Lake Fun on Memorial Day Weekend

One of our favorite summertime activities is going to the lake with the boys and Mark and Denise and their two kids. After Mom and Dad decide they can't hack the heat any longer, we head up with bags packed and take it on. This Memorial Day Weekend, Ang and Seth and several friends all joined us at different stages of the weekend.

Here is how the kids spent their time:

-Swimming at the pool

-Eating hot dogs

-Tubing

-Playing in sprinklers

-Swimming at the beach (for some reason Luka thought it was real cool to put sand in his hair.)

-Eating cookies and hot dogs, and freezer pops (Logan, TJ, Lauren, Luka, and Ryan)

-Shooting water guns

-Napping

-Jumping in the razzle dazzle castle

-Boating

-Throwing tantrums

-Riding bikes, trikes, and scooters in the garage while it rains (Note the swim goggles hanging from the bike, and what you can't see is all the scotch tape on the bike helmet that TJ used to "fix" his helmet.)

-Getting the sand out, but still missing out on something going on outside (Grey, TJ, Logan, and Luka)


-And finally, sleeping

Here is how the adults spent their time (and notice there are no pictures of us):

-Putting sunscreen on the kids

-Lifeguarding at the pool

-Microwaving hotdogs

-Monitoring the sprinkler power so it doesn't spray the adults

-Packing the beach bags

-Applying more sunscreen

-Setting out cookies and grilling more hot dogs

-Filling up squirt guns (or fixing them)

-Coaxing kids to nap

-Blowing up or unplugging the razzle dazzle castle, based on interest at the moment

-Re-applying sunscreen

-Packing boat bags

-Managing temper tantrums

-Refereeing all the bikes, trikes and scooters at once in the garage while it rains

-And sleeping, finally, after one heck of a night-time complete non-routine

You get the picture...always fun, but always good to be back home!