Hanging Around with Hayden

Back to the Sweetest Place on Earth...

...that would be Hershey, Pennsylvania, not to be confused with Mayor Nagin's Chocolate City, Louisiana

Tressa shows us "Hershey Park HAPPY!"
(I know, sooo cliche.)

Evan: "Dinos are so three years ago." frown.

Hayden: joyful giggles and shrieks. big smile.

...been there, done that. And we'll be back!

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Camp Meeting at Craig's parents' church.

Here we are visiting with Craig's Aunt Arlene and Uncle Dick in the family cabin on the church campground.

(Have I ever mentioned what a pistol Tressa can be?)

Two weeks later...

...what have we done without Meghan?

Our first stop was Hershey Park (as seen in my last post).

Craig took Evan to see the Nats play (and win!) They had front row seats and were shown on TV during the 9th inning. I wish I could say they were wild and crazy waving a big foam finger. But they were just deadpans. The third base coach tossed Evan an official ball.

Tressa adopted two new webkinz - Sheepie and Cherry von YumYum. Evan adopted one new webkinz - Flipper.

I gave away 3 huge bags of Meghan's beloved animals. Shh! Don't tell her! At least that many remain, however!

We went to Staples to get Meghan's and Evan's school supplies. It was a madhouse.

Evan and Tressa had many, many "sleepovers" in Tressa's room. And they stayed up late with Evan reading to Tressa.

I rearranged the playroom.

Hayden regressed from sippy cup back to the bottle.
I tried to help Evan get better riding his bike, but the gnats were too annoying. And Hayden was annoying too as he kept running off in all the wrong directions. Evan perservered without me and Sean's dad helped him. (Get out the 'Good Neighbor' award.) Now Evan's much improved and loves riding.

Evan and Tressa really wanted to go to Chuck E's, but Craig and I didn't think it would be very nice to go without Megsie! They argued that Meghan was having a blast at camp and probably making s'mores every night... so why shouldn't they get one night of Chuck's? Nonetheless, we went to CiCi's, their second choice.

Psyche season premier!

I did the watering for Meghan. Evan did the rest of her chores.

And last but not least, we missed her!!!!

While the cat's away...

After we left Meghan at camp, the rest of us spent a few hours at Hershey Park. First all three kids rode some little rides together. Then Craig took the big kids on the Coal Cracker. Then just Craig and Evan did some big rides - Lightning Racer, Wild Cat, and Wild Mouse. Meanwhile I gave the little ones ice cream for dinner and took them on some little rides. I was a bit concerned about letting Hayden ride with Tressa (usually he rides with Meghan), because I thought he might try to climb out mid-ride and she's not real aggressive about saving his life. Thankfully he stayed put! (I've never had to worry with any of the other kids... but Hayden is a whole different kind of animal.)

Taking Meghan to Camp

Daddy's going to miss Meggie... And she'll miss him too!

(Actually, Meghan was just pretending to be sad... she really couldn't wait till we left! Two weeks without us? Easy-cheesy lemon-squeezy, as Megs would say. I think she'll be fine.)