Snake, Bear, Shellfish, Oh MY!!

We went camping this weekend to a campground I was looking forward to going to for the splash pool. Wouldn't you know that the weather this weekend was only the high 70's low 80's. I mean really all I wanted to do was have fun in this pool.

We got to the campsite to find that we were at the back of the campground. Which was good and bad. The good was the site was new and huge!! The woods were behind us and it was very quite. The bad, the playground was far from the site as was the store, pool and activity center. David was very happy with the site because we were in the shade and next to the woods. I went to plug the camper in and couldn't figure out how to open the electrical box, so I called David. As he was walking towards me, he instantly jumped back and stood still. The he says, "there is a snake right there!" Yup, it was not 2 feet from me. I was not a happy camper!!

As we were setting up, I asked David if he thought bears go through the woods behind us. Well, I got my answer about 2 hrs. later. We were outside and David said, "Remember your question about bears? There is your answer." Yup, a big black bear about 30 feet from the back of the camper. It was just walking along. At one point he/she paused and looked at us and then kept walking. While this was going on, I had gotten Maggie and Emma in the camper and David had handed Timmy to me. Once they were in, I grabbed the camper, but unfortunately I missed the bear. Again, not a happy camper!! More because I missed the picture!!

We had a good time while camping.
Well this was supposed to be the bear, but as you can see I missed him.

Time to make the S'mores!! My aunt and uncle joined us.

The kids watching the fire. Take a look at the way Emma is sitting.

Timmy enjoying a marshmellow.

Arts and crafts time! Emma made herself a hat. It was cute!

Emma's cousin Danielle making a sea creatures picture.

Enjoying a little lunch with a hound dog watching.

Notice the shirt. He wore it from the moment I got it in the mail on Friday until Sunday when we got home. The boy drove me crazy!

A little pose for the camera.

Emma with Yogi Bear!! He came to visit us at our site.


Timmy went for more allergy testing yesterday. Some test were redone. He is highly allergic to cats! That doesn't hurt my feelings since the rest of us are also. Soybean, corn and egg white he is showing an allergic reaction also. Here is the kicker, he is highly allergic to shellfish, mainly shrimp and lobster! That test showed no allergic reaction a month ago. I knew the test was wrong then. So know we are the proud carriers of 2 epipens. Thank goodness I didn't give him any shrimp this past weekend.

We are almost finished school shopping for Emma. I can tell she is starting to get worried about school. When I mention getting school things she just says oh and then you can see she is thinking about it. Keep your fingers crossed that the first month of school goes well.