sand which you also loved. But there were a lot of rough moments for you! We had to rinse you off because you were covered in sand but you refused to go in the water so we brought buckets of water up and dumped them on your head. We were pretty much done when you had a mini freak out and ran away and into a hole. Again covering your self with sand! You were hilarious. You actually fell in the sand quite a few times and mostly you would just lay there, looking pathetic until someone came and picked you up. You were very cold and done by the end. I have some adorable pictures of you pouting at the beach! ;) Another bad thing that happened to you was: You wanted to come in the water with me. I called you out and honestly I wasn't very deep. You started running to me. You hadn't gotten very deep when a wave was coming and you got hit smack int he chest knocking you over and dragging you to shore. Magically you kept your head above the water which was good because you didn't drowned but also amazing because it meant your Dad and I got a great view of your facial expression. It's so mean to laugh but your panicked face was hilarious! Your Dad and I both laughed a really long time at you. Which you did not appreciate! ;) You must not have hated it though because you still talk about the beach and going back. Actually you ask all the time when we can go sleep in a hotel again or go on vacation! You just loved it that much!
I wanted to write down that you always say, "mean" instead of "mad". I've tried correcting you but it does no good. It's hard to take you seriously when you are saying "I'm so mean at you!" It's pretty stinking adorable! :)
Oh we went camping! I don't know where the idea came from but you decided one day you wanted to go camping and never really let the idea go. Now I'm pretty darn pregnant and it's September so I was a little concerted about going camping. But once you sad you wanted to go camping and see the stars I felt like I couldn't tell you no. So literally the same day we went is when we decided we were going. It was extremely last minute! We were going to do hot dogs for dinner but you don't like hot dogs for some weird reason. So we made tinfoil dinners, loaded up the car and went. We received a recommendation for a campsite since we didn't know any in the area. We were concerned because we were going the Wednesday-Thursday before Labor day weekend. We weren't sure how many people would be there. Well when we arrived it turns out we were the only people there besides an elderly couple! It was a beautiful place! It was right by a lake and there were cows everywhere! We set up the tent with some difficulty seeing as you and Olivia kept crawling under the tent claiming to be bugs! ;) We got the fire going which you loved!
Then it was time to go to the bathroom because again I'm pregnant. And you of course had to go as well. The bathrooms were really clean but they were just an outhouse. No running water at all. No sink no nothing. I didn't realize how much this would concern you. You kept asking me where the flusher and the sink were. You then proceeded to show me where the flusher and the sink "used" to be. Every time we went you were concerned about this. It kept me giggling and made all the potty breaks worth the effort! :) At one point we went to the bathroom and it was almost dark. You ask if Daddy and Olivia were going to leave us. I said, "No remember we're staying here tonight." You looked up at me with your innocent little blue eyes and shakily said, "Here? In this bathroom?" I laughed really hard! :) It was pretty cute that you thought we were sleeping in the bathroom.
We saw lots of animals including a bunch of rabbits. You loved the rabbits and asked you what their names were. They were Tarzan and Tarzan's girlfriend. You always forget her name is Jane. You loved watching for them and telling us which rabbit it was. I think there were probably more than two rabbits in our camp area but you always were convinced it was the same two! We also saw a chipmunk that you ask if you could pet. (uh..no) :) And lots of deer!
You wanted to see the stars so we stayed up later than we normally would have with two little kids. Well Dad got impatient and gave you Dramamine to help you sleep but we didn't time it so good so you were loosing it because you got so tired. So you saw stars but you were a little cranky, begging to go in the tent and sleep. Well we finally did! We didn't have padding for you so you slept on the hard floor in a sleeping bag. I don't think you cared though, you fell asleep pretty fast!
The next morning we were trying to clean up and leave but you were having a rough morning. You were tired cranky and emotional! You kept hitting Olivia/not listening and finally your Dad and I had enough. After both of us getting after you, you sadly exclaimed, "Why is everyone picking on me!?!" It was sad and hilarious!
The next day we had promised you we were going to play in the lake that was close by. But we woke up to cold and cloudy weather. I kept hoping it would clear up by the time we left but that didn't happen. We had been the lake the day before to cope it out and had decided since no one was there we would wade in the lake by the boat ramp. Well, when we drove up the boat ramp was covered in a herd of cows. Now your Dad and I aren't big animal people and we weren't sure how the cows would react to us. I was ready to give up but you were crying pretty hard begging to go to the lake and swim. You told us you loved being cold! Haha! So we must have looked crazy as we changed you into your swimming suit and marched down to the lake a little ways away from the cows. While the boat ramp part of the lake was rocky, this part of the lake was muddy. Extremely muddy. You were so angry we weren't at the other part and we told you to get in but you didn't really want to. Finally as your Dad and I are discussing our options you bravely try and walk in the water. Well you stepped straight into what looked like a shallow puddle but was actually a hole that was mud up to your knees! If that wasn't hilarious enough when we got you out of the mud puddle you had landed on your bum and thus had a big muddy stain in the middle of your butt! We kept teasing you that you pooped your pants which made you really mad! Ops!
Finally we decided to brave the cows because you were so sad! Luckily the cows moved away from us and it turned out to be a pretty enjoyable time at the lake. Mostly you and Olivia just threw rocks of the shore. It really was cold! But you told me you had fun and loved the lake! You were so happy after being so sad that it was worth it!! I love making your dreams come true, even if they're just the little ones! :)
Wow, this letter turned out much longer than I anticipated! I love you so much handsome boy! You make me a better person every day! I love experiencing all of life's new adventures with you! :)
Love,
Mom
