One Good Day (aka Day One)
{Mom and dad are running around like crazy, packing up ALL OF MY THINGS, and all I want to do is swing.}
{Arrival: ready for action.}
{Life jackets: also handy for kid control. Who needs a leash?}
{You have fun in that 52-degree water, daddy. Imma stay right here with my camera, a good book, and a baby.}
One Rainy Day (aka Day Two)
{Not needed. Whomp-whomp.}
{So...coloring? I was informed that the above was a portrait of Caden. Given that it looks like a scribbled whirlwind/tornado, I'd say that its accuracy level is high.}
{Rainy day don't care. Okay that didn't rhyme. But this guy didn't care. Wash-outs are better with cute babies.}
{Who take rainy-day naps on big-person beds.}
{Rainy days also = a visit to the winery. My fave was the You Betcha Blush, doncha know.}
{First time bellying up to the bar. We start 'em young up here. What happens at the lake stays at the lake.}
{Well, until your mom puts it up on her blog.}
One Perfect Day (aka Day Three)
{Feeding fish. Fun fact: they enjoy Ritz crackers almost as much as toddlers do. Almost.}
{You're welcome, fishy, fishy, fishies.}
{All the heart eyes.}
{It's called a Lily Pad. As the below photos will show, the kids absolutely hated it and no one had any fun at all.}
{Nope, no fun at all.}
{"I dwive? I dwive it?" Oh yes, he drove it all right. "I dwive boat! I dwive boat!"}
{Noon = margaritas. I love lake time.}
{"My turn! My turn!"}
{First time dipping his toes into Big Chip. HE LOVED IT.}
{At the very least, he didn't hate it. Unlike the Caden and Brooklyn of two years ago. One more sign of his absolute mellow-ness. Chalk it up to being baby #3.}
{Trying to figure out sand. And the sunlight glinting off the water. Mind = blown.}
Day of Departure
{"We're going to go back to our blue house!" Caden: "No blue house. Big Chip!" Brooklyn: "No bye-bye! I Big Chip!"}
{Breakfast on the way out of town. I remember stacking condiments during this yearly breakfast, too. Glad to see that the tradition has carried on. We can call this a family tradition, right? An event that happens annually? Sounds like a tradition to me. No matter how weird it might be. It's all part of the Big Chip experience.}