Problems are for Solving

The last two days have been full as well. After being exhausted from all the work and play, Thursday morning brought more of the same. I went over to the McClure house to mow the lawn (it really needed it) on Thursday morning and was glad to finally get that out of the way. And glad to be doing something of work other than weeding.

That done, I came home and showered in time for lunch (starting late) and the midwife’s arrival. It was nice to hear Little Engine’s heartbeat again, and we’re pretty sure that he’s not breech at this point. We still may schedule an ultrasound to be sure, but not before our next midwife visit on the 21^st.

After Bernice left we began getting everything ready to leave for our overnight camping trip at Jubilee College State Park. We were kind of dreading it but the kids really wanted to camp, so we went ahead. We arrived at the campground at about 4:15 and unloaded and set up the tent. We hadn’t used it in quite some time and found some mold growing on it that we’ll have to figure out a way to take care of it, but it went up nicely. After setup, while Theresa fixed dinner, four of the children and I went on a geocache (see particular entry here). Then we came back and had supper of hotdogs (a taste test between ones we got at Alwan and Pottstown delis). While Alwan had better bratwursts, I liked the hotdogs from Pottstown just a bit better.

After supper we took another hike to another geocache, this time with everyone coming along. It was a bit rougher hike and I wasn’t sure we’d make it at points, but even Theresa muddled (emphasis on MUD) through. (Click the link above to see the log entry on this) We got back about bedtime and after brushing teeth everyone went to bed.

I don’t sleep well on the ground and of course my pregnant wife couldn’t get comfortable, so neither of us slept well, but we’re glad the kids had a good time.

In the morning we got up and had instant oatmeal (kids’ request!) for breakfast and then tried one more hike, this geocache unsuccessfully. Everyone was pretty tired and we got the stuff packed up and headed for the Jubilee College Historic site for our final science passport stop. We really enjoyed that and got to see a bunch of stuff from the mid 1800s and the kids got a lot of history lessons in the process.

After that we came home, hit Mr. G’s and McDonald’s drive thru for lunch (eaten at home) and then the grown-ups took a nap.

When I got up, Samuel was lying down—he’s apparently sick (likely caught from the Ben-Ezras). The Orange St. lawn was on the agenda for this afternoon and I did a little more weeding and took some overgrown sidewalk crack grass up with a flatbed shovel in the process and am glad to have the yardwork done for now at least.

The vacation is almost over—a three day weekend before I return to work. It has been wonderful to have this time with my family and not to have to travel anywhere. I’ll want to set this time aside every year if I can.

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