Camping... The Easy Way!!!

So we just got back from our last vacation of the year and it went pretty well! We had a great time. We headed up to the cabin in Island park and considering it was a vacation on a budget, it was awesome!!! We have discovered that the only time we can travel with Logan and have him be happy is at night. I hand him back a bottle and after he's done, he falls asleep. If we travel in the day... Boy Howdy!!! He lets us have it the ENTIRE WAY... He has a great set of lungs, that one!






Anyway... We got up there about 11:30 pm which was pretty good timing considering we were traveling with a 3 year old that is just freshly potty trained. The next day we decided we'd better get the boat out and go boating because the weather was supposed to cool down drastically. (Which it did...) Yes, that is me you see in the inter-tube being hauled behind the boat. I didn't have my swimsuit with me (and let's face it, if I did, who would really want to see me in it?) (I mean... seriously!) so I just hopped out there in my clothes! It was awesome. I haven't done something like that for many years. This picture of Logan is right before we went out on the lake. I thought I had left his hat home so we did a do-rag for him... It didn't last long. That's why I had him under my sling the entire time... You can see a picture of him peaking out from under it. He wasn't very happy with me... Eric tried to water ski but it had been too many years and he couldn't quite get out of the water. But he was able to knee board.
The next day the boys got together and went paintballing. Isaac was desperate to go but we kept telling him he was too young. Maybe next year. He did get a chance to shoot Eric's gun and try on his mask, though... It was pure torture to keep him in the cabin while the others were out there playing. He was pretty miserable.
I spent time working with Logan on sitting up. We got pretty good at this. He was a really good baby. He talked and cooed and didn't give us too much attitude for being away from his crib for almost 2 weeks. My in-laws may have wanted to hurt us at 6:30 in the morning when my plumpster thought it was a good time to get up and have a bottle. (They were really good sports about it! They said it didn't bother them at all)
We spent the rest of the time playing games... a lot of Hand and Foot and some Farkle. Noric has officially lost its magic winning power... It happened when we had kids. We didn't win any game... And then we relaxed. Which was so nice! We had great meals cause we each took a night to cook. All in all it was exactly what I needed... To get out and go have a relaxing time with my family.
I feel refreshed and like I can handle anything:)