have him (the chipmunks)

When we decided to go ahead with this whole moving thing and started really thinking about weekends, we quickly realized that most of this summer is going to be sucked in to the enormous, black moving hole. So, over Father's day we headed up north to visit my parents, hoping to get in at least one weekend of lake time and to spend some time on the boat. I figured Renee would love the boat. The reality? She HATED it. She was TERRIFIED, clinging to me with every ounce of strength in her grasp. I was not amused at the time but have since decided the whole spectacle was downright hilarious. My mom, dad and I just sat there staring at her like "Really, are you really doing this" while Ski held the sleeping-before-the-boat-left-the-dock Cameron. We were on the boat for exactly 10 minutes and since then every time she sees a boat out on Lake Superior she says "No like the boat, Mommy. No like it."

Part of the weekend plan was also to take her up to feed the chipmunks at Sha-Sha because every time she sees a chipmunk in our yard, she says "Have him" and I was hoping she'd get a kick out of actually feeding them and seeing them up close. I have to admit, though, after the boat, I was a little afraid that she would flip out about the chipmunks too and our entire weekend would have been wasted trying to show Renee all about the world only to have her lay on the couch and demand another episode of Dora.

She didn't flip. She LOVED the chippies and every time I talk to her about them she says "Go back there. Go feed peanuts to the chippies." Ski and I laughed, riding on a boat in the arms of mom is downright terrifying but it is totally cool if a little four-legged creature runs up your dress and takes peanuts right out of your hand. That's our girl. She likes what she likes and hates what she hates and don't try to change her mind.

We had an awesome weekend in any case, the Rainy Lake weather gods smiled on us and we came home that weekend feeling like we had gotten a break from the giant moving curse.

I have to admit though, I'm really hoping that someday she decides the pontoon boat is an OK way to spend a Saturday afternoon. I mean, I know it can't compete the the chippies and everything but SERIOUSLY.