I am SO pleased about how our day wound up! We ventured into the city this morning to run an errand, pick up Jerilee, and grab some breakfast before heading to our favorite lake! We wanted to get the kids excited and prepared for our lake vacay this summer, so regardless of the forecast’s promise for crummy weather, we braved it and headed out.
I am so glad we did 🙂 While it was overcast and not exactly balmy, it didn’t rain a single drop! The kids ran around in shorts and hoodies without complaint. We built sand castles, played on the playground, waded in the water a little, met a few other kids, and blew bubbles. We had a picnic for lunch, which was comfy and quiet.
Soon after lunch, Solly decided it was time for a nap, so I tucked him into the ergo and he has a delicious nap on me while we did a lap around the town and showed the kids a few of the places that we’ll visit the next time we come. They were all such good sports.
Post lunch and walk, we wandered back over to the playground. There had been at least two bus loads of kids playing earlier today, but they had all gone away, and it was just us and the occasional other kid or two. It was SO quiet, and really a treat to have the place to ourselves.
Turns out that all of the restaurants were still closed, so we ended up leaving a bit earlier than expected and getting supper in a nearby city. No problem 🙂 The promise of McDonalds softened the blow of leaving the lake. The kids loved it there, which felt great. But they also love it at McDonalds, haha! Crisis averted 😉
We made it home just shortly after their usual bedtime, and the process went very smoothly. It was SUCH a good day, and the evening has already been SO lovely too. I’m very happy with today. SO glad we came. And really, guys, this should be a photo post. I have well over 100 pictures of today. But I want to sort through them a bit before just dumping them on here haphazardly. Hopefully tomorrow, you’ll get a better picture. Literally.
I don’t need the sun to feel summer coming.