140 miles!

Does it sound like a lot?  That's how much I drove yesterday. 

The twins had a big field trip to the Chesapeake Bay area.  They were outside the entire day, canoeing, fishing with a big net, and learning about the Bay.  I drove out there with Josie at lunch time to give Steven his insulin.  The teachers aren't able to do that- it's a subcutaneous injection, and you have to be specially trained to do it.  I was specially trained in the hospital when he was first diagnosed by injecting a squishy ball a couple of times!  Yeah, basically Steven's been my pincushion since then.  He usually doesn't bleed, and bruising at the site of the injection is very rare.  I'm getting better... 

The weather was nice for the kids- a little chilly but no rain!  We've had so much rain lately.  The group that went the day before the twins spent the whole day outside in the rain!  Miserable!  The environmental center is located in Annapolis, to the southwest of the city.  It's a quaint, fishing-town type of an area.  It reminded me of the Puget Sound area of Washington a bit, but with less hills and rocks.  The environmental center featured marshland, a little lake to canoe and fish in, and access to the bay.  The kids came home with some seashells.  Steven had 2 very smooth shells, and Izzy filled the pocket of her jacket with rocks and shells and sand...  Josie enjoyed walking around and eating lunch with the big kids, and even though she kept saying, "I cold!" she insisted on taking off her jacket...

Here is a picture of the Chesapeake Bay.

Here Josie enjoys smelling the wildflowers.  "I smell it" she said...

 Here Josie walks with her big girl lunchbox to eat lunch with the big kids...

Steven enjoyed canoeing, but he was in the front and so he claims he did most of the work rowing!  Knowing Steven, I don't doubt it... 

Here's Isabel.  She had fun, but she got absolutely soaked during canoeing! No worries, though.  That's why she packed an entire change of clothes, including shoes...

Anyway, that little trip was about 120 miles of the 140 we traveled yesterday.  Josie didn't sleep in the car at all on the drive home!  Little stinker...

When we got home, we had about an hour before our Tuesday Afternoon Madness Routine.  School let out, we picked up Luke, then we drove Kate to swim practice, then we picked up the twins from school, then back out to pick up Kate, eat a quick dinner, then drive Kate to soccer practice, then we went to Steven's cub scouts meeting.  Whew!

140 miles on the car...  Exhausting.