Life as a Yowler

We have stayed at two Jellystone campgrounds this trip. The first was in Austin, Minnesota and the second is in Caledonia, Wisconsin.  Brandon has driven all over the surrounding areas for work while the kids and I have stayed parked at the camp. I can’t even tell you how nice it is to stay parked rather than drive in the RV from camp to camp. It’s fun to have more time to get to know the campground and become familiar with it.

Aunt Bethany drove in for a few days to help me out with the kids. There’s a big water park at the Caledonia campground, and I wanted to have some help with the kiddos. There are water slides and lots of activities. It’s not like we’ve ever dunked the baby or anything, but extra help can’t hurt right?  Plus the kids all adore their aunt. Caed greeted her by saying, “ooooh Bethany, you smell like coconuts!” The hilarious thing is he was accurate.

Brielle loves characters so much. It doesn’t matter who they are. This is Boo Boo Bear by the way.

We got to meet Boo Boo. The kids were pretty excited because the campground before, we only met Cindy and Yogi.

The kids got to paint ceramics thanks to Aunt Bethany’s help. She graciously took the three oldest kids while I kept the baby and baked dinner.

Now the kids have a really neat keepsake from the Jellystone camp. Caed painted Yogi.  Joah and Brielle painted Boo Boo.

Joah was tall enough to ride the two big water slides…..and he did……over and over again. He is getting so independent.

Bri and Caed stuck to the little slides.

They have all sorts of activities like archery. Grandpa Lyle(an archery teacher) was very proud of Joah.

They had one of those huge inflatable hamster balls. The girl running it warned the kids that the hole you climb in doesn’t close, so run the opposite direction of the hole. Joah did great.

Brielle almost immediately failed. She fell out the hole literally within the first 5 seconds. She was embarrassed and crying. She does not handle embarrassment well. Joah took the rest of her turn. Caed chose not to do it after watching Brielle fall.

They had human foosball.

Basketball

They had story time with Yogi each night.

They have the coolest zip line at the park. Now that Joah can read, he made sure to inform his brother and sisters it’s only for kids ages 5-12. He was proud he was the only one who made the requirements.

It’s ok, as there are plenty of other activities for the little guys.

There’s a huge dirt pile for kids. It’s a blast for kids and a pain for moms. I found sand on the kids in places that I will spare you from knowing.

They sure love their aunt. Bethany helped me out by bringing several meals. We still wanted to go out with her one night and celebrate Aunt Bethany coming.

Bethany has some amazing hair styling abilities and always has Brielle’s hair looking amazing.

In other news. Isla LOVES avocados. Here she is in a food coma.

It’s been a great couple of weeks! We are very blessed to be able to tag along on these trips.