Paradise...at least for my boys

One of the things we lost in the warehouse fire was our tent and since we had our big camping trip coming up, we had to replace it pronto! So, after church on May 16th, we headed out to Savannah to eat some yummy lunch and hit up Bass Pro Shops. We ate at Carrabba's, a favorite of mine and Phil's. While there, we started filling Trey in on his heritage. My grandmother is 100% Italian and therefore Trey is 1/8 Italian. He decided that that must be the reason that he likes Italian food so much and he was very excited to let everyone know that he was part Italian, starting with our waitress (who received a big tip for being so attentive to our little motor mouths:-). And Trey doesn't pronounce it "Italian". Instead he says, "it-a-lin". Too cute! And almost a month later he is still talking about it and still convinced that's why he likes Italian food so much. Also, instead of asking for spaghetti for supper he now asks for "it-a-lin" spaghetti. Luckily, I'm a quarter "it-a-lin" so I make it just right! He's also very interested in the rest of his heritage and what foods that may lead to him liking. Yesterday he was eating some chips and cheese dip and he came up and asked me if he was part Mexican. You gotta love how the minds of these little ones work!

After our lunch, we went to Bass Pro. This is my hubby's favorite store, and fast becoming a favorite of the kids. And there is so much to see there that we spent a while just wandering around. We did replace our tent, got camp chairs, and let Daddy pick out all of his Father's Day!

Jesse loved the waterfall outside, but he was far more interested in looking at it than in taking a picture in front of it!

My first attempt at getting a photo of both boys!

Both boys were enthralled by the aquarium.

Still trying to get a good shot of them both!

The boys were also very excited about playing the hunting game. Luckily the game lasted long enough that both boys got several chances to shoot the deer!

All the excitement wore Jesse out. And note that he is snuggled up with Fishing Dog. Since camo puppy has the Bass Pro logo, which contains a big bass, on his foot, then he is obviously a fishing dog!

Fishing Dog and Jesse

**Disclaimer--All photos were taken with my phone and are therefore not the best quality:-(**