Today we made a lazy departure from Willis Point/Canton. We all would like to have stayed a few more days, I think, and I have this odd, unusual feeling of wanting to stay and talk to Brittany for days on end. I don’t want to talk to ANYONE for days on end! She’s one special girl!
We took showers before we left. The Lion was terribly annoyed that, try as he might, he could not dry himself off. Welcome to the south, buddy! There’s no such thing as drying out here!
As we packed the car, Bunny Boo declared, “My favorite fruit is fruity snacks.” Yeah, I bought the kids fruity snacks for the trip. They are allowed one bag per day. I have failed as a parent.
The kids spied a really neat park while on our adventures last night, so we played for an hour before heading out. The Screamer actually climbed the play structure for the first time ever! He didn’t freak out wandering more than 3 feet from me, and he played with a lot if other kids. We are maturing over here!
Sunshine discovered that we did t have any leftover sparklers for her birthday, after all, and the crazy fireworks stand was packed up when we went back to it, so now we plan to search for fireworks for her birthday over the next several days. Some swampy place will have them, I am sure. My baby girl WILL have fireworks for her birthday!
We drove from the Bluebird all the way to Louisiana, saw a real paddle boat on the Red River in Shreveport, noted the transition from a deciduous to a coniferous biome, and landed at yet another incredible place. We have yet to make reservations in advance. People are not flocking to The South for their summer vacation, I guess. Why? Because it is hotter than hell here. This heat and humidity would quench the foul fires and lost souls would discover that flames are mercy compared to this.
We settled in a place called Lincoln Parish Park. It’s a county park set on a lake, and the camp sites are far enough apart that you can barely see another tent through the trees.
These enormous spiders live in the trash can at our camp site. They are so creepy and wonderful.
The Lion immediately set out to gather wood for a fire, and he came back with a log twice his height and as big around. As a burly Texas cowboy noted yesterday, that kid has incredible strength! He was happy that his new match-lighting skill is stronger than a week ago, although he still can’t seem to remember to hold the flame above his fingers rather than below. He also set up the tent mostly by himself. He’s such a great kid!
Of course the girls wanted nothing to do with setting up camp, so they hunted for frogs, and found one.
I believe the frog was forgotten when the neighbor brought 2 enormous floaties over for the kids to play on, and to keep! Bunny Boo was so happy that she insisted on taking fruity snacks and fruit leather as a thank-you.
And now everyone is snoring, and Bunny Boo suddenly woke laughing, and several times recited the scene from the Peanuts Thanksgiving episode where Marcy pretends she sees a snake. This little girl is never sad. Some kids wake from a scary dream. She wakes from a funny dream! This precious girl reminds me, daily, that life really is rainbows and sunshine!
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