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Doey Journal

Doey was in town, so naturally Pippi’s journal entry was about Doey.

“Doey is my best friend. I love her a lot even though she barely plays with me….”

Doey,

If you guys are best friends, I suggest you play with her a bit more!

Every few Sundays, I tell the kids I want to take their picture before they get out of their Sunday clothes. This Sinday, Scout said, “WHY!!! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE OUR PICTURES?” I answered, because I gave you good genes, and I want to remember you when you were less obnoxious this Sunday, than you will be next Sunday!

So glad I took them…because these might be some of my favorite pictures yet…

And the funniest part is…Scout is always the best when I take pictures!

Then we went to see Great Grandma, and got one of my favorite pictures with her to date!

Wasabi

While at sushi, I told the kids that whoever would take a bite of wasabi, would earn Yogurtland.

I had two takers.

Both ate it, both’s eyes got huge, both got Yogurtland.

Flag Hill Hike

We always try to hike Flag Hill on the fourth.

Because of Navy’s burned foot, we skipped this year.

But it gnawed at me, so today…on July 7th we hiked.

Patriot Hill was a beast.

After five straight days in the intense heat…nobody was really prepared for this hike…but I told them we at least needed to do half of the hike. Everyone was in great spirits, and Pippi is a total trooper…she was rad.

Once we made it to the Tree of Life, the kids were good to turn around. I pushed for two more hills, and they did them with gusto.

When we got back to the car, Dash found a stink big, and thought it would be nice to bring it back to Navy who couldn’t come.

I was dying that he was holding his nose while holding it!

And Pippi asked to smell the stink bug!

How funny…until she went in for her second whiff, and he got it too close on purpose…so she hit him, and with more attitude than I have ever had, she said, “That’s what you get.”

HalleYOUlah

Pippi sat across from me this morning singing and drawing.

As she drew an octopus family, she sang “HalleYOUlah….HalleYoulah”!

This girl is the cutest thing in the whole world.

Then I joined in with some harmonies…and she not-so-kindly asked me to stop.

CopyCat Treasure Hunt

The day after I set up a treasure hunt for the kids while camping, I heard Dash and Navy up to something. I called for them, but they kept putting me off because they were doing something. When they finally came, I saw Dash throw something away. I asked them what they had been doing, but they wouldn’t tell me because they knew I had wanted them 10 minutes earlier. They were all sorts of smiles, so I investigated Dash’s trash and looked to see if I could figure out why they were so happy..and then I saw this:

A rhyming treasure hunt!

How cute is Navy!!!

DOHO Camping

The coaches always camp at Doheny over the fourth of July.

Last year we stopped in for a bit, and that got Micah’s juices flowing for this year.

So this year, we had a campsite for four days about 1/2 a mile from our home.

I wasn’t there the whole time. Of course I slept at home, but I also was at home a bit to do a bunch of stuff to help my dad out in Utah. But every single time I went down (a few times a day) the kids were all in hog heaven!

The campfires were a total hit…s’mores and hot dogs galore.

We had the best seats in the house for fireworks this year. I promised the kids I would take a raft out in the water for even better seats…but was so relieved when they said the water was too cold!

The group of kids was a really nice bunch of kids.

And amazingly…the adults were raving over our kids and how nice and helpful they constantly were the whole time.

Pippi “shook” or more like offered a royal hand to be kissed, to a really nice officer who stopped by the campgrounds.

He then let her talk all she wanted on his loud speaker. It was all cute and fun, until Navy came in and wanted a turn. She spoke in Mandarin the whole time, and I was beaming from ear to ear with pride. That is, until Scout came up from the water cracking up at what she was saying….apparently she said, “Hi, my name is Navy. What is your name? Is it Bum Hole?”

She then had to go apologize to Dash’s kindergarten teacher’s aide (Mrs. Keyvon), who also happened to be camping with us!

I felt a bit bad about not being there as much, so I put together a fun treasure hunt for the kids. It was supposed to wash up in a bottle from the ocean…but unfortunately Micah choked on that part. So we just told them about the next hidden clue.

The kids ran to Lifeguard station #9, and Navy found the clue! She read it, and sent this group of kids all over Doheny, until they finally ended up back at the campground to dig for the final box of (Dollar Store) treasure!

It was pretty fun to see them all so excited.

In the end, Camping was a total hit for our kids. Micah loved most of it, except the rudest camping neighbors ever. And I love my back and forth, except on the day that the heat wave was in full force, and we hit 103 degrees!