By the time Zac got home from work and we finished packing everything up, we got a late start and we arrived at our campsite around 8pm. We just set up, had a tiny fire (much to Simon's enjoyment [fire] and disappointment [tiny]). Then we went to bed.
Alice woke up at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning, so I took her down the hill the play at the water's edge, so she wouldn't wake up the whole campground.
Then we went back up and had donuts and scrambled eggs for breakfast.
Then we went back down to the water to play.
It's always a good sign when you have a clothesline full of wet, muddy clothes by 10 am!
Once it warmed up a bit, we changed the kids into their suits and drove to the campground beach. The water was quite cold, but Alice was still swimming around in it the whole time. Simon and Zac and I kept closer to shore. The beach was not very crowded when we got there, so we were able to get a picnic table right at the water's edge. We even brought our campstove over and made macaroni and cheese with ham and peas for lunch. After all that swimming, it was only slightly surprising that Alice had five helpings.
After going back to the campsite that afternoon and taking naps, the kids played around with the water squirters.
The next morning the kids slept in a bit longer.
More powdered donuts and eggs for breakfast.
The kids are piling up sticks to build a "spider fort."
Then we went down and played at the shore while Zac packed up the tent.
Other Things to Remember from This Trip:
Simon picking up daddy-long-leg spiders, holding them up to his cheek or neck and squealing, "They're tickling me!" hysterically, while the spider legs tickled him. *Shudder*
Simon seeing a large slug on a log, then shouting, "A mollusk! A mollusk!" as he ran to pick it up.
Also to remember: The kids were pretty great and not too whiny. Alice even sat still at the campfire for a while in the evenings.
