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Reese is taking swimming lessons.  In this class, the parents get into the pool with the kids, so Amy and I have been taking turns going to the pool with her.  Today was my day, so Reese and I headed out to the pool.

We had a good time.  Reese is really getting good at going under water and we even "dove" to the bottom of the pool together to get a toy.  She is also able to pull herself out of the pool all by herself if you take her over to the wall.

Since the class gets over close to 7pm, Reese sometimes falls asleep on the way home.  Because of this, we always make sure to change her into dry clothes before putting her in the van so we can put her right into bed if she is asleep when we get home.

We get out to the van and I tell Reese to stand just inside the sliding door so we can get her wet swim suit off.  She looks around and says to me, "No, Daddy! I don't want everyone to see my butt!"

Where do they come up with this stuff? 

My Dad was visiting for the past couple of weeks and, among other things, we went camping while he was here.  Dad, Amy, Reese, Mara and I all went camping!  We decided that Storm could come on the next trip since we would probably have enough excitement with the girls along.

Not wanting to get too far away (in case an "abort mission" was necessary) we decided to go to Lake Georgetown.  We bought a tent that (I kid you not) had two rooms, sleeps 8, allowed me to stand upright in the center, and had it's own covered porch attached (not your standard backpacking tent).  It really did the job well, even if it did get a puncture in the bottom from the stick hidden in the grass.

We had initially hoped to have dinner and breakfast at the campsite, but time got away from us and we had to resort to having KFC for dinner.  Just as well since it took us a while to get camp set up after getting out there.

The girls really liked being out by the lake.  Reese really enjoys being outside and this was outside at it's best!  We did have to have a talk with her about how far she could go toward the lake without someone with her.

I went to check out the fence that bordered the campsite and stood between us and the lake.  I noticed some of the bushes along the ground had some good size thorns... and raspberries!  There were wild raspberries and blackberries growing right by our tent.  Reese and I gave them a try (they were pretty sour), but Amy chickened out.

As night fell, we lit a campfire and broke out the s'more fixins.  Reese didn't care so much for the complete sweet sandwich and opted for the marshmallow alone.

Reese brought along her "personalized" sleeping bag and curled up in the tent and fell right off to sleep.  Mara went to sleep too in her car seat at Reese's feet.

We played cards by lanternlight for a while and then turned in ourselves.

Halfway through the night, my snoring proved too much for the campers and I was banished to the van for the remainder of the evening...

I think the easiest thing to make in the morning is breakfast tacos.  We did have to modify the cooking arrangement a bit since there was no cooking grid on the firepit.  Instead, we had to pile some wood into the permanent grill and put the pan on top.  It wasn't working really well until I poured the grease from the bacon on top.  That got the cook fire going well enough to scramble the eggs!

After breakfast, we all took a stroll down by the lake.  Reese and Grandpa went off exploring while Amy and I hung down by the water with Mara.

At this point, it was close to naptime, and since we only got the site for one evening, we figured it would be good to head back.  Besides, we still had some work to do finishing the desk.  More on that in my next post...

So, after not blogging for a while, I needed something good to come back with.  Well, I have it.  I don't believe I need to say anything else...