Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Wisconsin 2012 part one



Ahhhh. . . . my happy place. 
You know that old exercise where they tell you to close your eyes and imagine your favorite place in the world? A place where you feel peace? A place where you feel like yourself? Well for me, this is the place. 

Sadly, Simon had to work and couldn't come with but we were on a mission. The kids and I hopped a 4 hour flight to Chicago, followed by a 7 hour drive up to the cabin. The travel was long, but boy was it worth it. 

The flight


The colors. There's just nothing like it. It is breathtaking.

A special weenie roast with the whole family down at "Bill's Pit."



Lucy, Henry, and I made this very special faerie tee pee while we were there. Lucy dragged the sticks out of the nearby woods and I carefully placed them. Lucy decided she was the "wooder" and I was the "puter." We spent a lot of time on this little house, but I think the faeries were pleased.





Wednesday, October 3, 2012

When bad pirates attack good kids. . .

When bad pirates attack good kids. . . 
. . .it looks like this:

Happy 5th Birthday Lucy Christine!

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY LUCY!

The temperatures were predicting triple digits so we traded in our bounce house for a waterslide for Lucy's Peter Pan party. We splashed and laughed and played. . . all to celebrate a very special 5 year old.



We paused to read a story . . . only to be interrupted by a gang of very familiar pirates who brutally attacked with water balloons and herded the kids to the front yard.



Pinata time!

Presents



The cake! My mom did it again with a double whammy rainbow cake!

Papa was a willing model for the impromtu beauty salon that sprung up in Lucy's bedroom

The fiercest pirate of them all!

Cousin love!
Thanks to everyone for making it such a great day!
“You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.”
J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
 
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