We skipped church and spent the day at the lake with my parents 🙂 We were at their place just shortly after 8:30 this morning, loaded up the van, and headed out. We got to Waskesiu by 11:00 and headed for the beach. The water was too cold for swimming, but the sun was out and nothing was too populated right away.
Laela hung out in a diaper and her sun hat, while Dekker wouldn’t give in to swim shorts, much less take his shoes off. But he had a blast! We build sandcastles and took pictures blew bubbles. The wind started to really take the bubbles off in the directions of a few blankets of people, but they were awesome and made a point of telling us they didn’t mind. Dekker ran out near their blankets to chase the bubbles and try to knock them out of the sky. It didn’t bother anyone. It was awesome.
And then all of a sudden, it was pouring!! So we rushed everyone in and got the stuff in the van. It was too early to go eat supper, and frankly, everyone who was outside would probably now be inside, and we don’t always do great in big groups. So we decided to go for a nice drive and see some of the scenery. And the kids napped 🙂 it was perfect. Short, but enough!
Once we got to the restaurant, it had cleared out quite a bit so everyone was comfortable. Dekker and Brady took selfies while the rest of us went to order food.
We played at the table while we waited and when the food came, Dekker didn’t even scream at the waitress! He ate his whole meal and was very happy about it. I had easily the best fish and chips I’ve had in I don’t even know how long. It was sooo good! I fed Laela most of her bottles and Brady finished it up before we decided onto the next thing!
Which was ice cream. Always a hit. I forgot to take pictures of the last bit, but we grabbed some ice cream and walked the kids in the stroller down to the water. The pier was completely flooded over so we pulled up on some sand and skipped stones. After a few minutes, Dekker climbed back into the strolled, leaned back, and said “Detter done.” So we left.
We drove home with the insane storm coming and going. But the kids are now safely tucked away, hopefully to sleep for a very, very long time. I am off to nurse my sunburn with vinegar (did you guys know that?? Just spray your burn with vinegar. Gone! Smells like salad, but worth it!) and sit in a lukewarm tub. An episode of The Mindy Project won’t hurt either.
Hope you all enjoyed the photo post! I did.