Reading & Tomatoes

We were trying to get E to come to the table for dinner but she insisted on finishing her book....

Elsa and I went out to check on the garden- so far it's looking pretty good.

bush beans-growing like crazy

Something is eating the leaves of this one.

 the first green pepper

We're getting lots of cherry and regular tomotoes- The animals have stayed clear of them so far (knock 

on wood)!

This tomato plant is going crazy- I think I need a bigger cage for it. Can I replace the cage without messing it up? 

It just seems so squished but I am scared to mess with it.

The only litte animal getting into my tomatoes is this one-

 I guess she thought it was ready to be picked!

 

                           Where's Elsa?

 that hiding spot never got old- we played that for a good 15 minutes!

Ohiopyle

We joined our ward for a campout at Ohiopyle State Park. This was Elsa's first camping trip and I was a little nervous about taking her, but lots of other families had lots of little ones going so I knew it would be fun for her and us.

The first thing we did when we got there was join a group that were at the natural water slides. 

E absolutely loved it and didn't care that it was cold. 

 When I made this towel for E, I never imagined Alex would get some use out of it as well!

Alex went down this scary natural water slide...it was hard to watch-didn't want to end up in the ER!

Back at camp, E had fun running around with some of the other kids...

looking (screaming) at each other through the tent windows

 getting Alex through the tent window

 soaking herself

Elsa didn't nap at all that day (can't blame her with all the excitement going on) and didn't go to sleep till almost 10 that night. It rained hard  all night and she did not sleep well. She woke up at 5 and we were all pretty wet. I wasn't sure what to do with a 21 month old stuck in a tent at 5am while it was raining outside. Eventually, when it was late enough that I didn't feel bad if she woke others up, we ventured outside and played in the rain.

 Checking out all the rain falling from the leaves

We decided to take off but stopped at Cucumber Falls to check out the waterfall. It was really pretty. Wished we could of hiked down but it was chilly, threatening rain, and a grumpy toddler.

 

the grumpy toddler-she wanted nothing to do with pictures.

Maybe next time!

How Elsa likes to spend her afternoons

Elsa's signature sandwich

When Elsa received her play kitchen, it came with 4 tupperware containers full of of food, utensils, tea sets, etc. I only pulled out half of it to start. Today I pulled out the rest of the play food and E has been thoroughly entertained.

 Anyone care for a pickle, lettuce, egg, pea, donut, and tomato sandwich?

 E's leaning tower of food

 

time to test out her creation...

 Now if she'd only eat like that in real life!

 Also today, E got her diapers out of the diaper bag and attempted to put one on her dog....

we decided that the dog was a little big for the diaper and put it on a teddy bear...