I have a lot of catching up to do! I've been ignoring blogs lately (including my own) as I continue the forever process of editing. But, as of tonight, the third draft of my novel is complete. Phew! I would like to have a few more people read it, make any last-minute touch-ups, and then I believe it will be publisher-ready!
Anyway, I told you all of Toby the Tahoe Bear, but I didn't even mention the rest of the trip! First of all, I was super nervous about a ten+ hour car drive with Kalianna. She is a sweetheart, but she does not like to hold still! Well, she did fantastic! The girl won't even sit through a half hour Baby Einstein at home anymore (which I don't consider a bad thing. How can I complain when she'd rather play outside?) But in the car, since she had nowhere else to go, she was willing to sit and watch a couple movies. Tahoe was fun, with the exception of us taking turns being sick. Hooray for vacation! The trip was with my entire family on my mom's side (thank you Grandpa!) My uncle brought his boat (thank you Reyn!) and we had a ball riding on his massive tubes. Kalianna thought playing in the sand was pretty cool, but she didn't like being on the beach for more than a couple hours. Typically my family gets to the beach after breakfast and doesn't pack it down till dinner. So we spent plenty of time in our cabin as well, playing games and reading. Our cabin had a fireplace in the middle of the living room, which ended up being fun for making smores in the evening. It was a nice, relaxing trip.
Kalianna saw her carseat in the cabin, and had a ball playing in it. Silly girl, didn't you just get out of that?
Such a pretty lake!
Going for a ride with daddy (Kalianna loved the kayaks!)
(L-R my sis Kristine, my cousin Miquelle, my sis-in-law Ricci, my sis Theresa, and my cousin Jared)
Look what I found, mom!
First time putting her toes in the lake
Right after we got dumped off the tube. Ricci and I warming up in the boat!
Yup. That's Matt standing up on a zooming tube.
When we got both tubes out, the guys liked to jump tubes and trade places. Very entertaining to watch, and amazingly enough, not one of them ended up in the water.
Our little family kayaking excursion
Yay smores!
Family photo
My cute nephews driving the boat
Uncle Reyn did a slow boat ride for the kids. This is what Kalianna thought of it.
she screams and scrambles up the steps and into the house as fast as those little legs will carry her! She's not happy until she sits safely on mommy's lap. Then we will usually walk outside together, I'll point to the jets in the sky and say, "Wow! Look at the plane!" She seems to be okay with them as long as she sits safely on mom's hip, but boy those things really terrify her!
Kalianna loves the water! So we finally bought her her very own little pool to play in. She loves it! The first time we got it out, I barely had her swim diaper on, and she was already climbing in. I had to pull her out again to even get her swimsuit on! I was nervous she wouldn't like the cold, hose water either, but she doesn't care at all! As long as she gets to splash and play, she is super happy.
