Another weekend north

We went up north again this weekend.  This time Barb, Ben and Andy were there.  We arrived late Thursday night.  Jamie, Paul and the boys got up and out early because they were going to go fishing on a charter boat that left from Leeland at 6 am.  It was SO windy that day, and they said the waves were huge.  Both Ben and Andy spent most of the time throwing up into the lake but all three of them managed to catch six really nice fish, which we got to take home (yay!).

We went into Suttons Bay, where they had sidewalk sales and I bought a great $8 pair of shoes and some little things for the kids.  We met up with everyone at the Roman Wheel for subs and pizza, then more shopping.  I was wondering what we were going to do to entertain the kids, but Ben and Andy kept them occupied.  They played hide and seek and flew a kite and threw a frisbee until Grandma arrived for dinner.  We grilled hamburgers and one of the fish the guys caught.

The day was a little less windy and a tad warmer.  Mom packed up some snacks and we went to the beach for the afternoon.  It was still a little chilly because of the wind, but the kids had a blast playing in the big waves.  Asher was completely worn out when we finished up.  Avery looked so pretty in her little wetsuit with her wet pony tail doing cartwheels on the shore, saluting after each one.

We got back, got cleaned up (got Asher napped up, thankfully..he was a mess) and were enjoying a glass of wine when grandma arrived.  We had a nice rib dinner on the deck and wrapped up the day playing frisbee and bocce ball.  Barb and the boys left to go to grandma's and we turned in not too long after they left.  We cut it a little shorter this weekend and were home by noon, which was nice. I was worried about the trip home because the kids had been fighting all morning.  It was good though, even though I had to listen to Spongebob the whole way.  We got home early enough so that I got a chance to re-pack all the fish, go grocery shopping, make dinner and spend time outside with everyone around a fire (I promised s'mores if the kids were good in the car, and was surprised I had to pay up!).

Beauty shop

Yesterday as I went to work, the kids told me that when I came home they wanted to do my hair. I came home and had to cook dinner (as I was cooking, Asher gave me a 'letter' with an I love mommy note in it with an old credit card telling me that's what I should use to pay them), then I took Asher to gymnastics and returned books to the library and by the time I got home it was nearly time to go to bed.

I told them to get their jammies on, and I would do the same and meet them downstairs in their beauty parlor.  For the next half hour I sat on Avery's bed while they both worked on brushing, braiding and ponytailing my hair.  When I was done I must have had 20 clips, ties and bows in my hair. Of course I used my credit card to pay, which they slid through a crack in the door which served as the card reader.  I also had a fairly large headache from all the 'pampering' but it was totally worth it to spend time with them like that.