Camping on Easter

Oh boy, its been a bit since I posted anything. We did make it back from Africa in case anyone was wondering.

Well, we decided to get an early start on the camping season this year and went to Succor creek over this past weekend. We had a good time and the child learned how to climb on rocks and travel over ground that wasn't level. He also learned to sleep in sub-freezing temperatures and did fairly well at that. During a hike in Leslie Gulch, he walked about 3/4 of a mile down a fairly nice sandy path and was carried a little bit. For the trip out, we learned to bribe him with raisins. The wife would go ahead 50 feet or so and the child would walk/run towards her and she would keep walking slowly and eventually the child would catch up with her and politely request a raisin. It was a good time.

Yesterday, I got home from work, and the wife said the child had done something amazing. This is pretty standard and usually refers to a new way to cause mischief. In this case though it meant that he could climb into his highchair without any help. I found this truly amazing and had to watch him do it once before I really believed it was possible. So, now, he can seat himself, which is a helpful thing.