Hiding things

Henry has started to hide things.  He doesn't do it on purpose, but he innocently takes important things and puts them in weird places.  One day I couldn't find his shoes.  I looked for 45 minutes, no exaggeration.  It was important as we were meeting people at the park and a kid needs shoes.  I ended up having to squeeze him into his baby Robeez, only to find the shoes immediately after our return at the bottom of the basement stairs.  He had thrown them down there the night before I guess.  The next day I had had a long day and dramatically poured myself a glass of wine and decided to go and watch the Bachelorette.  No remote.  I got into the family room and proceeded to look under every single one of the couch cushions on our massive couch, under the couch, in the bookshelf, in the tupperware drawer, spice drawer, etc.  Nope.  I finally discovered I could change the mode on the television using the cable box.  The next day I happened to glance into my rubber boot which was way over in the mud room and the remote was in there.  Since then the boots have become a preferred  place to hide things, so I always look there.  Also I've noticed him throwing a ton of things down the stairs now, so most things aren't missing for long anymore...

Horse camp

Dusty and messy after a day at camp:

Paige and Bailey:

Paige's only complaint at camp was that she didn't get to ride the horses as much as she would like.  They played super fun camp games and got dirty...and ate massive chocolate bars which I outlawed form her diet on day 3.  I had no idea the money i sent was buying full sized chocolate bars?? Talk about unhealthy!
Paige is going to try riding lessons in the fall.  She is such a huge animal lover.  It'll be good I think.

Paige's 7th birthday!

Seven years!? Grade 2??? What?!

Paige's birthday was on a horse back riding camp day, so we had a pancake breakfast early in the morning, followed by a few presents.  Of course we had more pizza for dinner. The day wasn't very eventful in terms of birthday activities...but we had Great Wolf Lodge to look forward to on the weekend...

A few days before Paige's actually birthday, the family came over to celebrate Paige, James, and my birthdays. We had pizza and cake of course. 

Happy Birthday my happy, smart, fun girl!

Birthday/Anniversary trip to Taboo Resort

Mike went to Taboo Resort for a work function a while ago and mentioned it would be great for us to go there, so we quickly decided to go there for an anniversary celebration.  Grandma and Grandpa were staying at the cottage which is just a bit north of the resort, so they offered to come pick up the girls and keep them for 2 nights.  Of course they would have taken Henry too, it's just not possible yet, so he came along for the weekend, which was pretty cute. The day we left happened to be my birthday as well so it was a bit of a birthday celebration in a way.  I had 2 spa treatments while we were there, and Mike went to the gym a couple of times.  We didn't do too much, but that was the plan.  We had to eat room service though as the restaurant was fancy and Henry was teething.  Breakfast was a buffet which was doable as we could eat quickly. 

The view from our room:

 Henry's "silly face":

The fake coyote decoy that i thought was real from a distance.  (still haunted by my coyote encounter):

 Henry fussy at the restaurant for lunch

 Another meltdown:

At the spa on my birthday

 Just the three of us:

 Ok...that one's a cheat.. Mike wasn't there but Henry was sleeping in his stroller.  I strolled him along to force him to sleep while mike had a small nap. I sat for a bit but forgot my book and was quite annoyed.

 Ordered birthday treats for room service which turned out to be comically pint sized:

To keep baby quite in restaurant, fed fruit loops:

It was really nice to get away to a new place, and the girls had a fabulous time at the cottage.  It'll be fun to look back on the trip and think of how small Henry was, and that we had some alone time with him too.  Oh--It wasn't buggy at all because of the crazy winds which was a good thing.  But, there was certainly a ton of goose poo on the ground--they could do something about that next time...

Preschool year end party time

Rose's preschool party at Lowville park

Rose and her best friend Claire with their teacher Mrs. Sim