Fun at the Lake

Last Wednesday, Nathan and I spent the night away at Erin's lake house. Erin is a mom in my playgroup, and she invited all of us to the lake for a day and night. We left Wednesday morning and got there around lunch time. It was such an easy drive...only an hour and a half away, but we totally felt like we were on a vacation! Nathan slept that whole time and was ready to play as soon as we got out of the car. After quickly unpacking, we fixed lunch and headed outside to eat. Erin and Suzy, Andrea and Thorne were the only ones there yet...Alison and Lauren arrived later that afternoon.

Lunch was not too successful. Thorne, Nathan, and Suzy were too excited to sit and eat their whole meal. They were up and down, eating a bite here and there, running, laughing, and exploring. Andrea, Erin, and I gulped our food down while trying to chase after all of them. They were so cute together!


Here is the one shot we got of all three kids sitting quietly together. Suzy went down for her nap, but since Thorne and Nathan took their naps early, they were ready to get wet and dirty!

This water isn't germy is it? Nathan still uses sippy cups, so he took this opportunity to practice with a real cup.

"Are these the same ducks that hang out at my house?"

Thorne and Nathan couldn't wait to walk on the dock and see the boats. As you can see in the following two pictures, it was EXTREMELY windy on top of the deck! Not a good hair day for us!

Snack time!

Nathan usually only takes one nap a day, but he and Thorne tired themselves out, so Andrea and I were able to lay them down for a mid-afternoon nap. They went to sleep just as Suzy was waking up. But at least Andrea and I were able to have a short break...and a couple of drinks (soft drinks of course!) Our plan was to wake them up after an hour, but that hour came up so quickly! We kept saying give them 10 more minutes...OK 5 more minutes...and so on. We finally got them up after an hour and a half! Nathan was still so tired, but when I told him that Alison and Lauren were there, he jumped up and was ready to go!

We changed them into their swimsuits and headed outside again.

Here's Nathan's "action" shot. He was showing off a little too much by jumping up and down. But he thought it was so fun to fall in the water that he did it over and over :)

Snack time again! This time the snack was popcorn...Nathan's favorite! He stuffs as much as he can in his mouth. I worry about him choking, but he seems to be able to handle it. I've come to realize that he eats his popcorn like his Daddy and Papa...which is why mom and I don't like to share popcorn with them at the movies...they eat it all!

Thorne, Nathan, Lauren, and Suzy

Nathan took a break from playing, and got to have the popcorn all to himself.

"Miss Ashley, he's eating it all!!"

This was so funny! Thorne, Nathan, and Lauren raced down the driveway in their vehicle of choice! They took it so seriously too. We line them up, and they didn't move until we said GO. They loved it and kept wanting to race over and over.

Thorne and Nathan were very competitive! They took turns running the other off the road :)

Nighty Night, time for bed. Nathan was definitely ready to go to bed after a long day. He slept all night and even slept 30 minutes later the next morning. Yay for me!

I took this picture of Nathan while we were stopped in traffic on the way home. I love how he has his hands behind his head. So cute. We had such a wonderful time. Thank you so much Erin for opening your house to us. We're ready to come back!