They had a great time and had amazing warm sunny weather. It was the perfect weekend for camping. (Far better than the previous weekend's 40 degree weather!) They headed up Friday night, joining one other early family there (the rest of their group all came Saturday). They had dinner at the campsite, the kids claimed their top bunk beds, and all. Saturday they did a bunch of the activities there and quite a bit of hiking (Annabel had something like 27,000 steps on her fitbit!). Pumpkins were carved, they did a leather stamping craft, some climbing on the "climbing tower" and more. The campfire made by their group that night was apparently very big and very hot, but they had fun watching it- from far back I hope! Sunday morning they did breakfast at the campsite before packing up and heading out. I think they've liked other sites from last year for camping better, but they still had a great time and are already looking forward to their winter trip.
Before they headed home though, they stopped at the Volo Auto Museum since they were right there. We took the kids here when they were little (back in September 2015)- Daniel remembered it a little bit, but Annabel not at all, so I told Ben he should take them there again while they were literally across the street. They had fun wandering around here for a bit and then they headed homeward bound, stopping at Woodfield Mall for some lunch (plans changed here because the lunch place they wanted was gone) and then they wandered through a couple shops they like there (one of these was also gone; not a very successful stop at the mall after all!). Then they came home to me! It was so fun to see all their pictures and hear their stories!
What did I do all weekend? Well. I watched 11 hours of TV (not in one sitting though; I was binge watching season 3 of the TV show, This Is Us). I read an entire book- in one sitting. Yep. My two major achievements of the weekend! I stayed up till 3:30 AM, too! So unlike me, all this, so far. On the more normal spectrum of my typical self, I also ran to Target Friday night, went to a book sale Saturday morning, then ran more errands and got myself some lunch (soaking up that sunshine!), and I attempted a bike ride (I had this BIG loop planned) because the weather was just SO gorgeous, but my back bike tire was flat so that didn't work out so well and I had to quit that endeavor, otherwise that would also have been quite an achievement (I'm serious, I had many miles planned). Alas. Hmm, what else- I did a little puttering, oh I counted Legos for a school event, made part of Annabel's Halloween costume, aaaannnd, well that's pretty much it. I enjoyed every minute. And then I was super glad and super ready to see my kids again! Annabel fell asleep literally in my arms that night as we snuggled in bed- the sweetest. Oh I love my family so!
