Parties are fun times

We have had a few birthdays lately in our family so that means lots of cake and celebrating together. I really like getting together with my family and I like picking out presents and preparing the meals.

Since the corn has been ready, we have been eating lots of fresh food and I like to do my part and help shuck it.

I also like the birthday parties cause someone usually lets me help blow out their candles or I get to give them presents and get all the hugs.

But mostly I just like hanging out with my family cause we always have fun together.

Wild animals abound

So since living here we have seen tons of frogs, baby deer, families of deer and now we have seen the bear. Friday evening when we were driving home we almost hit one in the middle of the road. Then on Saturday morning, mummy woke up to discover that someone had been in her garden and eaten all of her corn. On further investigation, we discovered that it was a bear who pushed his way thru the deer fencing and trampled the garden to eat all the corn. Mummy was looking forward to trying that corn too!

Then on Saturday evening after we all went to bed, mummy and daddy woke up to hear something scrounging thru the recycling bottles (guess bears like beer and wine). So they went downstairs and turned on the light which frightened the the bear away. The light stayed on all night in case the bear wanted to come back. Sunday morning when we woke up we had discovered that the bear once again put another hole in the deer fencing and busted up the compost bin to sniff out what was inside. I guess it wasn't to his taste cause it wasn't that disturbed but it made for a fun time cleaning and disposing of.

But that wasn't all the bear sightings and happenings going on here. The other night just after dinner mummy managed to snag this picture of a mummy and her baby before they ran off into the woods.

Mummy is now investigating the price of getting a bear broof garbage can and has daddy all lined up to put the chain link fencing around the garden for next year with a covered top.

Camping adventure

So last Saturday, mummy, daddy and I packed up the truck and headed up to Jones Lake to take in the experience of camping. Of course Mummy and daddy have done this before but not with me so they wanted to see if I liked it. The weather didn't want to cooperate very well and so I got to find out what it's like to camp in the rain.

We headed up with my aunt and uncle and cousins and halfway up we stopped (I was asleep by then) to cut some firewood cause we were going to need lots to help stay dry. Uncle Pete brought his chainsaw but it didn't seem to want to run very well so after awhile, mummy, auntie Leasa, Meagen and I headed up to scout out a good campsite. They just started to set up the tent when I woke up so Meagen and I sat in the car and watched while they got wet. Then we headed back down to see how the guys were coming with the wood. Finally we got back to camp, missed having lunch and so we had to work on getting a fire ready for dinner. After we got the big tarps up and the fire going we had a great time. I especially liked the camper that my aunt and uncle brought. I played in there practicing my cooking, make-up application and pillow tossing. I also went for lots of walks, roasted marshmellows (though I prefer them uncooked), played with my trucks, pushed a doll cariage with a beer can in it, did a little pole dancing and I pee'd outdoors.

I got to sleep in my first tent with my brand new sleeping bag (of course mummy wasn't very comfortable cause I kicked her off the air mattress and she had to sleep on the floor). I got to run around, stay up late and eat food off of sticks. I think I like this camping experience and I have been promised that next year we will venture out more to enjoy more of this fun.