So this is a way old post – told I have all these pre-wrtten but not yet published old thing lying around. Here’s one from early November. Big trip around the four corners area. Have tons of pictures to post as soon as we find. It was half a year ago, after all. Today was spent doing some computer phonics for both boys, watching tv, obsessing over lego.com (D said that site should count as reading since he has to read to get tthrough all the screens), all four of us wii bowling, playing star wars (poor C wanted to be Bobo Fet while D and B were Jedi so basically intergalactic cops and robbers with lightsabers and he was always the bad guy) and playing dolls (she actually talked her brothers into playing dolls with her and they morphed it into bad babies having to go to jail – yikes!). So a real mish mash day. They are all taking turns helping daddy paint while I type this. Well one is helping paint and the other two are pattern boxing.
OLD POST: Haven’t posted anything for Halloween yet because as soon as trick or treating was over we hopped in the car an started driving. Kids in pajamas, we headed one hundred miles north to grandma and papas. In the morning we kept on driving until we reached the Navajo Nation that covers northeastern Arizona, parts of Utah and Colorado. We were going to visit a friend who’s living in Ganado.
The first day was spent driving. The afternoon was spent playing on the playground and riding scooters. After dinner everyone watched a movie and then turned in for an early night – since we’d left the night before at 10:30 and got up at 6:30, an early night was needed.
Today we drove to Canyon de Chelly. We drove the southern loop getting out to see different parts of the canyon. At White House Ruins overlook we all started the hike down. It said it was 3 miles round trip and would take 2 hours. We couldn’t figure out how 3 miles could take so long until we saw the 600 ft drop of switchbacks. The top of the canyon was windy and cold but as we marched down the trail it got warmer and warmer. The sweatshirts and sweaters that had been so welcome up top had to come off and be wrapped around waists.
