Illinois

Carissa and I started our day with catching up on the laundry. We went to Target and ate at Portillo's. She got some clay at Target. We went back to camp, unloaded our wares, and headed out to the putt putt golf course located within our park. She beat Grammy at miniature golf. We got out the clay and sat outside at the picnic table and played with our clay. It even came with eyes, so we could make animals. (By the way, today's high was 67 degrees.)

When Pawpaw got home, we walked the park; so Carissa could drive the Artic Cat. She beat Pawpaw at another game of golf. Carissa and I had to explain to Pawpaw the Carissa rules. Carissa shoots the ball about a foot from the hole. Pawpaw has to shoot from the beginning. We went to the playground, and her and Pawpaw played on the swings. We went to Cracker Barrel for supper. The past couple of days finally caught up with Carissa. She picked out a magic lighted star wand, that Pawpaw told her he would buy provided she ate all of her supper. She ate a few bites of her macaroni, but ate all of a bowl of carrots, a large piece of ham and her cornbread muffin. As she was finishing her carrots, she was closing her eyes as she ate them. She finished the last one, climbed in my lap and was out.

Normally Carissa is a fairly light sleeper. I know that Jonda has sat in the car reading before to let her finish a nap out. When you take her out of her car seat to bring her in the house, she usually wakes up. I carried her out, put her in her car seat, and she never moved. We brought her home, I took her out of her seat, carried her in the house, changed her to her pj's, and she never woke up. I put her in bed and covered her in our three blankets (50's at night), and she never woke up! She slept until 7:00 this morning and woke up going strong. Pawpaw gave her the magic princess wand this morning that he didn't forget last night.

It will probably not even reach the 70's today, so we are looking for alternatives to the beach, pool, and paddle boats. Tonight we are going to have a fire, cook weiners, and roast marshmallows.

We will be off for another adventure shortly!!

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