After leaving Dupuyer, we drove through Great Falls, Helena and Butte Montana.. yeah we hit hot springs all along the
way. Luc is an expert swimmer now, the 2 olympic size pools at Fairmont Hot Springs and 350 foot water slide kept the
boys very entertained. Luc went on the slide at least 10 times and he had to climb 5 flights of stairs to get to the top,
he slept very well that night. Seeing his face as he came out of the slide was awesome! My baby.. is going down a
350 foot slide. wow.. he is almost 4 1/2.
We also stopped at Broadwater Athletic Club in Helena, we swam and Reese and daddy worked out in the gym and
them played racquetball, another sport Reese is awesome at.
We found a great park in Helena, memorial park i think it was. The park looks like a castle, all made of wood, a
whole city to climb on and run through. The community pulled together and built the park in 5 days, everyone
donated labor and materials and put their name on what they built. I was remembering Valley Park in Hermosa Beach,
when they redid the park, it took 2 years and they spent millions, I actually liked this park better, more to do.. I like the
community involvement too.
Butte did not have a coffee shop for Steve to work at, but it did have a great used book store where i found lots of
kids books and 8 or so how to draw books for Reese. I tried getting him painting, but he loves drawing with his
markers, so draw I say. He is so delighted that he can follow the steps and actually draw all the characters in Sponge
Bob, mom I can do it! I love watching him learn, teach himself, enjoy it so, spend hours and hours, give drawings away
whenever he meets kids or adults that he likes in the towns we visit. What a cool thing to have something beautiful you
can create and give away as gifts, folks are blown away as his art book that we've put together, he loves to show it to
everyone.
Good news our heater is working great, we've been warm and toasty this last week, (it quit working the first 2 nights we
used it and we woke up and it was 40 degrees in the rv). I am amazed at how i sleep 9 hours at night and lie in bed
till 9am many mornings, then we cuddle and play tickle games and hide and seek (in the covers) for another hour or so.
It can be 10am before we get out of bed! Such a relaxed pace, play all day, see some sights, draw, read, play games
(Reese and I had a Pentago marathon the other day, he is so good at that game). Our other favorite game to play is
Munchkin Bites!, it is so funny, and Reese is so creative, he understands the strategy much more than I do. we got it
at www.sjgames.com , there are many versions and we plan to get another to mix with ours for Christmas. Oh and of
course Legos, we spent $100 in Kalispell and got 3 more Lego sets, now we are building loads of space ships and
Batman vehicles. Both of the boys spend hours playing Legos everyday and the imagination in the play is mind
boggling. We also have Knex and Kapla blocks with us for diversion. What a life.. our friend Bob in Dupuyer asked if
we could adopt him. sure we said!
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