A Weekend In Michigan

Last weekend we visited my Grandparents at their camper in Michigan. It is in Coldwater on a series of lakes strung together.

The kids had a ton of fun, even though it rained and was cold for half of the time we were there. They just liked being in the camper! Everything was their size. I think Great Grandma and Great Grandpa were kind of worried about the sleeping arrangement, but it worked out fine! The kids are small enough now, they don't take up a lot of space - especially because they sleep with their knees tucked in and their butts up in the air!

Great Grandpa and Daddy tried multiple times to catch a fish, even getting up early on Saturday before the kids knew they were gone. The only luck they had was a rock bass on their second trip out. The fishing was just not as good as the last time we visited and they caught a few monster pikes!

Jacob and Ella and I had turns fishing too, but we couldn't even catch a blue gill. Sammy stayed on the shore and snuggled with Great Grandma. Here are pictures of Jacob and Ella fishing.

Jacob was just beside himself with excitement, he even got his own tackle box to go with his own fishing pole Pa Pa Stanley got him for Christmas. Great Grandpa bought him a Jitterbug lure to attract some big fish! Jacob actually cast the fishing pole really well... and left handed for some reason! We thought Ella was our only south paw so far!

Ella was really good at "driving the boat". She held the fishing pole with daddy for a few minutes, but her true love was sitting there and pretending she was driving the boat while we were anchored. Both Jacob and Ella only lasted about 7 or 8 minutes before they were done fishing and wanted to play with the rope on the anchor. They did that for about 45 minutes. But oh well, they had fun.

Sammy's favorite time at the Camper was taking a bath in the sink. His little rolls almost filled the whole thing up! I had a better picture, but it showed his parts. So here is the one I will publish.

The kids had plenty of fun entertaining Great Grandma and Great Grandpa all weekend. Jacob taught them both how to play Crazy Eights, Ella laid her blanket out and had pretend picnics with Great Grandpa, and Sammy was just smiley and cooing the whole time (except 4:00 am on Sunday morning when he was really, really, really hungry:) I think Great Grandma and Great Grandpa went home to Ohio and slept for 2 days to recover from all the excitement!

We can't wait to do it again next year. Maybe it will be a little warmer and Daddy and Jacob can sleep in a tent outside while Mommy, Sammy and Ella sleep in the air conditioned camper again!

That's all for now!
TD