We Hit the Woods!

We found all sorts of interesting water life, including tadpoles in various stages of change. It was the first time I had seen frogs with tails! Later we came back with bread to feed all the fish. A couple people in our campsite loop saw snakes, and even a dead rattler. Alette really wanted to go for a snake hunt but I managed to distract her with the promise of a treat (the once in a lifetime opportunity to eat a bag of oreos).


The girls enjoy an early morning snack around the campfire. It was wonderful to be somewhere chilly enough to enjoy a morning fire!


No, Alette does not have seriously rotten teeth. She has been begging for oreos ever since she had them as a snack at nursery school. So her big treat during camping was a bag of mini-oreos-and she was even willing to share one with me.


Abria enjoys some reading in the afternoon sun.


On our way home we stopped by Boulder Field, an absolutely amazing sight! It is acres and acres of huge boulders in the middle of the forest. It'll be fun to visit in a year or two when the girls are a little more capable of scrambling up and down the huge rocks (and are wearing something other than flipflops and crocs).
Alette was so excited to go camping that she broke down in tears when I missed the exit-I actually almost started crying too, but only because the next exit was nearly 9 miles away.
Andy helped set up and spent the first night with us. A big help since the girls were anxious to get going in the morning-they wanted to hike, play on the playground, see the fish, run in the meadow and on and on. Andy helped them burn off some energy while I got to relax back at the campsite :).
Some highlights include swimming in the lake, seeing tadpoles, wild turkeys, and deer, building campfires, and (for the girls) not bathing for three days. Yes, they were stinky...there is only so much lake water can help.