Fun Family Weekend

Last weekend we enjoyed another Minnesota fun family (extended) weekend. We started with a Thursday trip to Waterpark of America. The girls each earned a free ticket from their summer reading program, and we figured it would be nice to water park inside in the summer and not worry about getting sunburned. Unfortunately, M&M Dad made it one and a half times down the water slides before his motion sickness kicked in. We have no idea why the Dramamine didn't work this time. After a few hours of misery, he at least hung out in the regular pool with us, but I have a feeling future trips to the water park will be on a "girls only" day!


Next up was camping at a state park. This was a huge hit last year with the girls (and reasonably tolerated by me because of the camper cabin) so M&M Dad found a new park to enjoy. This site was spectacular because there was not another campsite or at least a 1/2 mile. We had wonderful, peaceful nature, and not loud, boisterous neighbors!


Of course, this also meant that the cabin was a half mile from parking, too! The kids were troopers carrying stuff (and M&M Dad took extra trips), and it was a lot of fun.


Our awesome cabin of solitude...



The kids are totally gaga for bunk beds...


We found a geocache down by the lake... (Too bad M&M Dad also found some wasps while rehiding said geocache - ouch!)


Starshine reading us constellation stories by the campfire after a delicious dinner of pudgie pies and s'mores...

And lots and lots of hiking... (There was a real bathroom 1/2 mile from the cabin, so we were SUPER motivated to go on lots of hikes! The girls were outraged when they found out Dad could just go to the bathroom in the woods instead of using the stinky outhouse!)

The girls also had fun teaching us all of the card games they have learned over the summer. I'd say the only downside was the boatloads of mosquitoes. I have never used so much Off in my life!

We capped of the weekend by taking M&M Dad to the Twins game for his birthday.

The Twins didn't put up much of a fight against the Yankees, but we still had fun and it was a beautiful day. Starshine, though, was shocked at all the people booing at A-Rod and Jeter. Afterwards, we went to his favorite Neopolitan pizza restaurant and then home for homemade ice cream sandwiches - delish!

Happy Birthday Sweetie- yeah, you're just as old as me again!