Memorial Day Weekend

We spent our weekend at the cottage.  It was super hot.  We didn't do much, went to the park, the beach, got hot dogs in Lake Geneva.  It would have been really relaxing had the kids cooperated.  Which they did not.  Otis was a complete nut job, grunting at everything and pointing like he just needed something so bad.  When you would grab something and ask him "is this it?" he'd hit it out of your hands and cry.  It was exhausting. 

Who, me?

Ingrid played and played and played and then crashed. 

She wanted to take a bath one night so she hopped up in the sink.  I can't believe she still fits in there!

We came home this morning and did laundry, weeded the garden, which has lots of sprouts from our green bean and carrot seeds!  Then we went to our friend's house for some backyard grill action.  I can't believe we've had so much summer already and it's just Memorial Day!

Memorial Day Weekend

Ahh, the sun has finally shown its yellow face around here!  After weeks of rain and cold, we had a nice, hot, sunny day yesterday! Perhaps summer really is coming?  We packed up some snacks and took a nice long walk by the lake yesterday morning, ending up at the rock beach where we sat and threw rocks in the water for a good half hour. 

When we got home, we went straight out in the backyard.  Ingrid got a new basketball hoop for her birthday, so she and Brendan played with that.  And the tball set from last year.  I sat on a blanket with Otis and marveled at how hot it was.

As soon as we stepped back inside, Ingrid passed out.  Her little cheeks were all rosy and she was just sooo tired from all that fresh air!  She slept for almost three hours, totally unlike her!  I took a nap with Otis, Brendan watched baseball, we hung out quietly, it was amazing.  I love breaks from all the chaos!

I decided to make summery things for dinner.  We grilled burgers and I made potato salad.  I also made a graham cracker crust pudding pie.  It was delish.  Ingrid has already asked for some this morning!  Otis' new spot for dinner time is his Bumbo which we set on the table.  He loves to be a part of things!

All in all a great Memorial Day.  I really love that Brendan works in industry now instead of academia.  School people don't take holidays.  They just work, work, work.  Now Brendan's job is closed on holidays!  He can't go in!  And he doesn't feel guilty about it.  Phew.  I hated holidays before because it was like pulling teeth to convince him to stay home and relax.