Another Day in the Woods

We had another 'woods day' today. Well, not all of us. Mom, Gloria, Rosemary, and I came at lunchtime with the food, just like yesterday. After lunch and some paddling around in the paddleboat, we headed home along with Thor and Bjorn to do some housecleaning.

Uncle Travis's family (Aunt Margaret, Camryn, Ethan, Sloan, and Isaac) has been delayed again by sickness, but now they are finally on their way! They should get here Wednesday night. Grandpa and Grandma Peterson are coming, also. I'm really, really, really, really, really (etc.) looking forward to spending some time with Camryn! She's only a year and a half younger than me, and we have always been totally best friends! Knut and Thor are eagerly preparing for Ethan (age ten) by making sure they have extra wooden swords and shields and whatever so that they can have plenty of battles. They're also trying to get Papa to make them a crossbow and let them have wood to make a huge catapult. Boys will be boys. :D Cecily is preparing for less violent and crazy activities with Sloan (age eight). I hope Cecily doesn't explode from all the excitement she's containing! She hasn't seen Sloan for over three years, and she has missed her terribly the whole time! Gloria was a toddler when we last saw the Travis Peterson family, but since everyone else is excited, she is excited, too! As for Bjorn, Rosemary, and Isaac, all three of them were born just after the Travis Petersons left for Spain, so they have yet to meet Bjorn and Rosemary, and we have yet to meet Isaac. Of course we've seen pictures, and talked on Skype, but that just isn't the same!

So... we're excited! I'm probably not going to be doing any blogging unless Camryn helps me; I don't want to waste a single second of the time we'll get to have together. They might only be here a few days! That would be a calamity... but it looks like that's what will happen. Sad. :( They should stay for at least six months. :D