Bonham State Park

This weekend took us to Bonham State Park.  It's a fairly small park, with maybe 20 RV sites total.  Only two were available when we got there on Saturday afternoon, so the Dweeze had to back it in.  There were trees on either side of the site, so I had to get out and guide him in.  I'm sure we looked pretty stupid, but oh, well.  At least we didn't hit anything.

Bazinga and 2.0 on the "beach"

The community area was right behind our campsite, so Bazinga had a blast playing with other kids. 
There was a "beach," aka a sand volleyball court, where she spent some time building sand castles.  She rode her bike and left her toys all over the place, so 2.0 and I wandered around picking up after her.  At home I make her pick up her own stuff, but out there I just wanted to make sure it didn't get carried off.  She tried out the horseshoe pit, and her method involves marching up to the stake and chucking the horseshoe at it from about two feet away.  Whatever works, I guess.

2.0 in  his new carrier.  He
enjoyed it.

It was really windy Saturday afternoon and evening, but it calmed down by Sunday morning.  We loaded 2.0 in our new carrier that I picked up at the JBF sale.  I had to do some adjusting, but I did the whole two miles with him strapped to me.  I wasn't too sore when we were done, either.

The Noms

Dinner Saturday: smoked sausage on the grill and mac & cheese heated in the dutch oven
Breakfast Sunday: tater tot breakfast casserole
Lunch: hamburgers

Mac & Cheese

This is modified from BettyCrocker.com

2 c uncooked elbow macaroni (rotini works well too)
1/4 c butter
1/4 c all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp ground mustard
2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 c milk
2 c shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 c bread crumbs

Heat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 2qt casserole dish with cooking spray.  Cook macaroni as directed on package.  While the macaroni is cooking, melt the butter in a 3-qt sauce pan over low heat.  Stir in flour, salt, pepper, ground mustard, garlic powder, and Worcestershire sauce.  Cook over medium-low heat until the mixture is smooth & bubbly, stiring constantly.  Slowly stir in the milk and heat to boiling, stirring constantly.  Boil for one minute while the sauce thickens.  Stir in the cheese and keep stirring until melted.  Drain the macaroni and stir into the cheese sauce.  Pour into the casserole dish and sprinkle with bread crumbs.  Bake uncovered for 20 minutes or until bubbly.  Then turn the broiler on low and heat until the bread crumbs are golden brown.

Bazinga Tales

This Sunday, I picked Bazinga up from Sunday School.  She handed me a drawing and said, "This is me pooping."  Then she turned the drawing to the other side and said, "This is me not pooping."  I nearly died laughing.  Unfortunately, the drawing was ruined in the car before I could take a picture of it, but the "pooping side" had a brown Bazinga stick figure with a brown circle around the middle, with lots of brown spots underneath the circle.  There were other stick figures, but hers was the only brown one.  She'd clearly put some thought into it, but I'm guessing the teacher made her draw one that didn't involve poop.