This week we took the kids to Yellowstone (or Yellow-Smoke-Town, as Billy referred to it) for two days. I'm amazed at the level of enthusiasm and the number of discoveries these two made in such a short time.
Billy's favorites were Old Faithful and Spasm Geyser (below). He'll tell you that Yellowstone was created by a volcano and germs (the bacteria that colors the springs). He's now on a volcano kick-I'm thinking a trip to Pompeii is in order! He also was excited to camp, which we did in a cabin on Hebgen Lake outside West Yellowstone. Sitting on his own little bed he looked at us and said "I just can't believe we're really here!" I'm envious of his absolute passion for living in the moment and the world around him. I hope he never outgrows it!
Alexa had a fantastic time herself. She just LOVED her backpack rides with Daddy, and entertained the thousands of people we saw with repeated renditions of La Bumba and Batman. She also got a kick out of the buffalo-her new word-of-the-week. Speaking of words, we were in the cabin and we were writing Billy's name on a dry erase board. We were spelling "Hamilton" and as I said H-A-M-I- she piped up before us "L!" After some "NO WAY" glances between Rocky and I, I continued spelling "T" and again, she pipes up "O". Alexa the sponge. Soaks up everything she hears! So, her biggest crowd-pleaser now is saying "O" and waiting for everyone to laugh at her little joke!
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