Nana and Papa's Lake House

We spent Tommy's birthday /Memorial Day weekend at Nana and Papa's lake house. As always, the kids requested a ride on the boat!

We cruised to the "Groggy Dawg". . .
Of course, Madelyn and Marek took turns driving. . .
Such a big girl . . .

My big boy sittin' in the back with Nana . . .

Marek was actually quite content being the co-pilot for most of the trip. . . once he set up post next to Maddie, he didn't move. . .

I think this is when he decided it was his turn . . .

Nana and me . . .

Marek is just in the beginning stages of copying EVERYTHING his big sister does . . . notice him looking over at Madelyn to make sure he's doing everything just right . . .

Deep in thought . . .
We arrived at the Groggy Dawg and the kids went right to the "fish pit". . . We must have spent $10 in fish food (at $0.25 a pop) . . .
Once the fish got boring, it was on to buckling and unbuckling life vest buckles . . .
Waiting for more fish food . . .

Marek doing his impression of a "scarey monster" . . .

Yikes, scarey . . .
I think it turned into a sugar high . . .
Marek decided it was his turn to drive the boat on the way home. He even pushed Papa away when he tried to help!
The next morning, Madelyn got up to feed the ducks . . .
My tired boy slept in . . .Sweet morning hugs and kisses!

After breakfast, the kids swam in the little blow up pool - hours of entertainment . . .
Always the daredevil . . .

On Sunday, a friend was having a Memorial Day party in Aledo. We left Nana's and Papa's and stopped by for dinner and to let the kids play for a bit. No pictures from the party, just a picture of my exhausted kids on our way home.

Happy Memorial Day

and

Happy Birthday Tommy!!