After an immensely full day of packing, repacking, driving, eating, and answering an unknown amount of questions, we are at the lake!!! We have filled our afternoon and evening with busyness, which actually isn’t usually our kids first choice. Knowing them, we had planned to just be cozy for today, and then venture out to the lake and the town tomorrow. But having really talked up todays trip, they were practically scratching at the door to get out.
After we unpacked ourselves and made a decent list of what we had forgotten to bring, we went for a walk to the grocery store. We bought milk and wipes. Yup, we forgot wipes. We figured the kids would be plenty hungry at that point, as it was past our usual supper time, but Dekker was requesting to see the actual lake that we had been telling him about. So just ducked across the street to see the beach. We moseyed back to our place a different way, so we could see new sights, when Dekker spotted some little animal statues in front of the gift shop. So he and Laela both got a brief ride on the little horse before continuing our walk back.
Once we got back home, we turned the over on to preheat to make some chicken fingers. It was then that we discovered that our little place here did not come equipped with everything we thought, including a cookie sheet. So we figured we’d quickly cook them up in the frying pan, but not having bargained for that, we hadn’t brought oil. So back to the store I ran to grab another few things. We did eventually sit down for chicken fingers, cucumbers, and pasta salad, and everyone ate really well! The pasta salad was SO much better this time, and the kids love it. Because its macaroni. And they would live off of macaroni if I let them.
After supper, Dekker began to ask to see the lake again! It was already past their bedtime, but we knew those rules would bend a little bit. Its a holiday!! Plus, Rowan was destroyed, and was napping. So all the timing was messed up anyway. We got Ro up and ventured out again. Laela was pretty much fading at that point so she hitched a ride in the stroller this time. We walked to the big concrete pier, all the way to the end and back, and then up and down the long wooden dock as well. Then we walked to the water and got a killer family photo.
And I don’t mean “killer” as in Laela looks deadly. But she does. In a good way.
We walked back to our place through a treed area, and now Dekker “loves forests.”
Tucking everyone in was a little sad, and Dekker was nervous to sleep somewhere unfamiliar. Luckily, I have a cuddler on my hands, so we spooned and chatted, and finally prayed together. Dekker prayed his usual prayer where he thanks Jesus for his family, and I prayed that Jesus would keep us safe and happy so we could have fun tomorrow, and he was so much happier after we prayed 🙂 It does my heart good that he can already find comfort in things that he cannot see. Way to go, Deks! Laela went down with no trouble, and everyone is already sleeping. Well, not Rowan yet, but I’m confident he’s not far behind.
Tomorrow hopefully holds an outside breakfast of cinnamon buns and cereal, and then lots of lake time!! I can’t wait!!!
I can, actually. I’m so tired. Sleep first.