Hike-in camping

Brian, his uncle Peter and I went on a hike-in camping adventure last weekend. It was at Tettegouche State park. We had to pack every thing we would need and hike in 1.7 miles on rough terrain. (what ever was packed in also had to packed out) I didn't know what to expect with the terms"rough" terrain but it ended up being like a gravel road that was very hilly. (but it was totally do-able) Once we got to the camp site we had a cabin to stay in. The cabin was great-little log cabin with bunk beds, no running water (but there was a shower and toilet at the camp), a small fridge, a wood burning fireplace, a screened-in porch and oh yeah..mickey the mouse! We didn't see much of him but we did see his teeth marks once in our butter! (so we packed things aways after that) It was a great weekend. Brian whittled walking sticks, I spiked my coffee and Peter cooked all our food for us! (no sink so I had to wash the dishes on the picnic table outside-but I totally didn't mind washing dishes there-I had a lake view with the sounds of loons in the back round) On Saturday we ended up having this grand plan about going for a "little hike", you know only about 1-2 hours of hiking, well 5 hours later we ended up back at our cabin. The plan was to get to the waterfall and head back, but the falls were much further away than I had thought. I did whine a little bit on the way back, but I held my own and actually ended up having a blast! I only fell once, clung onto two rocky cliffs, saw a couple of frogs, 1 snake and a lot of amazing nature. I forgot my camera at my Grandma's the night before so I ended up buying a disposable one for the trip-it'll take a week to get pictures back. To sum it up the weekend was great-getting on a canoe, spending time outside with amazing nature and weather and a lot of hiking. I know it's a little crazy but I can't wait to go back next year!

Mine!

We have started the "MINE" phase. Lately every thing is Axel's! It doesn't matter what it is. He is very sweet about it but still it's "MINE"!

Axel had a weight check this week. We've been doing them once a month to keep a close eye on his weight. He weighs-21 pounds and 3 ounces. Still growing!!

Shoes

Axel has begun his shoe obsession. (Shelly I know you'll understand this one!) He can't get enough of shoes. He will have me put his shoes on, then take them off, then get dad's shoes, put those on, take them off and start over with mom's shoes. He does the same thing with his socks. On then off, on again then off. It's funny watching him try and walk around in Brian and my shoes. Axel also has a new favorite pair of shoes. It's his first pair of Keen's-he got them for his B-day-but they are still to big for him. I made the mistake of trying them on him this weekend and now they are the only shoes, beside our shoes, that he wants to wear. Axel will also bring us our shoes and make us put them on. I have to say "No thanks, mom likes to be barefoot" and then show him my feet but he will just say "shoe" and still try and push shoes on to my feet. It's totally cute but it gets to be a long afternoon of putting shoes on and off.