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Notes from my weekend (in no particular order)

I was making chicken stock this afternoon in the kitchen. Ken had just brought Caitlin down from her nap. (We knew she was awake because we could hear her banging on the wall. She wasn't unhappy- she appeared to be quite taken with her new hobby.) Caitlin was crawling around, pulling herself up on the console table in the entry way and in all other ways being cute and mobile. I turned to wash out some dishes and when I looked back Caitlin was on the 4th step up of our front stairs. "How on earth did she get there?" you ask. Very good question! Two days ago she pulled herself right out of her exersaucer. She hung with her feet up on the tray for a second as Ken watched in amazement and then she dropped her feet down, and crawled away. Which one of you taught her to do these things while her parents weren't looking? She also learned to say mama, but she doesn't seem to be saying it to mean me. It has just entered her noise repertoire.

Dylan started prechool on Friday. (That's sort of part of my weekend) He was very nervous in the car on the way there but once we got in the room, he was right in the middle of every project and activity.

Also from this weekend: a 7 hour hike on Mt Index. That's right. 7 hours. Did we mean to go on a 7 hour hike? No. Were we mentally and physically prepared to take 2 small children on a 7 hour hike? No. Did we survive? Sort of. Dylan and Caitlin both deserve trophies for being the greatest kids ever. Dylan walked all but the last 1/2 hour and Caitlin took 2 naps in the baby carrier. Ken's knees almost gave out and my toes were killing me. But, on the plus side, at the top of the trail we saw Lake Serene, which has such clear water you can see the bottom. Also there were glaciers up there and so Dylan got to see snow in the summer. And we had our lunch on Lunch Rock. I have pictures, I just don't know how to download them. But you already knew that!

Tonight Ken is taking me to a new restaurant and a movie. Dylan is happy to be rid of us for the evening so his favorite sitters can come over. I better remember to warn them about Caitlin and the stairs!

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