Camping 2009

This is my favorite picture of Emma from the week camping. She is heading back into the freezing water, despite having just been changed out of soaking wet clothes into a shirt borrowed from her cousin Lucy.

We spent the past 5 days camping at Silverwood Lake with our family. Emma loved it! She was the youngest of the 6 kids we had with us, and they were all great with her! She loved running around trying to be a big kid, playing crack the whip, swimming in the lake, eating cherries and tasting her first s'more. We had a bit of a start the first morning though when she woke up and realized that she was in a tent and not at home but, by the 2nd day, she was waking up smiling and pointing up, telling me "Tent, Mommy." Emma is such a trouper! She also ended up with her share of battle scars, scrapes, and bruises, but never came to me crying. She just kept playing hard with the kids.


As I was loading the jeep and tying countless chairs and multiple tents onto the roof Sunday morning, this is where I found Miss Emma. I guess she was ready to go!

Lazy mornings spent lying in the tent reading books with Grandma...

Emma & Grandma roasting marshmallows.


Mmmm.... My 1st S'more...


Decorating camp hats with the cousins... Each time we camp, I buy plain baseball caps and fabric markers for the kids. Its a nice, relaxed way to spend some low-key art time with the group and the fact that they decorate their own hats makes them more likely to wear them during the week and get a bit of sun protection!

Sweet cherry-stained face by the lake...