This year the Histands also joined the group for one night, so the first day and night, there were 8 kids! They had a blast. Ryan was camera-averse...I think it comes with his 8-year old attitude! So, he's not in some of these.
Lauren's favorite thing to play is still "baby dolls." So you can image how much she loves Baby Mikayla, 4 months old, and she asks to hold her and push her in the stroller. In fact, one of the highlights for her was pushing the stroller from the pool back to the townhouse. Here is Lauren holding her.
The water was very low, so the kids had a great shallow play area in front of the dock and could walk to the jetski and play on it. We anchored the boat past the jetski, as the water was too low to use the boat lift!
The only very stressful thing for me is that Lauren had a horrible ear infection. It started Tuesday. I took her in Wednesday, and by Wednesday afternoon she was in true pain. Ibuprofen was wearing off at the 4-4.5 hour range. It was horrible. The pain lasted for 2 full days. She was not allowed to get her ear wet, jump into the water, etc., as they suspect she had a hole in her eardrum and we didn't want the nasty water in there! She was very careful, and really understood that we needed her ear to get better now, so that she can swim in the lake when we go to Lake Travis in a few weeks. She really understood that, but it was still stressful for me trying to make sure she didn't get wet, and was still having fun. On the ear infection note, we went back Monday for a post-antibiotic check, and she still has water behind the eardrum, and they can't tell if her tube is still in.So, we will use antibiotic drops at Lake Travis, but she can swim. I hope that she has grown enough that her ears are not prone to ear infections. Last time her tubes came out, we had 8 months of infections, followed by a 2nd set of tubes. I'm trying to be positive.
Here's
my favorite picture of Lauren from our trip. She's almost 5.5!
Freckles, pink lips, dirty sunscreen-filled hair, spunky and so
beautiful!
In
general, we noticed the kids have really matured, and the weekend was
much more relaxing that past ones! So, another Memorial Day gone. Here comes summer!
One of the funniest posts is one
from Lisa about her perspective of Memorial Day 2009. Maybe it's just because I lived it! I copied it below, without photos.
Lake Fun on Memorial Day Weekend - 2009
by Lisa Gunden
Here is how the kids spent their time:
-Swimming at the pool
-Eating hot dogs
-Tubing
-Playing in sprinklers
-Swimming at the beach (for some reason Luka thought it was real cool to put sand in his hair.)-Eating cookies and hot dogs, and freezer pops (Logan, TJ, Lauren, Luka, and Ryan)
-Shooting water guns
-Napping
-Jumping in the razzle dazzle castle
-Boating-Throwing tantrums
-Riding bikes, trikes, and scooters in the garage while it rains (Note the swim goggles hanging from the bike, and what you can't see is all the scotch tape on the bike helmet that TJ used to "fix" his helmet.)
-Riding bikes, trikes, and scooters in the garage while it rains (Note the swim goggles hanging from the bike, and what you can't see is all the scotch tape on the bike helmet that TJ used to "fix" his helmet.)
-And finally, sleeping
Here is how the adults spent their time (and notice there are no pictures of us):
-Putting sunscreen on the kids
-Lifeguarding at the pool
-Microwaving hotdogs
-Monitoring the sprinkler power so it doesn't spray the adults
-Packing the beach bags
-Applying more sunscreen
-Setting out cookies and grilling more hot dogs
-Filling up squirt guns (or fixing them)
-Coaxing kids to nap
-Blowing up or unplugging the razzle dazzle castle, based on interest at the moment
-Re-applying sunscreen
-Packing boat bags
-Managing temper tantrums
-Refereeing all the bikes, trikes and scooters at once in the garage while it rains
-And sleeping, finally, after one heck of a night-time complete non-routine
You get the picture...always fun, but always good to be back home!
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