gone campin'

the weekend after Q's birthday party, we drove up to upstate new york to join my parents in their RV at the nascar race.  Q was very excited at the prospect of camping.  and having s'mores.  then one night we made s'mores.  except that he didn't want any graham crackers. or chocolate. or to toast his marshmallow. basically he ate marshmallows off a stick.

caroline and her princess friends are extreme campers.  they don't need an RV.

standing on the track!

checking out the new grandstand before race day

airplane!

army guy encouraged them to touch the missiles

oh look. geico.  our favorite!

too bad geico-world wasn't open yet

ready to do some exploring the next day

race fan

ooh now the geico car is out

and geico-fest is open

both my children completely disregarded the "throw from here" line

and got some sweet geico swag for their efforts

a whole race track filled with race cars and we find the one monster truck

caroline was serious about sleeping outside

and did for quite some time, until we moved her indoors lest she get stumbled over by some wayward drunks

watching practice.  he was very in to it.

geico gecko and M&Ms car are friends

nemenems car

geico again, plus some sweet neon green geico-branded shades

another shot at the beanbags

scamming their way into some more geico goods

what every 3 year-old needs - a carabiner clip

oh yeah

caroline is obsessed with the tractors

back to watch some more racing

we found face-painting.  free face-painting.

pickle picks a pretty pink and purple butterfly

and Q got M&Ms

he loved the bouncy house slide

it's racing time!  no rain-out this year

cheering for the M&Ms car, who led most of the race

but got spun out on the last lap, right in front of us.  Q was very upset.  for realsies.

gratuitous face-painting pic.  my fave of the bunch.