Labor Day

I'm a little late posting Labor Day since it's almost October now, but better late than never. We went up to Browne Lake again with my family. Mya went up a few days early with my parents and loved it. (In fact, we were talking in the car yesterday and she said she wanted to go camping tomorrow and she would go up with Grandma for a little while and then I could come up and she would sleep in her trailer - funny girl). I won't lie, I got a lot done in those couple of days without her...but I did miss her and was so anxious to get up there and see my little girl!

This year we invited Justin's brother, Braxton, to come with us. It's always a good time with Braxton. Him and Justin are pretty close so we usually see quite a bit of him. Mya really loved having Braxton up there! The things we did were just the usual but tons of fun and always a relaxing weekend. We did some fishing, campfires, roasting hot dogs/marshmallows, driving around to see animals at night, and hanging out with family. Mya loves having all of her cousins up there to play with her and aunts that compete to be her favorite and always have grandma and grandpa tied around her little finger. Parker loved it and he had all of the attention he could want!

It was definitely another fun year and I love this tradition!
I couldn't resist...she's cute even with her butt crack showing.
Mya caught the first fish of the trip from our family.
She's showing off her owies...A few days before she went up camping, she grabbed my hair straightener when it was hot causing 6 blisters across her little fingers. Poor thing...and the day before she smashed her pinkie turning her nail purple. It was a rough couple of days for that little hand.

A Little Moon

So in the last four or five days I have been mooned daily. You might think it was Justin that's done this, but surprisingly it hasn't been him. Mya thinks she invented mooning and she thinks it's hilarious. Sometimes it's when she's getting ready to get in the tub and before she undresses, she pulls her pants and panties over her bum and turns around until I look. Other times, it's just random during the day. She'll pull her little pants over her little bum and start giggling until I notice. It's really hard to get mad at her because when this sweet, innocent, little girly girl catches you off guard with a butt crack, it's really hard not to laugh. I've explained to her about keeping our bums covered and we don't want anyone to see our parts, but she still thinks it's hilarious to surprise me with it and she laughs so hard every time. Oh, she makes my days interesting!

Man of the House

With Justin gone hunting, Parker became the man of the house for a few days. The first night Justin was gone, Mya went to a sleepover at her Grandma Ropelato's house. It was so weird just having only Parker at home with me. I won't lie...I got nervous. But I figured for that first night that Parker probably has a lot of angels around him so I had him sleep in my bed right next to me so maybe those angels would keep me safe, too. :)

We had a lot of fun that weekend. Mya and I watched a movie and ordered pizza. She did crash once though...(she likes ice instead of bandaids-I'm good with that, it's a lot cheaper) I also let her sleep in my bed the other nights! I was so looking foward to sprawling out on my bed, but that never happened. That's okay though because I think it was so much more fun this way!

Water Day

A couple of weeks ago we went boating for the last time this summer. This time, we made Mya ride the tube. Yes - we are one of those parents. She's done the tube before with Justin, but not this year yet and this year the idea of it freaked her out. But Justin told her she couldn't get off until she stopped crying and started having fun. It really worked, she was laughing and smiling the rest of the time and it was genuine. We left boating early for our ward activity at the splash pad. That is seriously Mya's kind of day...hanging out in her swimming suit all day and playing in the water. She should have been a mermaid.

Let's Go To The Fair!

We took Mya to the fair. We had so much fun. With all of the horses, pigs, sheep, goats, cows, birds, and bunnies, if you ask Mya what her favorite animal there was she would tell you the Tiger! Rainforest Exhibition came and had a show. We missed the show but we did watch the tigers play around after. It was so much better than the zoo because these tigers were seriously running around chasing each other and playing...the ones at the zoo just lay around. We got Mya's face and arm painted, she won some cool toys with a bean bag toss and the fish pond. (And Justin won her a guitar from a ping pong toss game). We got smoothies and before we left, Mya wanted to go on a ride. She's very cautious so we didn't buy her tickets until she said she really wanted to go after watching the ride. So Justin went and bought her tickets, only for her to chicken out once I buckled her in. Oh well...we gave Justin's friend from high school the tickets for her daughter. It was definitely a lot of fun. (I forgot my camera so we just had to make up for it afterwards)

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