Month: June 2013

Mom said I have some awesome hair!!!

I am off today followingin Breighton’s shadow as we hunt for critters big ans small.

We spent a while trying to catch critters in the pond. I followed Breighton all over .

Boy did I get filthy!

Some of our finds:

Dragonfly wings, insect exoskeletons and a dead ladybug. The toy bat was Breighton’s and Mom just happened to be holding it.

We have mentioned it before but never blogged about it. Emmerson has always woken up to pee at night and since a VERY young age never had accidents in bed. He is just awesome like that. He knows to get up and head to the bathroom. Most nights he gets up around 2-3am if at all. He does fine but sometimes falls asleep on the floor getting dressed. He gets embarrased in the morning when you tell him you relocated him.

If Emmer wakes up shortly after going to bed to go potty he is a walking zombie. I’d compare it to sleep walking. Something about the 1-2 hours after he fell asleep that are his danger zone. Sometimes he gets lost or confused and opens the linen closet or wanders to the kitchen. I, Mom, am a light sleeper so I get up and redirect him towards the potty.

Last night he had an early sleep issue. We are on vacation at Grandma and Grandpa’s house in NC. Emmerson got up to potty, couldn’t find the light switch, wandered around a second and found the potty. By this time, I was already up and turning lights on for him. He didn’t make it. Poor kid was pulling his pants down and climbing up on the toilet while his full bladder released. Thankfully the floor is tile. As I tried to help I got christened as well. So, midnight, two people, a floor and toilet needing cleaned up. He took ot on stride and doesn’t remember it this morning.

So, we have coined the term “zombie pee”. I think it shpuld be in all the child raising books!

We saw a nice bear!

He was showing off in the water. When he came out of the water we saw a HUGE frog hop away fast.

We did a Jr. Ranger activity and inspected the moss along the pathways.

Mom called this school for the day!

Playing under the 4000 ton boulder.

Pretending to be bears!

Cool snake we found. We also saw a baby just like this one.

More bears!

Grandpa Howie posing with the Howie Bus!

What a view! 5280 feet above sea level!

Now watch me try to run on the rocks and give everyone a heart attack!

Grandma Jo braved the heights and odd shaped rocks to bring me out to the lookout.

Playing at the Grandfather Trail head.

We panned for gems!

We found lots of small and big samples.

Grandma Jo helped search. Grandpa Howie was in charge of the shovel and keeping us all well stocked.

I am really enioying my time in Asheville.

This is one of our favorite stops in the Asheville/Brevard area.

We loved searching for salamanders, even if we didn’t find any. The water was VERY cold.

We eventually braved the first creek to get to the larger one.

Once in the water it wasn’t too bad. Mommy and Grandma Jo said they couldn’t feel their toes!

I had fun chasing fish and finding cool rocks.

Wandering off with Breighton.

There were people jumping off the rocks as usual. Really silly if you ask me!

I am still being an emotional grump. I don’t like ANYTHING!

You mean I lose my iPad if I keep acting like this?

I can turn it off and on like a light-switch!