365 Project: Back on the road!
Today is the day! We have hoped and prayed it would come and it’s here! We are officially heading out for year 3 on the road and we could not be more excited!!!
365 Project: Mater
Z absolutely love the Cars movies. We’ve been driving past this Mater for months coming and going from the campground. I knew I had to stop and take his photo before leaving town.
365 Project: Is your arm all better?
Jonah had his plaster cast removed yesterday. And while his arm IS improving, what followed was a complete disaster of medical care that was anything but good or personalized. 10 years ago Taryn broke her forearm and we had a fantastic experience with Dell Children’s Hospital in Austin. The care has drastically gone downhill since then and we are so relieved that we can go seek healthcare elsewhere. Never again, Dell.
When his cast was removed we washed his arm and Z noticed Jonah kept rubbing and touching it. He jumped up and ran his fingers across his arm for quite awhile and asked him if his arm was all better now. It was super sweet.
Acadia National Park Adventures Part 1 – Fulltime RV Family
Follow along as we visit Acadia National Park after a long month of sitting still due to Jonah’s broken arm. We visit Cadillac Mountain, attend a Ranger Hawk Watch and walk across Bar Island in Bar Harbor, Maine.
You can follow the Kimball family here.
365 Project: The birder and the hiker
Jude dragged us to a nearby Audubon Center today. It was early, cold and wet but we were all good sports. We brought along our Osprey hiking backpack for Z but he didn’t even need it. I feel like he’s turned a corner with hiking and wants to do it all on his own instead of going along for the ride. Jason wore it empty all morning. I’m sure we will still use it on the road on more dangerous hikes, but it’s nice to have him tackling some hikes on his own! He’s getting so big!
10 on Tuesday
1. We spent the boys birthdays at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, Texas. I’ll dedicate a different blog post to our adventures but I have say now, we loved it so much!
2. We also did a safari drive at Fossil Rim in Glen Rose. Random fact about the Emu, they have zero respect for personal space. While I was looking at one on the drivers side I forgot my window was rolled down behind me. I felt watched and turned around. Close range. Birds are not my thing! Also, automatic windows do NOT go up fast enough! I’ve never wished for an 80’s crank window before in my life lol!
3. We are in Dallas and at night a big pack of coyotes come out in our campground. We’ve heard them every single night we’ve been here. They are SO loud and it makes the dogs bark if they get too close. Last night they started howling literally right outside our front door and woke everyone up around 1 am.
4. You know how at the end of summer you are SO ready for the kids to go back to school? That’s where I am. I am so ready for my kids to start back up (we are on an alternative schedule than a typical school year). We’ve had a nice long break and IT. IS. TIME. For my sanity! And my grocery budget. If anything maybe it’ll distract them from the constant magnetic pull to my refrigerator. I think I’ll do a blog post dedicated to homeschool soon. Our method and how we learn has changed so much.
5. It may appear as though I’ve forgotten about our YouTube channel. We are still there and posting. I just decided to keep a few of our recent videos private as it contained a lot of broken arm / medical stuff with Jonah. Public posts will resume very soon – stay tuned!
6. As we were driving in to our campground the other day I noticed and correctly identified a red tailed hawk. I DO NOT EVEN RECOGNIZE MYSELF. I don’t like birds, notice birds, know about birds. What are these children doing to me?! I must admit, everyone was so impressed AND I got a round of applause from my entire crew lol.
7. I forgot to mention that it snowed in Austin a few weeks ago. It was at night and we didn’t wake the kids. Mostly because it wasn’t enough to make it really fun. Only the shadows and table were covered the next morning but they were still super excited. I’ve got to get these kids in real snow on the road sometime soon. Shhhhh, don’t tell Jase. He’s anti-snow! But it’s time! Aforementioned table snow:
8. This kid somehow managed to convince us that we needed to go bird watching at the butt crack of dawn on a cold wet day. I’m not sure how I got talked in to it exactly, or how he got me out of my warm bed, but he was awfully pleased with himself!
9. He loves his new bird nerd shirt that my mom got him!
10. WE LEAVE TEXAS IN 9 DAYS!! We are all SO ready to be back on the road! We head out for Austin for one more round of photo sessions this week and then we are off! You can see my travel session schedule here.