This summer, we got to enjoy a fun weekend up at Helen's house in Maine on Mousam Lake. We tried to go at least once a year, and we had pretty nice weather this year!
We took a trip out on the lake on Uncle Gordie's boat. Natalie, no problem. Grant on the other hand, screamed and cried almost the whole time, especially when we went fast and the engine got loud. Too bad little buddy, you'll get used to it! The fact that he even has on a life jacket is improvement over last November when he wouldn't even put it on to go out on Pop Pop's boat!
We strolled around the lake and at one point, got out and swam. Little buddy was getting hungry and needed to go down for a nap, so we went back for some rest time for everyone. After a quick nap, Natalie, Lauren, Seth, KK, Helen, Gordie and I went out on the boat again so the kids could go tubing. Well Natalie wanted to do whatever Lauren and Seth were doing... so she decided she wanted to go tubing too! Gordie didn't go super fast- maybe 10 or 15 mph at the most, and in fact, he went so slow that the tube got sunk when he took a corner and a wave covered it. So all three kids sunk with it (see below picture)! No worries, Lauren was right there for Natalie who had a life jacket on anyway. Natalie loved it, and kept screaming, "Faster! Faster!" Lauren and Seth went super fast a few times, and then Gordie took all three kids in. Natalie is definitely the daredevil in the family! Although I will say, I could pretty much see white knuckles from the back of the boat as she was hanging on for dear life!
Nighttime brought a big dinner, a fire pit, and SMORES! Natalie never really liked these in the past, but she really liked them this year. I think she ate like 4 of them!
There were even some sparklers lying around, and since 4th of July celebrations are usually too late in the evening for our kids, this was the first time Natalie had ever held a sparkler. She really liked this too! We are already looking forward to our annual trip to Maine next summer!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment