Abby is still in awe from her fabulous first Fourth of July! We spent an entire week with the Campbell Family at Lisa's Aunt Pat's cabin near Birchwood, Wisconsin. We headed up on the 3rd. {We won't talk about the all-new experience of packing and fitting into the car enough stuff for 2 adults, 2 kids and a dog for 7 days. Let's just say after that, we really needed a vacation!} It also happened to be my parents' anniversary, so we went to the Pizza Den to celebrate. {Okay, so it wasn't very fancy, but it was the best Birchwood had to offer. } After 32 years, they actually still like each other most of the time. How romantic!
Jill, Jason and Lily joined us on the 4th. We couldn't wait to get the girls in the pool at the Loch Lomand Beach Club right by the cabin. Us Campbell kids have been swimming in that pool for years and years, since we were babies ourselves. So it was pretty fun to see my own daughters enjoying the water there now, too. We pulled them around in these inflatable boats that Grandma Maggie had gotten each of the grandgirls and they loved it!
We also held them in the water so they could kick their legs around. Abby was somewhat indifferent but Clarie loved it! Her and her cousin Lily (below) were kicking-machines.
We worked up a huge appetite with all that swimming, so that night we tried our very first vegetable - sweet potatoes! Can you guess what Claire thought about them???
That's right: Delicious! (Not to mention messy). Abby whole-heartedly agrees.
On and off during the week, the girls got a little crabby from teething. If you feel Abby's gums you can even feel one poking through - it's surprisingly sharp! Luckily, Aunt Jill had brought mesh feeders with her so we put watermelon chunks in them and gave them to the girls. Chewing on some delicious watermelon must have felt pretty good because both babies calmed right down. Or, maybe it was just something in the air, because Ryan didn't have any watermelon and he sure looks happy, too. It's a miracle! {tee hee - just kidding, babe!}
Actually, Ryan was pretty bummed that he had to leave on Monday to go back to work. We girls were pretty bummed, too, but we tried to carry on the fun without him. Uncle Greg helped out by swimming with us. . .
. . .reading us bedtime stories. . .
. . .and taking us for boat rides! {the girls stayed home for that one, but Lisa and Grandpa Mike had lots of fun seeing the Red Cedar Lake.}
After all that fun, we are pooped! Hope all your Fourths were as fun as ours!
Abby is still in awe from her fabulous first Fourth of July! We spent an entire week with the Campbell Family at Lisa's Aunt Pat's cabin near Birchwood, Wisconsin. We headed up on the 3rd. {We won't talk about the all-new experience of packing and fitting into the car enough stuff for 2 adults, 2 kids and a dog for 7 days. Let's just say after that, we really needed a vacation!} It also happened to be my parents' anniversary, so we went to the Pizza Den to celebrate. {Okay, so it wasn't very fancy, but it was the best Birchwood had to offer. } After 32 years, they actually still like each other most of the time. How romantic!
Jill, Jason and Lily joined us on the 4th. We couldn't wait to get the girls in the pool at the Loch Lomand Beach Club right by the cabin. Us Campbell kids have been swimming in that pool for years and years, since we were babies ourselves. So it was pretty fun to see my own daughters enjoying the water there now, too. We pulled them around in these inflatable boats that Grandma Maggie had gotten each of the grandgirls and they loved it!
We also held them in the water so they could kick their legs around. Abby was somewhat indifferent but Clarie loved it! Her and her cousin Lily (below) were kicking-machines.
We worked up a huge appetite with all that swimming, so that night we tried our very first vegetable - sweet potatoes! Can you guess what Claire thought about them???
That's right: Delicious! (Not to mention messy). Abby whole-heartedly agrees.
On and off during the week, the girls got a little crabby from teething. If you feel Abby's gums you can even feel one poking through - it's surprisingly sharp! Luckily, Aunt Jill had brought mesh feeders with her so we put watermelon chunks in them and gave them to the girls. Chewing on some delicious watermelon must have felt pretty good because both babies calmed right down. Or, maybe it was just something in the air, because Ryan didn't have any watermelon and he sure looks happy, too. It's a miracle! {tee hee - just kidding, babe!}
Actually, Ryan was pretty bummed that he had to leave on Monday to go back to work. We girls were pretty bummed, too, but we tried to carry on the fun without him. Uncle Greg helped out by swimming with us. . .
. . .reading us bedtime stories. . .
. . .and taking us for boat rides! {the girls stayed home for that one, but Lisa and Grandpa Mike had lots of fun seeing the Red Cedar Lake.}
After all that fun, we are pooped! Hope all your Fourths were as fun as ours!
3 comments:
YAY! It looks like a lot of fun.. oh wait, it all WAS a lot of fun! Great pictures you took - I love the one of the twins sleeping! :) Glad the girls enjoyed the mesh feeders - those things are awesome!
Auntie Jill
this is Jill again, testing commenting as Mom and Dad because Mama said it didn't work - please ignore! :)
Hello, slacker! You haven't posted since JULY 10th! Tomorrow is the twins 6-month birthday and I WANT UPDATES! :)
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