One is back, and the other is gone

I'll spare you the exciting details but Lauren has been extremely sick, all from an ear infection.  Today was the first morning in 5 mornings that I picked up a cool little body out of her crib.  She's back to being her active, happy self and I'm oh, so glad.

I'm baaaaaaack!

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Chris is taking Drew to the annual Kiddie Camp that the Oakland Fire Department puts on.  All the dads take their kids up to the lake for a week.  Drew went last year for only one night and had a ball.  All she talked about when she got home was how she ate 100 marshmallows, ring pops, and heard a man say "fuck" a lot while at the fire pit.  William isn't going this year because, as William puts it, "I'm still three and cry a little bit too much still."  On the frickin' nose, buddy.  It's too bad because when he's not acting like an emotional 15 year old girl, he's the kind of kid who would just eat up being in that environment - the lake, the kids, the cooking outside, the bugs.  Oh, well.  Maybe next year when he's 4 he'll have more control of his emotions and he can join them.  No one is holding their breath...  Anyway, I'm giving Drew 2 disposable cameras to take along with her.  I've asked her take pictures of all the things she loves about camping so that I can see.  Mommies aren't allowed on this trip so I need pictures and she's my photographer.  She's so excited.  Now she can eat crap, hear swear words, AND take pictures with her very own camera.  It's like little kid heaven.  And what will we do here on the homefront?  Being a mommy of just a 3 year old and a 16 month old is going to seem like a dream...  imagine the quiet.  And the amount of Candy Land games and car races and McD's visits.  Don't judge.  I'm gonna make the most of being Peters Party of 3 for a few days.