Hiking - Hanging Rock

We decided to skip our usual Saturday bike ride to go back to the Lower Cascades at Hanging Rock. This time, we went prepared with swimming suits! The kids loved it, especially Susie. Her lip was quivering, but she screamed every time we tried to pull her out of the water. Unlike Memorial Day, there was hardly anybody there. Perfect!

 Miss Susie was constantly putting rocks in her mouth. This is her "I didn't do anything" look.

Swimming

I took the kids swimming with some co-workers, and I was a little nervous because E hasn't been swimming in a year. I wasn't sure how he would do, but he seemed to really like it. He went down the steps to the pool on his own, and he even jumped in to me as long as I held his hands. His favorite spot was on top of one of the floats, with all the toys around him. Emma called him "King of the Toys!" S cooperated by sleeping through almost the entire outing!

Mega Road Trip Day 1 and 2

We started out on our road trip after work on Friday, and made it to Atlanta before midnight. The next morning we got up and decided to head to World of Coke. It was pretty neat (way overpriced though) and it helped wear E out for the next leg of our journey. We made it to Gulfport, Mississippi with some time to spare and had time to go out to eat, swim a little bit, and get a good nights sleep. E was a real champ in the car!

E's favorite part was the conveyer belt that moved the bottles of coke around.

He also liked the "tuck"

"Where are we, E?"

He is much more comfy in the water than over the summer.

More Swimming

Cam had the cub scout swimming party, so E and I tagged along. He did ok in the pool, but wouldn't it be our luck that there was something to distract him again - you guess it. A dog! Sometime we'll go swimming and there won't be a dog!!

Life is tough, pool hopping and playing with dogs!

Our new friend Nina