This year's trip to Mackinac Island made 10 years of trips with the first being our honeymoon. We've always enjoyed it, and it's nice that our kids are learning to appreciate a relaxed and slow paced vacation. The island has no motor vehicles allowed. Transportation is either by horse, bike, or foot. We definitely listen to our share of whining kids, but we still have a great time. It's amazing how they can act like they're legs are about to fall off, but if you stop to let them rest their legs they just run around and climb on stuff like a bunch of monkeys. I had a slightly harder time this year with the walking (that's putting it very lightly). This baby is really taking a toll on my hip joints. Essentially, I'm in a lot of pain all the time. This is a trip where we could easily walk up to 10 miles in a day. We always walk out to the far side of the island to eat lunch and throw rocks in the water. It's a really beautiful location, so it's always worth the walk. It short cut is about 2-1/2 to 3 miles, which I had a hard time doing in the first place, but I just couldn't make it back. For the first time we had to call a taxi (pulled by horses of course) to get us back to our hotel. The boys loved the ride of course, so it was good all around. And I can definitely say it's never felt so good to lay on the couch with my feet up!
My hubby decided that since this is our 10 year anniversary he would contact the local newspaper and see if they could mention us in the paper. We thought it would be a nice keepsake to have. It turns out they were interested in our story and decided to meet us at our favorite location for an interview and a picture. We subscribe to the paper, and when it arrived today we were pleased to see that our picture made it!
Since we've gotten home from vacation it's been full speed ahead on getting the nursery ready. I want to try to get the majority of the work done this month because next month will be really busy, and after that I doubt I'm going to feel like doing much. I already don't feel like doing all this work. I've got our nursery furniture in the garage right now waiting to be painted as soon as the temps cool off later this week. I've just got to sand and prime first.... I'm tired just thinking about it. It will definitely feel good to have it done though!
Big-G and Little-G are actually at a Brewer game with daddy right now. Surprisingly, Little-G sits a lot nicer for the games than Middle-G does. Plus Middle-G has been having a very hard time listening lately, so he was sort of being punished. So, he's at home because he was naughty, and then he writes black marker on the closet door and then I catch him in the living room with a knife, trying to cut up a peach that I told him he couldn't have. If it wasn't for the fact that he can hear a bag of chips opening from a mile away, I would think he had a serious hearing problem. Just trying to be consistent and remember that this stage will pass just like all the rest of them.
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